Click on Pages in the left hand column of menu choices and then look for the Page called Library Course Reserves. You will see a standard copyright warning about fair use of the materials; then scroll down to see the links to the materials your professor has placed on reserve. (Remember to create a University Box account if you haven't already done so. You will need the account in order to gain access to many of the items.)
Contact the Office of Financial Assistance Services for information on financial aid, including the FAFSA form, loan refunds, and scholarships.
The Federal Student Aid website has additional resources for navigating student loans.
The Central Illinois Nonprofit Resource Center has many resources to assist nonprofits and patrons in locating grant information.
Our premier resource is the Foundation Directory Online. This resource can be accessed from off campus for users with a NetID and password (UIS students, staff & faculty). For all others, it can only be accessed from on campus.
We don't have laptops available for checkout through the library. However, we have desktops that can be used while in the building. Laptops are available for check out through ITS (located in BRK 180- lower level of the library) for 7 days.
Through the Equipment Check-Out Page, you can find equipment available for UIS students and faculty to check out, checkout procedures, and user responsibilities.
To check the status of your I-Share book, follow these steps. Once the book has arrived at our library for pick-up, you will receive an email.
Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) when you need a book that is not available in Brookens Library or through the I-Share catalog. Also use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) when you need an article or book chapter not held by Brookens Library.
You can study in the library any time we are open.
Check our library hours page (https://library.uis.edu/about/hours.html) for the current day's hours of operation before making the trip out to the library.
The following materials may be requested:
Please note that course required materials of any kind are not available via Interlibrary Loan (ILL) nor are DVD's.
Software, recently published materials, reference materials belonging to other libraries, and rare or valuable materials are generally not available via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). The Interlibrary Loan staff will attempt to obtain the materials as requested, but the decision to loan material is at the discretion of the lending library.
Before you begin actively researching your topic, you will need to think about the types of sources that are available. Information comes to us from many sources - books, magazines, journals, newspapers, radio, television, websites, multimedia sources, etc... The type(s) of information you need will depend on the nature of your potential topic.