Faculty & Staff Services

Pardon Our Noise

We wish to apologize for construction noise in the building. The library is currently undergoing renovations to increase the safety of the building. Please look at the Cornette Library Maintenance and Renovations Libguide for more information.

Door Closure: Due to the construction, the east entrance of the library and portions of the east lawn (facing 26th Street and Centennial Hall) are currently closed. Please use the south entrance until further notice. Note: The Overnight Book Drop is out of service due to the closure. If you are unable to return your books during business hours, please contact Access Services at (806) 651-2215.

Research Assistance

The library provides personalized research assistance with major research problems both in person and virtually.

For Research Assistance:

Stop by the Research Desk.
- Fall and Spring Semesters
  - 8am – 8pm Monday – Thursday
  - 8am – 5pm Friday
  - CLOSED Saturday and Sunday
- Summer and Intersessions
  - 8am – 5pm Monday – Friday
  - CLOSED Saturday and Sunday
Call the desk at (806) 651-2239 during open hours
Make an appointment with a librarian in person or virtually through our website.
Chat with a librarian 24/7 through our website.

Checkout Items

Faculty checkout of Cornette Library materials:
- Check out up to 100 items for 120 days each.
- 3 renewals allowed.
- Have others checkout items for you by using our proxy services. For more information on our proxy services, please visit our Borrowing Policies section of the policies page.
Amarillo Center
- In addition to the above check out limits, Cornette Library will deliver a book we own to the Amarillo Center via the University Courier. Fill out this form to Request a Library Book via this service.
- Faculty and staff must have WTAMU or other legal identification to receive the item from the Amarillo Center office.
RELLIS
- RELLIS faculty teaching a WT course have full access to the Cornette Library and its resources.
- If you are RELLIS faculty, you may order books and articles from the Cornette Library through Interlibrary Loan. We will send your items to the RELLIS library via TExpress courier.

Course Materials

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Connect with Bruce Wardlow about incorporating and creating OER. For more information about OER, also check out our Open Educational Resources guide.

Content Licensed by the Library

You may use many of the library's licensed content within your courses from embedding videos (e.g. Films on Demand) to linking directly to database articles and books. Give your liaison librarian a call if you would like to explore this option.

Course Reserves

You can place items on reserve to ensure everyone has equal access to your course materials by providing us the materials or using a physical library resource.

You can visit our Reserves page, Email a Librarian, or call us at (806) 651-2215 for further information.

Reserve Request Form

Library Instruction and Guides

Instruction Sessions

Library instruction teaches students about library resources and services. Students learn how to use appropriate print and electronic sources as well as evaluation and citation of sources. Currently scheduled sessions are viewable on the Instruction Calendar.

For further information please see the Library Instruction FAQ.

Schedule a Session

Course Guides

A Course Guide is a library website that points students to relevant library resources and services for that specific course. Please contact your liaison librarian or Kelly Hoppe if you're interested in a course guide for your class.

Please visit our Course Guides list to see examples.

Interlibrary Loan

Need a book or article we don’t have here? We can usually borrow items for you from another library through Interlibrary Loan.

Interlibrary Loan Desk hours and contact information:

Monday – Friday 7:45 am – 5 pm
(806) 651-2406
ill@wtamu.edu

For more information, please see our Interlibrary Loan Services page.

Request an Item through ILL

Study Rooms

We offer a wide range of study rooms in our building to accommodate various group sizes.

You can book the following study rooms online:

After booking, come to the Access Services Desk to check-in.

Suggest Purchases

Faculty are invited to suggest a purchase that will support the curriculum.

Suggest a Purchase

Faculty Research Poster Session

Faculty are invited to participate in the Annual Faculty Research Poster session, which is held every spring.

WT Repository

The library can help deposit research and other scholarly writing into our WT Repository to share and preserve your and your students' research. Please contact Patrick Diepen for further information.

WT Repository

Citation Management Software

The Library provides access to Endnote, which you can use to organize and automatically create references and citations for your sources. This service requires the creation of a personal account.

For further information on Endnote, please see our Endnote Guide.

Thesis, Incomplete, or Exam Access

Do you have a student who needs extended access to library resources and services to work on a thesis, incomplete, or comprehensive exam? Please complete this request form.

Needs will be addressed on a case-by-case basis, but in general, access is not allowed for more than a semester.