Logan Library: About: FAQ

Logan Library Building Map

Building Map

What is available for check out?

You can check out more than just books:

Headphones
Portable Charging Sticks
Phone Charging Cords and Adapters
Calculators
Dry Erase Markers
Google Chromebook Laptops / Lenovo N24 Laptops
Course Reserve Materials
Media

See Library Policies for more information or stop by the Library Services Desk.

Printing

Printing in black and white or color is available to all users via a login and password system.

Library printers are named the following: Logan Library_BW on IMPRIMATUR (black and white prints) and Logan Library Color on IMPRIMATUR (color prints). You must select the printer when you are ready to print a document and then pick up the print at the Library Services Desk.
Schreiner students are provided with printing accounts each semester.
Additional funds may be added (cash only) to student printing accounts at the Library Services Desk.
Community patrons must use designated computers and pay for printouts at the Library Services Desk.

Find Books & Online Resources

How to Use Logan Library's Online Catalog

Go to the Library Catalog for Books and Media link
Browse the Library's holdings for books, DVDs, and other resources
Use the Call Number to locate items in the library, learn more about call numbers here

From the catalog home page, you may perform:

A basic search (one text box only) or
An advanced search (up to three text boxes) or
A search for Course Reserves (those items your professor puts on reserve at the library for you)

Using Basic Search

This search allows you to use only one text box to fill in information for the search. Use this search if you already know the title or author’s name.

About ‘Basic Search’ Search Results:

Author, Call Number, and Subject searches are browses, which means it starts with the term you entered, and you can browse entries found before and after that term
Terms entered for the title search must start with the actual beginning of the title
Terms entered for the author search prefer the format: Last Name, First Name
Keyword and Journal Title searches look for terms anywhere in the title or item record

About Keyword Searching in Basic Search

Terms "and" "or" and "not" can now be used between terms for one of the keyword search options
Default operator between each term is ‘or’, instead of ‘and’
If you want to search for all terms in one record, use the advanced search and enter the terms into different boxes

Using Advanced Search

This search provides multiple boxes in which to type search terms that need to be limited to certain areas, as when you have the author’s last name and a keyword.

About ‘Advanced Search’ Search Results:

The drop-down menus for ‘Search in’ include limitations such as ‘keyword’, ‘author’, and ‘title'
Results will not be browses
Set the limits before entering your search terms or wait until you get your search results and use the 'post limits' button to avoid erasing search terms

The EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) search box will provide access to all of the library's print and online collections. Or you may search our Databases directly for collections such as Ebooks on EBSCOhost.

Learn more about searching EDS in our online tutorial:

Loan and Access Services

What is TexShare?

TexShare cards allow users to obtain borrowing privileges at participating libraries throughout Texas. Cards may be requested in person with your university ID at the front desk.

TexShare Program Home Page

Find a TexShare Library

What is Interlibrary Loan?

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a 24/7 service for members of the Schreiner University community (faculty, staff, and students in good standing). This service obtains for our patrons, research materials not available at Logan Library. The conditions for this service are set by local agreements, the regulations of the individual lending libraries, and the National Interlibrary Loan Code.

More information about ILL services may be found here.

Document Delivery Services

Ingenta is one online service that allow free searching for articles and then charges a fee for the delivery of copies of needed articles.

Other Services

Online services such as the EBSCO databases or even a publication's web site may offer e-mail delivery of tables of contents or abstracts from the journals in their collection.
Some also offer free e-mail delivery of citations, abstracts, and articles.
For faculty members, the Library can provide upon request delivery of e-mail or printed tables of contents.
Contact Interlibrary Loan at (830) 792-7320 if you are interested in this service.

Special Collections

Archives and Special Collections

Have a question? Contact Special Collections directly by email to ssides@schreiner.edu or by phone at 830.792.7321. Schreiner University Special Collections are also available online through our Partner Page in the Portal to Texas History.