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Staten Island: For Faculty

Welcome to the Learning Resource Center (LRC) at Saint Paul's School of Nursing, Staten Island

Faculty Services

  • Course Reserves
    Faculty may place course-related materials on reserve at the library. To place materials on reserve, complete a Course Reserve Request form 
  • Library Instruction
    The library offers instruction on effective use of its catalog, databases, and on strategies to improve student information literacy. 
  • Online Library Instruction
    Faculty are encouraged to implement the Online Information Literacy Module into their syllabus.  This is a three part self-learning website program that improves students' academic research and writing skills. 
  • Room Reserve
    Faculty may reserve the Library in advance to hold classes in the room and work on projects assisted by the Librarian on duty, or to use specific software available on Library computers. Please stop in or call 718.51.7732 to schedule. 
  • Course Guides
    Librarians can create subject, or course-specific, resource guides for your students. These guides are a helpful way of pointing your students to appropriate sources from the library and the open web. You can browse a list of our current subject guides or contact us to collaborate on creating a custom guide for your class or subject area.
  • Research 
  • Evaluating Journals
    An informational guide for evaluating journal rankings, impact factor, and acceptance rates for academic journals.
  • Library Materials Request Form
    Faculty members may suggest books, journals, digital materials as well as databases and electronic resources for library purchase by completing the Library Materials Request Form. If you have questions about library acquisitions, please contact Library Manager 
  • Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
    Library databases and electronic resources are accessible from off-campus. You will need your St Paul's .email credentials.  Call 718.517.7732 during standard library hours, or ask via the chat widget on our home page.

Sources

Popular Journals 

Abstracts or latest edition 

Frontiers in Environmental Science

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science

The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability and Social Science

https://journalkeberlanjutan.com/index.php/IJESSS

Earth’s Future

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/23284277

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-science-and-ecotechnology

Plants, People, Planet

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25722611

Journal of Political Ecology

https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/

Consortium of Education Affiliates Libraries http://libguides.yourlrc.info