SHSU - The Woodlands Center Library Services

This is intended as an introductory guide to help students of SHSU -- The Woodlands Center best utilize Newton Gresham Library's resources and services.

Purpose

Bitmoji ImageLibrary services at The Woodlands Center are provided in the Information Resources Center: computer lab, room 315.

The hours listed below represent typical library staff availability -- not computer lab or TWC hours. To ensure librarian availability, please contact me directly or schedule a meeting using the contact information to the right.

For information about The Woodlands Center, such as building hours, please contact the TWC Administrative Office at 936-202-5000 or visit the TWC Homepage.

General library staff hours: 

Monday 10a - 7p
Tuesday 10a - 7p
Wednesday 10a - 7p
Thursday 10a - 7p
Friday 8a - 5p
Saturday -----
Sunday -----

This guide is intended to help students of Sam Houston State University - The Woodlands Center learn about the library resources and services available to them. Newton Gresham Library strives to support the academic success of its student population and has made a concerted effort to provide the best possible library services to students taking classes remotely. With the distance education services offered by NGL, students have complete library support without having to visit the library.

Students at SHSU - TWC have access to:

  • a full-time Librarian to assist you with your research– and library-related needs, such as locating research materials, citations, etc.
  • over 100,000 combined online scholarly journals, e-books, newspapers, videos, etc.
  • Interlibrary Loan and NGL books delivered directly to your home
  • On-site book return for ILL and NGL materials
  • One-to-one academic consultation
  • In-class library and research instruction

This guide is not comprehensive and is only intended as an introduction and overview. If you are looking for more advanced research assistance or have any other questions, please contact Tyler Manolovitz in the Information Resources Center (room 315) or via the contact information to the right.

APA Citation Information

For introductory information and examples about APA citations, please view our APA Citations guide

If you need access to the full style guide, Newton Gresham Library and SHSU-The Woodlands Center have print copies you can check out. 

Other helpful resources include Purdue OWL and the APA Style Blog.

 

Distance Services & Interlibrary Loan

Take advantage of our Interlibrary Services to get almost any article or book you need, even if our library does not have access. If you are a distance student you can even request books from the main campus and have them shipped to your home for free. 

To request a book we do not own, an article we do not have access to, or a book from the main campus, simply log in to ILLiad using your SHSU credentials and fill out the appropriate form. Please be sure to verify your contact information and mailing address. 

For more information, please visit our Interlibrary Loan page. 

Citation Management Tools

Preferred

Zotero

  • Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is an easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources
    • 300MB = free | 2GB = $20/year | 6GB = $60/year | Unlimited = $120/year

Other Options

Mendeley

  • ​​Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.
    • Please note: Mendeley has discontinued its mobile apps. Tools like PaperShip may be an alternative. Development and support of Mendeley also seems to have decreased over time. 

EndNote Web

Research/Instruction Librarian

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Tyler Manolovitz

Contact:
936-202-5052
tyler@shsu.edu

To schedule a meeting in-person or via Zoom, click the Schedule Appointment button above.

If Tyler is unavailable and you need immediate assistance, please contact Newton Gresham Library.

 

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