Books and periodicals are cataloged and arranged on open shelves using the Library of Congress Classification System. LUIS contains records for the USF libraries, all nine SUS libraries in Florida, online catalogs worldwide, and serves as a gateway to over 50 periodical and full-text databases. Terminals located in various USF libraries provide access to the online catalog. Remote access to the same catalog is also possible through any campus terminal linked to the USF mainframe or via dial-in procedures. Thus, students and faculty have access to resources beyond the on-site collections at each campus.
REC forms are available at reference and circulation service desks.
Students are encouraged to become familiar with the collection, to master the techniques of using it, and to achieve a familiarity with information resources that will carry over into later life. The Reference collection is located on the first floor, with service provided at the Reference desk. Reference librarians offer computer searches of on-line databases to students and faculty on a cost recovery basis. Some of these same databases may be searched at no cost by using the LUIS catalog or CD-ROM databases in the Reference area. The Periodicals Collection is on the second floor.