SHSU - The Woodlands Center Library Services

The Information Resources Center (Computer Lab) is open whenever The Woodlands Center building is open, even if library staff is unavailable. For information about The Woodlands Center, such as building hours, please contact the One Stop Center at 936-202-5000 or visit the TWC home page at http://www.shsu.edu/academics/woodlands-center/.

To schedule a Zoom meeting, simply shoot me an email, chat with me, or schedule an appointment on the right.

Library staff is generally available during the following times (excluding holidays, breaks, etc.):

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 from a distance. 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 will have complete library support without having to visit the library.

Students at SHSU - TWC will have access to:

• a full-time Librarian to assist you with your research– and library-related needs, such as locating research materials, completing citations, etc.

• over 100,000 combined online scholarly journals, e-books, newspapers, videos, etc.

• Interlibrary Loan delivered to your home

• Newton Gresham Library print materials delivered to your home

• One-to-one academic consultation

• Personalized workshops

This guide is not comprehensive and will not provide all of the resources and services available. This guide is merely intended as an introduction to get you started. If you are looking for more detailed research assistance, see Tyler Manolovitz in the Information Resources Center (Room 315) or check out some of the other guides available here.

• APA Format (6th Edition): How to Cite Sources
   
• Citation Managers -- Start using one of these right away!
  • Mendeley
    • ​​Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device.
  • Zotero
    • ​Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.
  • EndNote Web
    • ​Web-based tool for keeping track of all your sources (export them from many databases). Create formatted citations and bibliographies in just a few clicks. 
      • Introduction / instructions for SHSU users.
      • Create an EndNote Web account off-campus.

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 copies you can use. Also, the APA has published an APA Style Guide to Electronic References that is accessible online and provides pretty much all the information you need when citing electronic information.

Please note this information is for APA 6th edition. APA 7th edition is similar, but does include some notable changes. For a concise explanation of the major changes, please see this rundown from Purdue OWL. The APA Style Blog also includes helpful information.

Take advantage of our Interlibrary Services to get your hands on almost any article or book you need for your research, 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 free of chart. 

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 and COVID-19 Response page.