Library Resources
St. Thomas More College is federated with the University of Saskatchewan and as part of the agreement between the two institutions, STM shares the University’s library system. All items in the STM library are discoverable through the University’s Library website, and STM students have the same access to books, databases, and electronic resources as USask students. Let’s take a look at a few ways you can find resources for your classes and papers.
The Shannon Library at STM welcomes you!
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Library Services
Reference Services
Students, faculty, staff, and members of the public are encouraged to ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk or call 306-966-8916. For help in conducting research or finding journal articles, users are encouraged to consult library staff during office hours (M-F: 8:30 to 4:30).
Circulation Services
Borrowing Policies:
Anyone with a University of Saskatchewan library card may borrow STM Library items. A University Alumni Card can be acquired free of charge from the Alumni Office. Anyone without a University of Saskatchewan library card may acquire a St. Thomas More College Library card free of charge from the library office staff for use at the STM Library only and entitles one to borrow up to five items.
Loan Periods:
General Book Collection: 30 days. Reserve Material: 4-hour in-library use, 24 hours, 72 hours. Bound Periodicals: 30 days. Reference Works / Unbound Periodicals: in-library use only.
Renewals:
Borrowers may renew books through the online catalogue, or at any circulation desk on campus unless the books have been requested by another patron. Items may be renewed twice. Reserve materials and bound periodicals may not be renewed.
Holds:
Holds may be placed only on books that are signed out to another patron. Holds are placed through the online catalogue.
Late, Lost and Damaged Items:
Fines are $2.00 per hour for Reserve material and $2.00 per day for recalled items. Unpaid fines result in a loss of privileges at both STM Library and the University Main Library, as well as notification to the Registrar's Office.
The penalty for lost or damaged materials includes the payment of fees to cover material and processing costs as well as any fines owing.
Computer Access
A Computer Lab is available in the Shannon Library for student and faculty use. It provides access to a wide variety of software, including (but not limited to): Microsoft Office; class software in the sciences, math, social sciences, computer sciences, and languages. A printer and a scanner are also available. Users require a PAWS account.
Wifi and wireless printing is available.
Photocopier/Scanner
A photocopier/scanner is available in the library and is operable by the use of your NSID or U of S student card. There is a ten-cent fee to photocopy; scanning and emailing is free.
Student Learning Services
Student Learning Services is an invaluable resource to any student at any stage in their university career, but they are especially helpful to new students just entering university to offer support and teach skills that will remain invaluable throughout your studies and career.
In addition to workshops on many topics, they offer Writing Help, Math & Stats Help, Study Skills Help, Academic Skills Development, Learning Communities, and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL), and much more.
Research
The library can help you find citations, learn about copyright, learn how to manage research data, find research resources, find resources at other institutions, and you can even put in a request to have an item purchased.
Find out how the library can support your research through all stages of your project, from formulating a research question to preservation of your scholarly outputs.
Help me find…
This is instruction on finding books, journal articles, theses, dissertations, course reserves, maps, newspapers, book reviews, microforms, government information, data and statistics, patents, conference proceedings, GIS, and archives and special collections help.
Just click on the type of resource you would like help finding, you will be linked to a page that teaches you how to find and why you might use that specific resource type.
