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STERLING C. EVANS LIBRARY
Your Guide to Sources and Services
Texas A&M University Fall 1989
HOWDY!
Welcome to the Sterling C. Evans
Library. As the major information
resource for students and faculty at
Texas A&M, the Library has more than
1.6 million volumes available for your
use. The Library is filled with more than
just books. From films to federal docu
ments, from maps to microcomputers,
Evans Library offers a wide variety of
materials and services to meet the
demands of users in a changing society.
Technology is changing the way people
find and use information, making
computerized data retrieval a necessity
in today’s library. At the Evans Library,
our users not only search printed
sources and indexes, they also use the
latest laser disk technology to retrieve
information within seconds, or search
hundreds of online databases providing
access to literally millions of sources.
This array of materials, services
equipment and policies may seem over
whelming, but learning to use the library
is a skill, and like any skill, once you
have a knowledge of the basics and
practice a bit, it can be mastered. This
guide will serve as a first step in
acquiring those skills. This brief intro
duction to the Evans Library includes
basics of library use, descriptions of
special services, library hours, and the
location and telephone numbers of the
different departments.
Tours, lectures, and hundreds of other
instructional handouts are also available.
Your success as a library user depends
on your ability and perseverance to find
just the information you seek. We want
you to be a success at the Evans Library!
Advertising Supplement to The Battalion, Wednesday, Sept. 6,1989.