Academic Support

MSU Billings provides a number of support facilities and services on campus to help you succeed in your academic efforts.  Facilities include such obvious ones as the library, computers and presentation halls for art, drama and music.  They also include less obvious areas such as language and scientific laboratories, greenhouses, and centers for reading and the measurement of human performance.  They support your efforts if you use them.

Library
(406) 657-1662 Library Reference Desk

Jane Howell, Director
Brent Roberts, Associate Director
www.msubillings.edu/library/

Professional Staff:  Binford, Edgmond, Fandrich, Hert, Hoover, Howell, Jenks, Kelly, Roberts, Van Sky, Wright
Professor Emeritus:  Bratton, J.  Davis, Meide

The Montana State University Billings Library, located in the middle of the campus, supports the University’s programs of instruction, research, and service by providing free and open access to information and ideas.

The Library and Audiovisual Services are designed to help students with their information needs.  Friendly and helpful staff at the reference desk will assist students in finding books, journal articles, Internet sites, and other resources that they need for class.  The MSU Libraries share an online catalog, which provides quick and easy access to materials in all the MSU Libraries, in Billings, in Bozeman, at MSU-Northern and Great Falls.  Many Web-based indexes and databases are accessible from computers in the Library and elsewhere on campus.

The shared catalog, the OMNI MSU Libraries catalog, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from outside the Library, from the campus web site.  Go to www.msubillings.edu, then click on the Library, to find the OMNI MSU catalog system and many other information links.  In addition to the MSU Libraries, the shared catalog gives access to the collections of Rocky Mountain College, Dawson Community College, Dull Knife Memorial College, Little Big Horn College and Stone Child College.

Books, journals, documents and other information in the MSU Billings Library are supplemented by a wide variety of electronic resources, such as electronic journals, databases, online indexes and Internet resources.  Interlibrary loan and document delivery services are available to obtain materials from other libraries for students and faculty.  There is no charge to students for items borrowed from another library.

The Information Commons is located on the first floor of the Library, with PC's for student use.  The Information Commons is available at all times the Library is open and has a variety of software available for student assignments, word processing and Internet access, as well as research use.  The Library has study rooms for group use, copy machines, and microform reader-printers.  You may use your U-card money or cash for copies and color printing in the Library.  AV Services checks out AV equipment for student presentations, and offers other services such as tape dubbing.

The Library building has excellent access for people with disabilities.  Students who need assistive technology are encouraged to use the computers with adaptive software and other equipment in the Assistive Technology Room on the first floor of the Library.

For specific holiday hours or changes in hours, check the calendar, the MSU Billings Library web site at www.msubillings.edu/library, or call (406) 657-1657 for a recorded message with current library hours.

College of Technology Library

(406) 247-3025
Library Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
www.msubillings.edu/cot/Support/library.htm

The College of Technology Library is a branch of the MSU Billings Library, and is located in the College of Technology.  The collection supports the wide variety of programs at the College of Technology with books, magazines, multimedia and electronic resources.  The collection is augmented by technical resource centers located in the technology centers throughout the building.

Materials in the College of Technology Library are included in the OMNI MSU system, accessible in the Library and through MSU Billings’ web site at www.msubillings.edu, then by clicking on the Library.  This leads to many other electronic resources and useful web sites, as well as to the shared catalog system.

Study areas and computers are available for student use in the Library, which will obtain materials from the senior campus Library or from other libraries on request.

Copyright Warning

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.  Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or reproduction.  One of these conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research."  If a user exceeds "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Software licensing agreements are very specific, and may prohibit making copies for use by those who have not purchased the software.

Montana State University Billings reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying request, if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the request would involve violation of copyright law, licensing agreements or fair use.

Materials in the College of Technology Library are included in the OMNI MSU Libraries catalog, accessible in the Library and through the MSU Billings web site at www.msubillings.edu then by clicking on the Library.  All electronic resources are available at both library locations.

Study areas and computers are available for student use in the Library, which will obtain materials from the senior campus Library or from other libraries on request.

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