The faculty of University Libraries strive to work with our colleagues across the University as partners in research and student education. Please investigate our faculty services below to learn more.
All colleges and majors have their own subject liaison, a specialized librarian dedicated to serving that population's needs. They are a great first contact when looking for any library services or purchase requests.
The faculty of the University Libraries offer library and information literacy skills programs for classes at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. They cover a wide range of topics, including basic instruction on library catalogs, research databases, and printed resources, as well as the skills necessary to find and evaluate information on the World Wide Web. The faculty have a variety of subject backgrounds and will customize instruction for your specific course.
In addition, the librarians have prepared a number of general and subject guides to assist you and your students in finding resources that you need. The guides include information on finding materials, citation styles, general guides, and pathfinders that provide overviews of the research resources for a particular subject or course. You are free to use these resources in your classes. Click here for the list of guides available on our website.
If you would like to schedule a class, please contact your subject-specific librarian.
The University Libraries offers a reserve service for both print and electronic sources. Using electronic reserves, students can gain access to full-text articles, multimedia, and other documents that are placed on reserve. For information on placing items on reserve in either electronic or print format, please see the Faculty Reserves FAQ. If you have questions about Reserves, please contactJennifer Babcock, (419) 530-8531, Jennifer.Babcock2@utoledo.edu.
The Academic Support offers a wide range of services and products to support instruction. They are responsible for classroom audio-visual equipment across campus, instructional graphics, web design, poster sessions, power point presentations, slides, lamination, photography and photo finishing. The Academic Support website will allow you to schedule your classroom or graphical needs, as well as provide tutorials on equipment and mediated classrooms or call (419) 530-2656. The staff are happy to work with you on an individual basis to show you how the equipment works in the classrooms where you will be teaching.
For books and other items that circulate, faculty members can borrow most items for 16 weeks with one renewal period of an additional 16 weeks. Books requested through OhioLINK can be borrowed for 3 weeks intially with up to four 3 week renewals (if a hold is not placed from the original campus). Multimedia & Reserve items can be borrowed for shorter periods, and several collections do not circulate at all. For new or visiting faculty & staff, your library record will be activated after you receive your first paycheck.
Individual Appointments with librarians are available to everyone, and are especially useful for faculty engaged in research and writing. Schedule a time with a knowledgeable librarian to help you learn what tools and databases are available in your subject.
If you would like to schedule a consultation, please contact your subject-specific librarian.
The libraries offer Interlibrary Loan Services. If you need an item is not available on OhioLINK or an article from a journal that we do not get at the University of Toledo, you may request that item through our Interlibrary Loan Department, using our online Interlibrary Loan Forms through ILLiad. Delivery can take up to two weeks.
The Digital Initiatives Department coordinates projects across the University of Toledo to support research, teaching, and learning in a digital environment. We invite all interested in consulting with faculty who wish to submit collections considered suitable for seasonal or permanent virtual exhibits and/or digital archives for long-term preservation. Such material may be originally created photos, slides, historical manuscripts, oral history interviews, and other unique primary source material with great value for research and teaching.