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The mission of the William Carey University Libraries is to provide a learning environment that meets the information needs of the university’s students, faculty, and staff. This mission is accomplished through the provision of information resources and services that support the teaching, learning, research, and service needs of the university community.
William Carey University Libraries’ resources are available to the university’s students, faculty, and staff, as well as to sanctioned visitors and guests. Sanctioned visitors and guests may include members of the local clergy or staff of a local church, special guests of the WCU president or board of trustees, and alumni of William Carey University. Upon registration with WCU Libraries, sanctioned visitors and guests may check out books and use library facilities.
WCU Libraries’ online collection includes over 50 subscription databases comprising both ejournals and ebooks. This online collection is accessible through the WCU Libraries’ website.
WCU students, faculty, and staff can also access online collections from any off-campus location via the WCU Libraries website by utilizing their WCU email addresses and passwords as logins when prompted for full-text access.
Licenses for databases, electronic books and journals, and other online materials prohibit access to these materials by individuals who are not WCU students, faculty, or staff.
The WCU Libraries’ physical collections are located at the I.E. Rouse Library on the Hattiesburg campus, the Tradition Campus Library, and the WCU Nursing Suite of Baton Rouge General Hospital. Rouse Library houses over 64,000 print and media items. The Tradition Campus Library houses over 9,000 print and media items. An online catalog, accessible through the WCU Libraries website, provides information about all library holdings, including the location of physical items.
All circulating items in the collection are available for checkout at any WCU library. Requests for items from another library location can be made by filling out the interlibrary loan form on the library’s website.
WCU Libraries develops and maintains services that support the missions of the library and the university. Library hours of operation for each facility are available on the libraries’ website including regular trimester hours and special hours for trimester breaks, holidays, and mini-sessions. Other services available at all library locations include interlibrary loan for requesting materials that are not owned by WCU Libraries, reference and information services provided by experienced library staff, workshops in the use of library and information resources, and email and text reference services. All library resources are available at https://libguides.wmcarey.edu/home.
The I.E. Rouse Library
Email: askalibrarian@wmcarey.edu | Phone: (601) 318-6169 | Text: (601) 348-0287
I.E. Rouse Library on the Hattiesburg campus houses books, periodicals, music scores, and other library materials that support the university’s curriculum. A computer lab is available in Rouse Library, with access to the Internet as well as word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software. Printing and photocopying services are provided, as well as audiovisual equipment. Study rooms for groups of two to six are available on a first-come-first-served basis, and a classroom equipped with student computers is available for targeted reference instruction.
Rouse Library also houses the Clarence Dickinson Collection, which contains over 1,700 books, including many rare hymnals and Psalters, scores, manuscripts, recordings, an antique piano, paintings, and memorabilia relating to the history of hymnology. The Frances Winters Hymnology Collection and the William Carey University archives, which documents and preserves materials relating to the history of the institution, are also housed in Rouse Library.
Tradition Campus Library
Email: askalibrarian@wmcarey.edu | Phone: (228) 702-1890
The collection at the Tradition Campus Library includes books, journals, and audiovisual materials that support the curriculum offered at this campus. Computers with Internet connections and access to word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software are also available. Printing and photocopying services are provided, and small study rooms can be used for groups of two to six.
Baton Rouge Health Science Library
The Baton Rouge General Hospital Health Science Library is located on the first floor of Baton Rouge General Hospital’s Mid-City campus. The library space is owned by Baton Rouge General Hospital; however, it is made available 24-hours per day to William Carey University’s Baton Rouge students in possession of the appropriate ID. The library is equipped with wireless Internet connectivity, a reading and studying commons with tables and chairs, and a computer lab. Circulating nursing books are available within the William Carey University suite inside Baton Rouge General Hospital.
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