Faculty Support

Start here: FAQ for Full-Time Faculty (PDF) or FAQ for Part-Time Faculty (PDF)

Borrow Books

You will need your Coyote OneCard to check out books. For full-time faculty, the standard loan period is 6 months, with one renewal. CSUSB faculty have borrowing privileges at some area libraries; see the FAQ's above for more details.

Use Course Reserves

Library books, personal copies, or other class reading materials may be placed at the Reserves Desk for use by your students. Shorter materials (articles, notes, brief excerpts from books) may also be placed online in Electronic Reserves. Library Use Reserves information and Electronic Reserves information.

The library does not obtain copyright clearances for Reserve items. Please see our list of Copyright Resources.

Get Items not in the Library

Use our Interlibrary Loan service. Request forms are available online via ILLiad. You will be notified by email when your items arrive; articles can be picked up online via your ILLiad account, and books can be picked up at the Circulation Desk.

Suggest a Purchase

We welcome faculty requests for books, videos, or CD's for addition to Pfau Library's collection. Use the New Book Order Request or contact your departmental liaison librarian directly.

Schedule Library Instruction

Pfau Library provides in-person instruction, online tutorials, and instructional materials. See our Instruction Services for Faculty for complete information.

Link to Library Resources

Pfau Library has thousands of high-quality resources online, and most can be linked from your course web pages. The resource must have a durable URL and include the library's proxy information. View the complete linking instructions.

Consult a Librarian

The librarians are happy to meet with you personally to demonstrate library resources or suggest research strategies. Contact your departmental liaison librarian to arrange a consultation.