Faculty Services

Support from the library for your courses and research

Subject specialists

Each department is assigned a subject specialist who manages the book and journal fund for that subject area. They will be happy to arrange an appointment with you.

• List of subject specialists
  
• Services they offer
  
• Recommendation for purchase form
• Subject Guides 

Resources for online teaching

• Library services for online courses
  
• Creating online reading lists

Reserves

Faculty assigned reading materials on reserve for their courses.

• Course reserves information, guidelines and forms
  

Copyright

Faculty must be aware of copyright regulations when preparing course reading materials.

• Dalhousie Copyright Office
  

Document Delivery Services

The Libraries operate a full document delivery (interlibrary loan) service.

• Document delivery for Dalhousie faculty
  
• Electronic delivery forms
  
• Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement
  
• Atlantic Scholarly Information Network (ASIN)
  
• OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program

Information literacy

Librarians operate a full instructional program including course-related sessions, drop-in workshops, guides (printed and web) and online tutorials.

• In person classes and workshops
• Online tutorials list
  
• Libraries UnZipped - February 22, 2012
  10:00am - noon General sessions in the Rowe Building, Room 1011
  1:30 - 3:30pm Health Related presentations in Dentistry Building, Room 4117
  

Off-campus access

All of the services and resources available on our web site can be accessed both on-campus and off-campus.

• Remote access instructions
  
• Distance Services for faculty working off-campus for extended periods of time