Finding Resources
Pendergrass Library Services
Pendergrass Library Spaces
Miscellaneous Pendergrass trivia
100
Found on the spine of a book, this series of letters and numbers represent what the book is about and acts like the book's address on the library's shelves
What is a call number?
100
Available online, through email, in-person, or over the phone, this service is available to support all your research needs.
What is Research Assistance?
100
Located in the front half of the library, this space has Mac and PC desktops, printing (black/white & color), and a machine where you can add funds to your volcard.
What is the computer lab?
100
A collection of fiction and nonfiction titles
(located in the group study area)
What is leisure reading?
200
This search tool helps you search for books, articles, and other forms of media available through the library.
What is OneSearch?
200
Available to all faculty/staff and students, this service allows you to print materials that are too big for most standard printers.
What is large format printing/poster printing?
200
Home to the bulk of the Pendergrass collection, this area in the library is the only place where someone might "shush" you.
What is the quiet study area?
200
This academic support service meets in Pendergrass three days a week and provides tutoring and other learning support.
What is the Vol Study Center
300
When trying to find library resources, use these words or short phrases to represent the main ideas in your research topic or question.
What are keywords?
300
Available to all faculty, staff, and students, this popular Pendergrass service is the process of creating a three- dimensional object from a digital file.
What is 3D printing?
300
Place where you go to pick up items on hold, return books, get research assistance, pay fines, and more.
What is the Circulation Desk (also known as) the Public Services Desk?
300
Assigned to a specific discipline, this person is available to help you with all your research needs.
What is a subject librarian?
400
The Libraries subscribes to these online portals that provide discipline specific and/or material specific resources.
What are databases?
400
A professor can put this library item on hold so that everyone in the class has access.
What is a course reserve?
400
Pendergrass has four of these reservable rooms for individual and group work.
What are the study rooms?
400
Loan period for a Pendergrass laptop
What is two days?
500
This resource curates a variety of resources that can help you get started on your next research project.
What are research guides?
500
This service allows you to "check out" seeds that you can use in your garden.
What is the seed library?
500
This academic support service provides learning consultations (tutoring) in Study Room F
What is the Vol Study Center?
500
Use this service when you want access to an item unavailable through the UT Library collection.
What is resource sharing (interlibrary loan)?