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Library Guide FY25
This guide will provide an in-depth overview of the library resources and services available to the TSTC community for FY25.

Requesting materials

If the TSTC Library doesn't have the eBook, audiobook, journal, or article you are looking for, you can make a recommendation by emailing us at asklibrary@tstc.edu or by completing the form below.

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Welcome

TSTC Library Services, now part of your Texas-sized Care team within Retention Services, is an extensive digital resource that demonstrates innovative support and expert staff. This guide will provide an in-depth overview of the library resources available for the TSTC community. With library staff, services, and resources to assist in meeting Program priorities and needs, end users will have:

Access to library staff through email, text, phone, chat, ticket and book-a-librarian.
Access to program relevant curated eBooks, eAudio, eJournals, and streaming video.
Access to online guides, FAQs, tutorials, and workshops.
Support with an Embedded Librarian in online and hybrid courses.
Support in trials, training and subscriptions to technical, scientific and academic resources.
Support in library/information literacy, research strategies, soft skill, and professional development for faculty and staff.

Librarians are happy to meet individually or attend departmental meetings to provide further information on how Library Services can benefit your program.

Chronicle of Higher Education Reports

Building Tomorrow's Work Force by Chronicle of Higher Education
Type: Report
Publication Date: 2024-05-01
Rich with data and examples of colleges successfully placing their graduates, it also examines several growing job sectors and the emerging skills needed to work in them. And it explains the gap between what colleges think they're offering and what employers say they're seeing among job candidates.
Higher Education in 2035 by Chronicle of Higher Education
Type: Report
Publication Date: 2024-05-01
This collection of essays by leading experts offers a way forward. Deeply informed perspectives on the imminent future of the sector will enable college leaders to guide their institutions into a healthy, sustainable future, to determine their mission and to deliver on it.
Reimagining the Student Experience by Chronicle of Higher Education
Type: Report
Publication Date: 2024-05-01
This Chronicle report explores the many forces affecting the student experience: the projected enrollment cliff, demands from parents and lawmakers, the changing student demographics, and new expectations from the racial-justice movements. The pandemic highlighted what mattered most about the campus experience and college leaders are looking for changes and innovations that are likely to last.

Databases

Chronicle of Higher Education Best Bet New
The nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities. Offers indispensable real-time news and deep insights, plus the essential tools, career opportunities, and knowledge to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
Educator's Reference Complete
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This collection of more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports is a great resource for any educator—from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. Provides full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.