PLUS Guidelines
Article requests |
Book requests |
Subject requests
Lost & overdue books |
Renew online |
Recalls |
Other services
Pickler Library will make every effort to fill requests as they are received. The following guidelines will be followed:
Please send requests through
E-mail: plus@truman.edu
Photocopies of periodical articles will be sent (at no charge) in
lieu of the periodical itself.
We will not make copies of articles that are available
full-text in the databases provided by MOREnet.
Please check our
library catalog
or the
JournalFinder
to see if we have the periodicals you want.
We will make copies of articles from Reference Books or other
non-circulating items as needed at no charge.
Loan
period is 30 days which includes travel time. You may renew online
once for an additional 30 days.
Books will be sent to you via UPS.
We will use the
function in our
library's catalog.
When you find a book in our catalog that you would like to borrow,
follow this procedure:
1. Make sure the status is "AVAILABLE" and that
it is in one of these collections--
General Collection
Juvenile Collection
Popular Reading Collection
U.S. Documents
These are the only
collections that circulate to PLUS libraries.
2. If it is available from one of these
collections, click on
3. Fill out the form as directed
below:
PLUS will be unable to supply multiple copies
of any item.
Our first responsibility is to the faculty and students of Truman
State University. Any request that we feel jeopardizes their
access to the collection will be denied.
Photocopies may be made from reference books, special collections
materials, periodicals, etc.
The following
items will not be loaned:
Curriculum Library materials
Media: Videos, DVDs, CDs, etc.
Only materials from Pickler’s general, browsing, documents, and juvenile collections will be loaned.
Subject requests will be accepted, but the PLUS staff will limit searching to about 10-15 minutes. We will not search outside of Pickler's collections. If information cannot be found, the request will be returned. Please be specific and give as much information as possible including how many sources are needed. You can check our library catalog to see if we have books on a particular topic. We will not supply articles that are available to you through MOREnet.
Send subject requests through E-mail: plus@truman.edu
Overdue notices will be sent via
e-mail to the PLUS librarian's e-mail account. You may renew
online (see instructions below).
We must bill libraries for any books lost or destroyed, including
books lost in the mail. This will include a $60.00 fee to
replace the book, plus a $20.00 non-refundable processing fee. Schools will
receive a bill automatically for any books that have been overdue
for
35 days.
Payment for lost books: After receiving a bill for a book and having exhausted your resources for getting the book back, payment for the book and a copy of the bill should be sent to the mailing address listed below. Schools with outstanding bills will not be able to renew their PLUS library card the following year, unless the bills are paid.
A PLUS library with 10 books overdue will have a blocked library
card. This means book requests will not be filled until the
books are returned.
Log
into your account (click
here or click on My Library Account on the left side of this
page):
Your name is: plus
Your campus ID number is the number on the card that we gave
you
(the same number you use for requesting books) immediately followed
by tsu
Your PIN is: 1234
Click on SUBMIT
From the menu, select ITEMS CURRENTLY CHECKED OUT.
Check the ones you want to renew, and click RENEW SELECTED ITEMS.
Recalls
All items borrowed from our library are subject to recall by
university patrons. If you receive a recall notice, you must
immediately return the recalled item.
PLUS libraries will be sent lists of books being discarded from the university library. You will be able to select titles for your library. Pickler will pay mailing costs.
The PLUS Web site http://library.truman.edu/plus has items of interest to school libraries, including links to ERIC and other free databases.
Mailing address:
PLUS –Reference Department
Pickler Memorial Library
Truman State University
100 E. Normal
Kirksville, Mo 63501
PLUS
contact:
Janice Weddle,
Reference/Documents Assistant
660-785-4542
