Here are our reference hours.
The library website provides access to all library collections, resources, and services.
Use the Discovery Search box on the library homepage to search multiple collections and formats at once.
What's in our collections?
Waggoner Library has both print and online collections and you have access to both!
The video below is a general overview of the library homepage, resources & services. It's a great place to begin!
Library Hours
Fall & Spring Semester Hours (mid-August - first of May)
Monday-Thursday: 8 am-Midnight
Friday: 8 am-4:30 pm
Saturday: 10 am-4 pm
Sunday: 3 pm-Midnight
Please know that library hours may change during holidays, semester breaks, and inclement weather. For breaks and other hours, check here. Changes in library hours will be posted on the library home page as soon as possible. Please contact us with any questions.
NOTE: Card Swipe access using your Trevecca ID is required for main entrance access after 5 PM Monday - Thursday and all day Saturday and Sunday. The ground floor access through Admissions is always card swipe access.
Discovery Search found on the library homepage, looks for words, phrases, names, titles, etc. searching across multiple library collections. A typical result list could include books (print & ebooks), journal articles, newspaper sources, videos, and more. It is a great way to begin your research. Learn more about Discovery Search from the videos below:
Books
You can find books (Print and eBooks) by searching the library website. Discovery search allows you to search for print and eBooks simultaneously. Use the filters on the left side of the result page to choose print books or eBook format.
View the short tutorial below to understand how to search Discovery effectively.
Coming to the library?
Healthcare books in print are shelved in the RA, and and leadership print books are found in the HA to HJ sections on the top floor of Waggoner. Additional titles are filed by subject discipline such as ethics in the BJ's or psychology in the BF's titles on the second floor of the library.
Your Trevecca ID serves as your library card.
Not finding what you need at Waggoner? Interlibrary loan is available for further research support.
eBooks
Waggoner eBook collections integrate over 200,000 full text eBooks into Discovery Search. Below are several eBook titles in the management and leadership subject area.
EBook Central and EBSCO eBooks are our two primary eBook collections. You can search them separately or by using Discovery Search.
Learn more about eBooks, creating accounts, checking out and copying content from eBooks, from the eBook Research Guide.
Journal Articles
You'll find journal articles using library databases. You may want to use other databases beyond what is linked below. The A-Z Databases page links to all library databases. Start by viewing the short tutorial below Discovery Search: Journal Articles (3 min 09 sec) to learn more about searching for journal articles.
Primary Healthcare & Buisiness Databases
Databases are listed in alphabetical order. Read the descriptions and click on the title that meets your needs to begin the search.
Newspapers
Databases are great places to search many types of newspapers and news services.
They include national and international resources as well as regional sources.
Choose from the list below.
Statistics
Statista.com is one of the first statistic portals in the world to integrate data on over 80.000 topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.
Note: Please understand that [Statista] cannot offer free assistance in researching or locating data, given the high volume of requests. If you would like further research or information, [they] recommend consulting [their] Research & Analysis service. Statista does not offer advice for students working or dealing with SPSS software. Such consulting would lead to the empirical evaluation of student work.
How do you cite a Statista image?
The diagram below shows where to find Citation information within Statista for APA formatting.
Streaming Video
Films on Demand's Master Academic Collection offers streaming video of over 12,000 full-length titles in the humanities, social sciences, business, economics, health, medicine, science, and mathematics. These videos are made available by Films Media Group from producers such as Films for the Humanities, Cambridge Educational, NOVA, A&E, and PBS. Unlimited, simultaneous, 24/7 access, in class or off-site, is provided.
For a title list of Films on Demand Healthcare titles, click here.
ProQuest eBook Central Collection |
Downloading chapter PDFs or page ranges of an ebook is the best way to optimize its use. By not checking out (downloading) the full ebook, you are allowing the ebook to continue to be available for everyone.
Download instructions are available here:
EBSCO eBook Collection |
Notes:
Open the link below to learn how to save, print, or email EBSCO eBook Chapters.
To see how the download process works in the EBSCO eBook Collection, watch the video below. (4min. 42sec).
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