7 ways to contact your reference librarians,
 7 days/week*

Do you and your students know all the ways you can contact a librarian? 

1. Drop by the reference desk (hours)
2. Live chat
3. Text 925-291-9699
4. Call 925-631-4624
5. Book an in-person appointment
6. Book a Zoom appointment

7. Email your subject librarian or askalib@stmarys-ca.edu
    

   *during the academic semesters

Did you know there are AI apps designed specifically to help you find, skim, and connect scholarly articles on your area of interest? (And they won’t hallucinate sources out of thin air.)

These tools include:

• Research Rabbit

• Elicit

• Scite

Learn more about these tools on the Library's guide to AI Use in Academic Research.

A new edition of the Chicago Manual of Style was just published! 

See what’s new in the 18th edition and access the full new edition online through the Library’s link to the Chicago Manual of Style. And the Library's updated Chicago Style cheat sheets will be online soon!

What about APA or MLA style? See our Citation Style Guides for downloadable cheat sheets to MLA, APA, and Chicago–style citations, as well as links to resources for ACS, ASA, Bluebook, CSE, and NLM styles. Share them with students too!

Have a citation question? Send us a chat or drop by the reference desk.

Trying to keep up with election news but keep hitting paywalls? Did you know the Library subscribes to thousands of newspapers and magazines?
 

Courtesy of the library, get your digital passes to the websites of the:

• New York Times

• Wall Street Journal

• Financial Times

• Chronicle of Higher Education

Plus, access articles from the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Times, and thousands more local and national newspapers and magazines through our news databases. Search by newspaper title

Questions? Ask us! 

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The Library provides streaming videos (instructional content, documentaries, indie flicks, world cinema, Criterion Collection, and more) through the following collections:

• Kanopy

• Academic Video Online

• Films on Demand

• LGBT Studies in Video

• Dance Online: Dance in Video

• Swank Digital Campus (FAQ)
   

Embed videos in Canvas, add discussion questions and quizzes, create custom playlists, and more.
 

See our guide to our streaming video collections for more information, and contact your subject librarian with any questions.

Spiff up your Scholar Profile

SMC has a new platform for Scholar Profiles! Whether you’re going up for tenure, applying for a grant, or just want to make your scholarship discoverable on the web, now is a good time to document your accomplishments in one place.

Check out your Scholar Profile, and contact your subject librarian to make updates or request a profile.
 

Once you’ve updated your SMC profile: Have you made an ORCID ID and Google Scholar profile? Check out these resources. 

Get books and articles delivered from libraries around the world with Interlibrary Loan

Want a book, article, DVD, or other item that the SMC Library doesn’t have? Get it through Interlibrary Loan! 

Requesting items: Start by searching for an item in Library Search. If you don’t see what you need, click Search using Interlibrary Loan > at the top of the screen to get it delivered from another library.

Receiving items: Digital articles and chapters will be sent to you via email, usually within 1–2 business days (Monday–Friday). Print books and media items usually arrive in 4–10 business days. You can check on the status of your request in your library account, and you'll receive an email notification when your item is ready. 

Questions? Start a chat with library staff now.

Library resources for your course, embedded in  Canvas 

Have you noticed the “SMC Library Resources” tab in the navigation of your Canvas course?
 

This little tab magically detects what course you’re taking and will display relevant library resources specially curated by subject librarians for your course or department, like:

• subject-specific databases

• guidance for finding books, images, data sets, or other resources specific to your discipline

• citation style guides

• Contact info for your subject librarian and a live chat box 
   

Questions? Contact your subject librarian or askalib@stmarys-ca.edu.