SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Albert B. Alkek Library

The Alkek Library contains more than 1 million volumes of books, documents, and bound periodicals. In addition, there are some 196,000 volume equivalents in microform and 19,000 title units in AV software, which includes over 1,200 software programs for the public microcomputer area. The library receives over 5,500 periodical and serial titles.

Reference service is available during all library hours. An on-line catalog which can also be accessed from off-campus via modem provides information on the library's holdings. Other automated services include CD ROM indexes and access to approximately 450 databases throughout the nation. The library maintains cooperative borrowing privileges with other libraries, including interlibrary loan services. Membership in a nation-wide bibliographic database affords instant communication about possible loans from over 11,000 libraries. Library support facilities include a microcomputer lab with 60 MacIntosh, IBM-compatible workstations, typewriters, coin-operated photocopying machines, public telephones, public vending machines, and a lounge.

More information about the library is available at any of the service points in the building or through the Alkek Library's Home Page found at: http://www.library.swt.edu.

Go to Undergraduate Catalog Home Page. Go to SWT Home Page.