Faculty Support

The Library provides resources, research assistance, and teaching support for Stevens faculty.

Borrowing

Faculty can borrow: 

  • circulating books for an initial lending period of 120 days, and

  • up to 15 items at any given time (contact Circulation Services Manager John Cruz if you need to check out more items at one time).

Renewals

A book can be renewed 10 times unless there is a recall or hold placed on the book. For additional renewals, the book must be presented at the Circulation Desk.Policies about holds, recalls and fines can be found on the Borrow & Renew page.

Reserves and textbook collection

Please contact John Cruz, Circulation Services Manager, for information about placing books on reserve at the Circulation Desk. 

Support for Your Class

Liaison librarians offer both general and discipline-specific Library research training sessions for your students in order to familiarize them with Library resources and give them an introduction to basic research techniques and information literacy.

See the Instruction page for more on how librarians can support your class.

Faculty Research Assistance 

Librarians are happy to meet with faculty individually to discuss research resources available to you from the Library.See Research Assistance for more information.

Citation Searching and Impact Factor

Faculty members can use Library databases to keep track of their citations. See the Citation Tracking & Bibliometrics research guide for more help. 

Have a Book, Journal, or Database Recommendation?

 The Library depends on faculty to help build a collection of books, journals, and databases that support the Stevens curriculum.

If you have any questions about recommendations, please contact Scott Smith, Head of Acquisitions and Collection Development.

Workshops and Events

For a list of upcoming Library workshops and events, please visit the Library Events page.