Mary Girard
Faculty Services

Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Telephone and Fax
(785) 532-6006
Fax (785) 532-2838

E-mail
facultyservices@vet.k-state.edu

Website
www.vet.k-state.edu/depts/library

Library Staff
Gayle Willard, Director
Carol Elmore, Research Services
Mary Girard, Faculty Services
Cindy Logan, Sr. Admin. Specialist
Stefan Yates, Library Assistant

Veterinary Medical Library, Kansas State University

Purpose
Assist CVM faculty by customizing a variety of library services to support scholarly activities.

Contact
Mary Girard is the primary contact for faculty services and serves as coordinator for our team approach to meet your needs. Mary has more than 20 years of experience in the VM Library and previous experience in a scientific laboratory.   Please feel free to call, e-mail, stop by or set up an appointment at your office.

Options
A number of library services and options are available for CVM faculty to obtain needed information in an efficient and timely manner. Use our expertise and experience to customize library services to fit your needs and save you time.

• Payment must be made by interfund voucher through your departmental office.

• Copy service: Article(s) copied, delivered and billed to your department.
  Cost $2 per article plus .10 per page.

• Table of contents: $2 per issue service fee for VM Library Journals

Database Searching

• Customized searching: our experience in designing efficient search strategies, refining terminology and selecting appropriate databases is available to you. Whether you run your own searches or we run them for you, we can work with the completed search to obtain the articles you need.

• KSU Databases: KSU database list is available at:
  http://catnet.ksu.edu/db/alldatabases.html

Time line

• Regular requests: Done in the order received.
  Please allow an appropriate amount of time.

• Rush requests: Considered, depending on time constraints.

Other VML Services

• Weekly current journal display.

• Weekly e-mail of new materials received in the VM Library

  • Citation Verification - we can verify single citations or an entire bibliography.

• CVM Faculty Archives Collection

• Delivery and pickup of library materials.

• Retrieval of materials from Hale Library or branch libraries.

• Ordering books for departmental purchase.

Confidentiality
We value your right to privacy and we will make every effort to keep your request confidential.