TBR Virtual Library

Borrowing agreements

TALC Universal Borrowers Card:  TALC is the Tennessee Academic Library Consortium which includes all UT and TBR College and University Libraries. [ List of TALC Libraries ]  RSCC students and employees may obtain a special library card, signed by an RSCC librarian, that permits book check-outs at any state-supported college or university library.  Ask at the Main Library in Roane County or at the Coffey Library at the Oak Ridge Branch Campus.  Borrowers must follow the rules for that institution. To check out the rules before you go, visit the TALC Card homepage and select the link at the bottom of the page -- policies file.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory:  The RSCC Libraries are pleased to provide a cooperative borrowing agreement with the Research Libraries of ORNL. Library borrowing privileges include unclassified books and technical reports. Services to RSCC does not include journal, microforms, audiovisual, or interlibrary loans, though some materials are available for photocopying. Book and report loans from ORNL will be made directly to RSCC libraries, rather than to individuals. However, students and staff may be granted physical access to ORNL’s Central Research Library with an authorized RSCC library representative. Please contact Becky Brunton x4551 or Robert Benson x4254 for more information.

Public Libraries:
Students at the Roane State teaching sites may benefit from services of the local public library. The Oak Ridge Public Library allows only Oak Ridge city residents to check materials out, unless you purchase a borrowers card . For more information about public libraries serving your area, search via the consolidated TN Public Libraries web site or call the RSCC Main Library at (865) 882-4553.

Area Libraries

• UTK Library Catalog - Find materials held by these UTK Libraries:  Hodges (Main), Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine, Music, Special Collections, Maps, as well as the Social Work Library in Nashville, and the Preston Medical Center Library at UT Medical Center.
• Preston Medical Center Library - UT Medical Center (Knoxville)
• Oak Ridge Public Library - Check out privileges reserved for Oak Ridge residents
• ORNL Research Libraries - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (see borrowing agreement, below)
• Knox County Public Library System  
• Tennessee Public Libraries consortium catalog  
  Note: Switch search criteria from TSLA (TN State Library and Archives) to all TN Public Libraries to determine if your local public library has a book you need.

Revised: October 17, 2007.
Maintained by librarystaff@roanestate.edu,
a department of Roane State Community College.