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New Employee Orientation to the Library: Home

Welcome to Bethune-Cookman University - the Carl S. Swisher Library

The Carl S. Swisher Library

Welcome all new B-CU faculty and staff!

This guide will introduce you to some of the library's most popular services and resources.

Tour of the Library and Meet the Staff

Your Library Card, Logins and Passwords

New employees - Information on ID card and logins credentials

Library Cards, B-CU Passwords and More

CIT and Library Contact Information

Faculty Profiles  

The Library helps maintain the University's Faculty Profiles guide. This guide provides information on Bethune-Cookman University faculty, including their research interests, accomplishments and activities, and brief biographical details.

  • For more information, please see  Adding or Updating a Faculty Profile page
  • Faculty Profiles is an initiative of RISE QEP. Dr. Sarah Krejci is the Director.
  • The QEP office is on the 2nd Floor of the Library, on the north side of the building, behind the glass door.
  • Each semester, emails are sent announcing opportunities to have a professional headshot taken.
    • All Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to have a headshot taken.

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Here is some related information of Interest:

Faculty and Staff Branding Opportunities

In June 2024, the Marketing and Communications Department, under Dr. Crystal DeGregory's new leadership, offered its first Brand Clinic.  

Be on the outlook for more sessions to be offered, including:

  • information on how to be registered as a resource for external interview opportunities.
  • times and places to have a professional headshot taken. 
    • (Also, as mentioned in the Faculty Profiles section above, QEP also offers headshot opportunities for faculty and staff).

Reading for Pleasure and Fun

Learning New Skills

(For users' convenience, LinkedIn Learning is also available from the Library's Databases list.)

Carl S. Swisher Library

Library Hours during Regular Academic Year

Mon.-Thurs.:  8 AM to Midnight

Friday:          8 AM to 5 PM

Saturday      9 AM to 5 PM

Sunday        3 PM to Midnight

Email: askalibrarian@cookman.edu

Phone 386-481-2186

For Holiday or Summer Hours please see the information on the Library home page.

Library Homepage

The Library Homepage is located at  https://www.cookman.edu/library/

A few of the popular sections on the library homepage are highlighted below:

 

Screenshot of the library homepage with some of the most popular sections highlighted 

 

NOTE: TO BROWSE or SEARCH A LIST OF FULLTEXT JOURNALS, here is the URL  https://bethune.on.worldcat.org/atoztitles/search#journal, (but directions are also below)

Directions

1. On the library homepage, click the Advanced Search link, which is located at the bottom right of the blue Search button (see below)..

screenshot of the advanced search link on the library home page

2. Select Resources>Journals

 

Faculty and Staff Resources

This guide's More Information on Resources and Services tab has additional details about Library services.

Grants

Grant Resources

The Library has several resources for faculty and staff seeking grants:

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For procedures to apply for funding, please contact Ms. Martinez, Director of the B-CU Office of Sponsored Programs and Research. 

Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education 

The Library provides campus-wide access to the premium content of the Chronicle.

  • If you are on campus or using B-CU VPN : Go to Chronicle.com for access. 
  • If you are accessing remotely (without B-CU VPN) : Go to Chronicle.com and Sign In to your (free) account.if you already have one, for access.
  • If you do not already have a free account, follow these steps:

1. Go to Chronicle.com and click the “Sign In” link at the top right-hand side of the page.

2. Click the “Sign Up” link to create a free individual account using your  B-CU email address. 

3. Activate your account by confirming your email address in the email sent by The Chronicle.

  • Interested in the Chronicle's daily newsletters?
  • They can be signed up for through the individual account.

For questions and help, email askalibriaran@cookman.edu

 

(Note: You may also access the Chronicle from the Library's databases list. Also, if you are ever asked for login credentials for this database (or another library database), use your B-CU email address and email password.)