How do books and other resources end up in the Library? Through the work of Technical Services! Purchasing, subscribing, processing, and cataloging - it all goes into making these resources available and findable.
The Library subscribes to approximately 145 print serials, approximately 600 electronic serials and serials packages, and 5 print newspapers. We also provide access to tens of thousands of additional full text titles through a variety of archives such as JSTOR and aggregators such as EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier. What we don’t subscribe to can be made accessible through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.
The print serial and microform collections are located in the ground floor of the Library. The Microform Reading Room also houses the Library’s public microform scanner from which you can read articles or save them to a USB drive. Online access to our electronic journals is available from on and off campus.
The Library acquires non-serials materials in all formats to support the learning, teaching and research of our students and faculty from a variety of vendors and sources. The total annual Library Materials budget for all resources in all for-mats is approximately $1.6 million. We proactively collect award-winning books, as well as more than 100 series on standing order. We also provide access to several thousand electronic books, and dozens of online streaming videos. Formats we acquire include:
The library provides to access to 282 databases. Coverage includes a variety of content types, such as journal articles, news sources, and audio-visual materials.To recommend a new database for consideration, please contact your designated subject librarian or Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian, Hayley Battaglia, at battagliah1@southernct.edu.
The Library purchases journal titles on an annual subscription basis, and maintains a “wish list” of requested journal titles to consider for future purchase as funding permits. To request that a journal title be added to the “wish list” please send the title to your Subject Librarian or directly to the Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian (battagliah1@southernct.edu). Please note: even if the Library cannot subscribe to a particular journal we provide access to articles from journals for which we do not have full text access via Interlibrary Loan services.
Academic departments vary in how they handle book and other collections purchase requests. Please contact your department’s library liaison for more information about how your department handles book and other collections purchase requests.
Per the library’s collection development policy, we only subscribe to streaming video content at the request of faculty for films that are assigned in online or hybrid courses. Please note, however, that due to budgetary limitations we may not be able to fulfill all requests. Additionally, not all films are available through platforms from which the library can purchase access, but we can provide you with information about other access options that may be available for students to purchase individually or, in some cases, access for free.
We currently provide access to more than 43,000 film titles through the Films on Demand database, as well as just over 1,000 films through Swank Digital Campus. We also subscribe to a limited number of films on the Kanopy platform. Additionally there are films available through Digital Theatre+, and Psychotherapy.net. All of the films for which we provide access are cataloged by title and are accessible through Southern Search as well as through the links in the library’s Database A-Z list.
All streaming video requests should be submitted to Kari Swanson, Associate Librarian, Acquisitions & Collection Development Coordinator.
Request e-delivery for our print and microfilm collections.
You can request e-delivery of print journals and microform content if you are students, faculty, or staff at Southern Connecticut State University.
After filling out the request form (see below), you will receive a pdf of the content you need through email. You must have a valid SCSU email to submit a request.
The service will be available on weekdays. Requests made over the weekends and on holidays will be addressed on the following business day. All weekday requests will be responded to within 48 business hours.
To submit a request, fill out the form here.
You can also access the request form directly from a print journal or microform record in SouthernSearch. Just click "E-Delivery Request" next to the volume you need.
