Local Library Resources

Important Note for All Students:

The University strongly encourages all students to review the instructional tools on the Cannon Memorial Library website.  By learning to become more proficient researchers, students will also enhance their academic success. Please review the library tutorial and complete the online test which will prepare you for utilizing the library's resources and services. A score of 70 or higher is necessary to pass. Please allow yourself 15-20 minutes to take the test.

Before taking the test, please review all the study information by going to the Cannon Memorial Library web site. In the Help section you'll find a link to the Library Tutorial. For further instructions, click here.

Online Catalog

Search book and media holdings in Saint Leo University’s Cannon Memorial Library on the main Florida campus from any location using LeoCat Voyager. Users can search the collection by author, title, subject, keyword, or journal title. Upon identifying a book you would like to borrow, use the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery link on the Cannon Memorial Library home page to request delivery.

Saint Leo University also provides its students and faculty access to a variety of online databases to assist them in locating magazine, journal, and newspaper articles. Use the databases link in the Online Resources section of the Cannon Memorial Library web site to select a database. At the ID validation screen, enter your Saint Leo login ID and password to gain access. Once you connect you can search other databases without logging in again.

• Access Science (comprehensive science resource)
• EBSCO (full-text periodical articles)
• Literature Resource Center and Twayne Authors (comprehensive literary source)
• Newsbank: America's Newspapers (625 American newspapers)
• ProQuest (full-text periodical articles)
• PsycINFO (citations & abstracts to psychology articles)
• RIA Checkpoint (tax and accounting software)
• Westlaw (comprehensive legal resource)
• Wilson Omnifile (full-text periodical articles)

In addition, reference librarians at Cannon Library will be happy to conduct Lexis-Nexis searches for you. For more information or to request a search, call the reference desk at (800) 359-5945, e-mail reference.desk or click on the Ask a Librarian link on Cannon Memorial Library's web site.

Contact Information

If you need assistance, please feel free to call or e-mail.

• Ask a Librarian (Email Form) phone:(800) 359-5945
  
• Circulation
  
• Media Services
  
• Digital Resources Librarian (online programs) Sandy Hawes
  
• Virginia Region Librarian Steve Weaver (VA, MS, TX)
  
• Central Region Librarian Viki Stoupenos (FL, GA, SC)

Viki Stoupenos
Academic Support/Reference Librarian (Georgia, South Carolina, Northeast Florida Centers)
Saint Leo University
532 Stephenson Avenue
Savannah, GA, 31405
Phone: (912) 352-7970
Fax: (912) 353-9937
viki.stoupenos@saintleo.edu

Note on Other Area Resources

All students are encouraged to take advantage of the public libraries and university libraries in their area. Public libraries offer free borrowing privileges as well as free access to their online databases, which are accessible from home. The key is obtaining a library card. Saint Leo University students also have borrowing privileges at some of the area university libraries listed below. Students should always bring a state issued ID or drivers license when visiting any of the area college or university libraries.

Student ID cards are available for currently enrolled students. In order to process a request for an ID card, you must provide the following information to IDcards@saintleo.edu:

• Your name
• Your student ID Number
• Your mailing address
• A photo in .jpg format and the photo should be a "head shot" like you would see in a yearbook

Library Card Reimbursement

With the purpose of ensuring that every student has book-borrowing privileges, Saint Leo will reimburse every off-campus student for one library card from a university in their area (not to exceed $150). Students need to save their receipt, fill out the library reimbursement form and contact their Education Center about how to get reimbursed.

State Library of Florida online databases available from public libraries in Florida:
http://www.flelibrary.org

Links to Florida Libraries, all types http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/fl_lib.html

• Consult this Web site for current information about libraries throughout Florida
• Site includes information about public, private, school, academic and special libraries

In addition to the Ask-a-Librarian service at Cannon Memorial Library, Saint Leo University, Florida residents may utilize the new Florida Statewide Ask-a-Librarian Service, (hours vary; check site).

Lawrence W. Tyree Library
Santa Fe College
Building Y, Room 226
3000 NW 83rd Street
Gainesville, FL 32606
(352) 395.5408
http://dept.sfcollege.edu/library

SFC issues student IDs for SLU students for a small fee (see your adviser to find out how to get this fee reimbursed)

• SFC ID with SLU logo assigns you a 7-digit number to use for check-out (up to 5 books) as well as on-site and remote access to SFC’s online resources
• SLU students may NOT use the SFC student computer lab
• Librarians will assist students with reference needs at the reference desk or by appointment
• See the Lawrence W. Tyree Library Web site, for up-to-date information concerning hours of operation, services, and contacts
• SFC maintains a Web page of links to regional libraries at this address: http://cisit.sfcollege.edu/~library/regional.htm

Reference/Information Desk
George A. Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
P.O. Box 117001
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 392.0361
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/

• Information for SLU (unaffiliated) users can be found at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/as/circnoaff.html
• Use http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/about.html to locate the most up-to-date information about hours, locations, contact names and telephone numbers, and patron services

Bradford County Public Libraries
105 East Jackson Street
Starke, FL 32091
(904) 964.6400
bradford@neflin.org
http://www.neflin.org/bradford/

• If you live in Bradford, Alachua, Baker, Clay, Putnam or Union County, there is no charge for a card with proof of residence.
• Your Bradford County Library card can be used in the other libraries in the New River Public Library Cooperative, Emily Taber Public Library (Baker County), Union County Public Library and the New River Public Library Cooperative Bookmobile.
• Residents of Bradford County can apply for cards at Clay and Putnam counties through our reciprocal borrowing agreements. All residents of Florida may apply for a card at Alachua, Nassau and St. Johns counties. You must apply in person at these libraries.
• Out of County residents, $12 per year.
• Temporary residents, $6 per 6 months.
• Santa Fe College students are entitled to a card free of charge with proof of registration. Does not apply to SLU.
• There is a $1.00 charge to replace lost or stolen library cards.

Alachua County Library District
Headquarters Branch Library
401 East University Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 334.3900
http://www.acld.lib.fl.us/

• Adult residents of the State of Florida (age 18 and over) may get a free Alachua County Library District borrower's card for themselves and/or their minor children (age 17 and under) upon presentation of picture identification, proof of their current residence in Florida, and their signature.
• All applicants must be present to be registered for a card, including minors being registered by parents. Exceptions may be made for individuals with disabilities that prevent them from visiting a library facility.
• Adults who do not have acceptable identification may be issued a library card upon presentation of a completed and signed registration form. Initial check-out is limited to two items and the physical library card will be mailed to the individual prior to further use to verify his/her local address.
• Non-residents who own property within the State of Florida are eligible for a free library card upon presentation of picture identification and verification of property ownership.
• Non-residents who do not own property in the State of Florida must pay a non-refundable user fee for an out-of-state card. The fee is $40.00 for one year; $20.00 for 6 months. The requirements for name and address verification and/or signatures given above also apply to out-of-state cards.
• Note: Alachua County residents are eligible to use the resources and services of the Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Putnam and Union County library systems at no charge, due to reciprocal borrowing agreements with these counties. In addition, St. John's and Nassau Counties offer a statewide borrower's card for which Alachua County residents are eligible.