(Sept. 5, 2019) -- UTSA Libraries is dedicated to supporting student success, providing many services and resources. The John Peace Library is considered the heart of the campus along with the Sombrilla Plaza, and it’s easy to see why students refer to it as a second home. Here are our top tips to rock this year as a UTSA Roadrunner!
The Blue Crew are your friends!
If you’re ever lost or have a question, the Libraries’ staff, called the Blue Crew, are always there to help. You can even chat with the Blue Crew from the Libraries website. Don’t forget to Find Your Librarian! Each UTSA Libraries’ librarian has subject specialties that fit within your major and/or college.
Various study spots available.
Need to find a study space? The Libraries has three locations where you can study, including the JPL, the Downtown Library, and the AET Library. You can reserve one of UTSA Libraries’ sought-after study rooms online for all three locations. At the JPL, you can also find a spot in the popular North Commons, or the 4th Floor Study. Additionally, the JPL offers Quiet Computing and Quiet Study, as well as a Veterans Study Room and two Graduate Study rooms. The Downtown Library also offers Quiet Study, and a Graduate Study Room.
See if your textbook is on reserve.
The Libraries has a selection of textbooks for high-enrollment, lower-division courses on reserve that can be checked out for up to two hours at a time. The Libraries works hard to provide students free and low cost textbooks, offering a faculty grant for faculty who use free or low cost textbooks in their courses. Check out which classes have offered textbooks on reserve and low cost learning materials.
Print, scan, copy: It’s your one-stop shop for your printing needs.
Printing stations are located inside the JPL and Downtown Library, and at the AET Library. Students enrolled on a full-time basis receive $12 in printing credit at the beginning of each semester. After that, printing costs apply but the convenience makes it totally worth it.
Borrow and use tech at the Libraries.
The Libraries’ Borrow Tech Gear allows you to borrow various tech items, including laptops, chargers, and even a bike pump and Allen Wrench sets. From cameras and calculators to noise-cancelling headphones and a turntable, the Libraries has it all. Take a look at the complete list of technology available. The Libraries also offers a few hundred computers for student use on a first-come, first-served basis, including engineering computers in the North Commons at JPL, and at the AET Library.
The UTSA Libraries’ website has just about everything.
The UTSA Libraries website is one of the university’s most visited websites. There, you can access articles, view tutorials and check out Research Guides. Use the Get It For Me service to request books and articles; when they’re ready, pick them up in-person at the front desk.
You can enrich your sense of one-of-kind history.
UTSA Libraries houses the nationally recognized UTSA Special Collections that documents San Antonio and Texas history, including a collection of rare books. Notable collections include the Mexican Cookbook Collection, which contains the recent addition of the Diana Kennedy archives, the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, and UTSA History.
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Día en la Sombrilla, formerly Fiesta UTSA, is a festival hosted each spring as a part of Fiesta® San Antonio events. Sponsored by Roadrunner Productions, the event features music, food, confetti, games, event t-shirts, and more.
Sombrilla Plaza, Main CampusCovidence is a systematic & scoping review tool used to streamline the process of screening and reviewing articles. Using this software, research teams can easily import studies, perform automatic deduplication, and extract data using templates. This workshop will show attendees how to start a review in Covidence, add collaborators, and get started on screening.
Virtual (Zoom)In this workshop, attendees will be introduced to Pandas, a Python tool for working with data easily. It makes it simple to organize and analyze information when data is organized and categorized, like spreadsheets or tables.
Group Spot B, John Peace LibraryEach fall and spring semester, students convene at the Main Campus at UTSA with booths, ideas and prototypes. A crowd of judges, local organizations, students, faculty and sponsors walk around and talk to the students about their projects and ask questions. Students get the real-life experience of "pitching" their project with hopes of getting funding or support to move to the next level.
UTSA Convocation Center, Main CampusJoin the doctoral candidates for the Doctoral Conferreal Ceremony and celebrate their accomplishments.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusCelebrate the graduates from the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design and University College.
AlamodomeCelebrate the graduates from the College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and College of Sciences.
AlamodomeThe University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.
To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.
We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
