Suzanne Sellers, Dean of TWU Libraries
Phone: 940-898-3746
Toll Free: 866.385.5541
Website: www.twu.edu/library/
Contact Us: http://twu.libanswers.com/
Denton (Blagg-Huey Library)
You, as a student, have access to the library on the Denton campus seven days a week. Research and instruction services are available to all students both on campus and at a distance. The Denton Library is open 116 hours per week during the semester; a modified schedule is followed during holidays and between semesters. Students are eligible to borrow materials from all 3 TWU campuses, reserve study rooms, check out a laptop or charger, relax in a comfortable environment with friends, enjoy a cup of coffee at Starbucks, and study in groups as well as in quiet spaces.
Dallas (T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences Center)
The Dallas Center contains the most comprehensive collection in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy in the metroplex, and includes books and journals in related fields of study such as allied health and non-health science courses taught at the Dallas Center. Library hours are posted each semester, with extended hours offered during finals. Study rooms are available by reservation.
Houston (TWU Institute of Health Sciences Center). Students can borrow materials, use interlibrary loan, receive in depth research consultation and access all TWU Library resources at the TWU Houston Academic Resource Center. Library hours are posted each semester, with extended hours offered during finals.
Students from all TWU campuses are encouraged to make full use of library services and facilities at TWU including:
- A collection of more than 538,000 print volumes and 407,000 e-books
- Over 39,000 print and 134,000 electronic journals
- Remote access to 227 electronic databases for full text/full image journal articles and ebooks
- Over 7,800 streaming videos
- Semester check-out privileges
- Library-wide wireless access
- Comfortable seating and an online study room reservation system
- A nationally recognized Woman’s Collection
- Laptop lending services
- Online payment of fines and fees
- Materials put on Reserve for short-term use
- A recreational reading and media collection
- Ability to secure a TexShare Courtesy Card for use at participating libraries throughout Texas
- Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Service
- Individual or group orientation tours of the libraries
- Instructional sessions on use of library resources and research services
- General use computer stations
- Rotating exhibits and displays
- Connection to the Libraries’ social media venues
- A nap pod at all three locations
- Silent study areas in Dallas and Denton
- Graduate study areas and a wellness room in Denton
- Lactation room in Denton
- Mobile charging stations
- Printing stations
Library users are responsible for materials checked out and for the payment of fines/fees accrued. All library policies, which students are expected to follow, are available on the library’s website. If library materials are lost, students are expected to pay for them. TWU students must present an ID card before checking out materials or equipment.
Books that are borrowed from other libraries are subject to the rules of the lending institution. Visit the library website (www.twu.edu/library) for more information on services and support available to the TWU community.
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