It is the Library s mission to provide effective access to information resources and services that support and strengthen teaching, learning, and research by acquiring, organizing, and preserving scholarly materials in all formats. The librarians provide research assistance in finding print and digital materials needed to foster one s scholarship while at the College of Staten Island. The collection grows and changes to reflect and complement the College s curriculum. In addition, the Library also maintains a collection of current textbooks donated by CSI Student Government. These, as well as other course materials, are available at the Reserve Desk.
Computer workstations provide access to the Internet, and both online and CD-ROM databases.
Study carrels are equipped with outlets to support laptops. Other facilities in the Library include an Electronic Theatre, a Faculty Center for Excellence in Pedagogy and Media Technologies, and a Video-Conferencing Lab. Current Contents offers the table of contents to over 7,000 journals and 2,000 books and conference proceedings in the fields of physical, chemical and Earth science, life sciences, arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, clinical medicine, agriculture, biology, environmental sciences, engineering, computing, and technology. This database is available at any CUNY library. These new Web databases have lots in store for you to explore.