Areas to be covered include:

Library Purpose and Operations General Rules and Guidelines Available Services and Resources Information Literacy

    

The purpose of the Bertha Smith Library is to provide accessible

quality theological, general, and professional educational resources

and effective services to support the needs of Luther Rice University

students, faculty, and staff.

•Monday, Tuesday & Thursday. . . 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

•Wednesday & Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

•Saturday … 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Open on Saturdays when classes meet on-campus. Please check the website for current information)

•Closed Sundays & During Chapel Services.

•Hours subject to change when school is not in session.

Changes will be posted on doors and Internet.

No Food or Drinks in the Library

Please turn off ringer on your cell phone and set it on vibrate mode.

Conduct cell phone conversations outside the library entrance.

The Bertha Smith Library offers many services and resources to our students, faculty, and staff. These include:

•Research & Reference Services

•Circulation Services

•Computer Lab

•Books & E-books

•Journals

•Electronic Databases

•Copy Machine

•Document Delivery

•Interlibrary Loan

 Walk-Up Assistance:

Students can receive personal help with any questions from a Library staff member in person during library hours. If requests for personal assistance are made during non-business hours, they will be met during the following business day.

Telephone Assistance:

Students can receive support by calling the Library at (770) 484-1204 (ext. 263) or toll free at (800) 442-1577 during business hours.

Email Assistance: Students can email requests for information and support to library@lru.edu. Every effort will be made to respond on the same day to emails received before 4:00 PM. Emails received after 4:00 PM will be answered the following business day.

Online Chat Support During the hours the

library is open you can get help with using library resources by opening a chat session with a librarian. To start a chat session click on the chat picture in the library homepage.

Student ID/Library Card

The Student ID/Library card gives borrowing privileges at the on-campus library. LRU students may obtain a library card for free.

Library cards do not expire until graduation.

Distance ed. students do not require a library card for checking out library materials or for using Electronic databases.

Circulation of Books

If you are an on-campus student, present the library materials you want to check out with your library card.

If you are an off-campus student, send your material request through telephone, mail, fax, or e-mail.

Search our Koha catalog before sending material requests. Email your request by adding items to Koha cart and e-mail the cart to library@lru.edu

You will have 4-6 weeks to use the book(s).

Books can be renewed for two weeks either in person or over the phone.

Reference books and materials on reserve are not available for checkout.

Inter-Library Loan

Inter-library loan is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books or photocopies of articles in journals that are owned by another library. 

When the materials you need are not available in the Bertha Smith Library, you can request these materials through our Inter-library Loan Service (ILL).

You may submit the request in person at the circulation desk, online or e-mail it to library@lru.edu or fax the ILL completed form to the Luther Rice University (fax number: 770-484-1155). 

Loans take an average of 2 to 3 weeks to arrive.

Length of checkout period, number of renewals, and fines are determined by the lending institution.

Computer Lab

Read and observe our Computer Acceptable Use Guidelines. Honor the Lord Jesus Christ in your computer usage.

Class assigned projects have priority. Do not change the workstation setup or software. Report hardware problems and viruses quickly.

Accessing your Library Account from Home

Click on the link "Catalog Search” located on the left-hand side menu of the Library's home page.

Click on “Login to Your Account” link at the top right-hand corner

Enter your student number in the Login Box and your password (zip code) in the password box.

You can see what items you have checked out, due dates, fines, etc., attached to your account.

Bertha Smith Library Collections

Main Collection: Open for circulation. Strong in Biblical studies, church history and Practical theology.Reference Collection: Dictionaries, encyclopedias, commentaries and other reference materials for research.Electronic Book Collection: Collection of e-books for reading online.Print Periodicals: On-campus periodical collection received in print format. A list of print periodicals is available on the library web-site.Journal Search Databases: Comprehensive searchable databases for journal articles search.Archives Collection: Theses and dissertations written by Luther Rice students & Rare Books.

Netlibrary is a database of Electronic books available online in conjunction with the Bertha Smith Library. It is accessible (for on or off campus access) from the library homepage.

You can access NetLibrary e-books from any computer with internet access. Login is required.

If you need more information, please do call the library.

Current issues are on the display shelves.Periodicals are not available for check-out.Copiers are available to copy articles from print journals.

Journal Search Databases

Galileo Databases Non-Galileo Databases

Journal Search DatabasesGalileo Databases

GALILEO stands for GeorgiA Library Learning Online, an initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. A world Wide Web-based virtual library, GALILEO provides access to multiple information resources, including secured access to licensed products.

As a participating institution LRU has access to over 225 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Thousands of journal titles are provided in full-text.

Other resources include encyclopedias, business directories, and government publications.

With a World Wide Web Browser you can connect to GALILEO from the Find Journal Articles and More page.

Journal Search DatabasesNon-Galileo Databases

LRU non-Galileo Databases include:

ATLAs (Full-text) Theological Journal Library (Full-

text) ProQuest Religion (Full-text)

The online databases can be accessed off-campus wherever the internet can be accessed. The Library's home page has links to these resources.

Library Homepage – http://library.lru.edu/

Complete List of Electronic Databases - http://www.lru.edu/Content.aspx?page=library_alldb&tool=library

Journal Search DatabasesWeb-based access

Online Databases can be accessed by using your 6 digit Student Number (i.e. ZZ1234) and Password.

This is the same Student Number and Password you would use to register for courses.

For Password or database access help Please call the library at 770-484-1204 (ext. 263)

Journal Search DatabasesLogin Information

LRU subscribes to several Full Text Electronic Databases offered by EBSCO Host and ProQuest Information & Leaning Co.

Important Full-text EBSCO databases Include: ATLAserials and Academic Search Complete.

Important Full-text ProQuest Databases include ProQuest Research Library and ProQuest Religion.

Journal Search DatabasesImportant Databases

Do you need help searching online journal articles ...?

Try this tutorial

See the Manuals and Tutorials page for tutorials on each major database.

For Turabian writing and citing help try the Turabian Helps page.

How to Use The Library Catalog:

The On-line Library Catalog is accessible via the library website. Use the library catalog to search for books, videos, E-books and much more.

The Library catalog is similar to an internet search engine. Conduct your search by using the search features: title, subject, author or keyword.

A separate tutorial is available on the Library website to help you in the use of the on-line Library catalog.

Address: Bertha Smith LibraryLuther Rice University

3038 Evans Mill Road, LithoniaGA 30038

Phone: (770) 484-1204Fax: (770)484-1155

Email: library@lru.edu

Web Address: http://library.lru.edu/

Do you need help with library resources or services ...?Don’t hesitate to contact us.