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Five things you absolutely need to know about the UTSA Libraries

(Aug. 23, 2017) -- UTSA Libraries provides students with many services, from helping students with research questions over chat to tracking down articles and databases. It’s home to more than 5.6 million electronic and print resources to help you survive and succeed at UTSA.

1. Blue Crew members are your friends!

If you’re ever lost or have a question, folks in blue UTSA Libraries sweaters are always there to help you out.

2. You can reserve a study room.

Need to find a study space? You can claim one of UTSA Libraries’ sought-after study rooms online. The Libraries also offer quiet computing study rooms and graduate student study rooms.

3. Print, scan, copy: It’s your one-stop shop for your printing needs!

Printing stations are located inside the JPL and Downtown Library. Students enrolled on a full-time basis receive $12 in printing credit at the beginning of each semester. After that, printing costs apply but the convenience makes it totally worth it. In a crunch and need to scan a few pages from a book? High speed scanners are your best friend.

4. You can enrich your sense of local history.

UTSA Libraries houses the nationally recognized UTSA Special Collections documenting San Antonio and Texas history. Included in the collection are histories of the African-American and LGBTQ communities, Mexican-American activism documents and a Mexican Cookbook Collection, just to name a few.

5. The UTSA Libraries website has just about everything.  

The UTSA Libraries website is one of the university’s most-trafficked sites. There, you can search for articles, movies and more. Use the "Get It For Me” service to request books and articles online; when they’re ready, pick them up in-person at the front desk!


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The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to promoting access for all. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.