Use SouthernSearch to locate information in our library. SouthernSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more.
Enter your search terms in the search box provided and click on Search. The default is to search "Everything at SCSU." You can click on the down arrow next to "Everything at SCSU" for other choices such as SCSU Catalog and Collections, Articles and e-books, Course Reserves, and CT State Colleges and Universities.
Use Advanced Search for more search options to limit or focus your search.
Searches will retrieve articles and other materials as well as books. To limit your search to books, use the options on the left after you receive the initial results.
Subject Search
Use Advanced Search to search by title, author, or subject. A subject search uses the Library of Congress subject headings. Here are some subject headings for finding information on Shakespeare and his contemporaries:
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
English drama -- 17th century
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Contemporaries
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Poetic works
Sonnets Shakespeare William 1564 1616
You can also search by subject for a specific writer by entering the last name of the author first, then the first name.
Example: Shakespeare, William
Marlowe, Christopher
Title Search
You can search for information on specific plays or the plays themselves by doing a title search and entering the title of the work.
Keyword Search
Use keyword search for more focused and precise searches.
Combine search terms with "and" to narrow your search. Combining search terms with "and" retrieves results that contain all your search terms.
Example: Shakespeare and Elizabethan stage
Shakespeare and contemporaries and drama
Shakespeare and religion
Or you can combine search terms with "or" to broaden your search. "Or" helps retrieve any or all of the words in your search.
Example: Shakespeare or Ben Jonson
Elizabethan stage or Jacobean stage
Shakespeare and (plays or drama or sonnets)
Call numbers indicate where in the library books are shelved:
Here's a floorplan indicating where materials are shelved on each floor of the library.
Circulating books are checked out at the Check-out desk on the main floor with a valid SCSU ID. Books can be checked out for 28 days with the option to have them renewed if no one else has requested them. Reference books cannot be checked out.
Several IT printers on the first floor allow you to scan books or documents. There is a printer located by the IT Help Desk and another printer near the reference stacks. Scanning to your email is free. Copying and printing is 5 cents for a single side black and white page and 8 cents for a double-side page. Color printing is 25 cents for a single page and 40 cents for a double-side page. Assistance with scanning using the IT printers is provided by the IT Help Desk on the first floor.
A book scanner is available on the ground floor of the library. Users can scan to a flash drive for free. You cannot print from the book scanner. Assistance with scanning using the book scanner is provided by the Research Desk on the first floor.
Hoot Loot card holders can add to their account from the Card Value Center in Buley Library which is located opposite the Check-out counter on the main floor.
From another CSCU library:
From anywhere else:
If a book is not available from any library in the CSCU System, you can use Interlibrary Loan to request it. The book will be sent to Buley. Ask for the book at the Check Out desk when you receive an email telling you it has arrived. Please call 203 392-7038 for assistance.