With LUIS, students can find books, videos or CDs that the library has. WCAT has more than 34 million records from libraries around the world. CRL contains historical newspapers and documents dating back to 1723. Students need not worry about finding a book or an article from a library in Montana because the library's Interlibrary Loan Department can get it for them. All students have to do is find the full citation of the source, such as the title, author, volume, library found in, and fill out a request form.
Books can take five days to two weeks to arrive and are free.
Articles can take two to 10 days to arrive and cost students 10 cents per page. For students who need to use the Internet to do research and tend to forget URLs and World Wide Web addresses, the University added something else. Last October, the University Web Page Committee, which consisted of Lockhart, Jane Smith, Wanda Cagle, Sharon Hackney and student assistant Michael Cox, made Web searches easier. Instead of logging onto the Internet and randomly punching in Web addresses, all students and faculty have to do is access the Library Web Page on the University Web Page. The Library Web Page is divided into a variety of subject headings that range from entertainment to medicine.