The purpose of this site is to encourage you to use the resources and services provided by the faculty and staff at Austin G. Woodward Library.  Our goal is to enhance academic scholarship for you by providing access to resources and promoting information literacy.

  General Information:  Library hours.

  Personalized assistance is available via telephone, email or chat through our "Ask a Librarian" service, or by visiting the Research Assistance Desk.  One-on-one instruction is available at the Research Assistance Desk on Level 2, by telephone (1-800-250-1890 or 221-6186), or through the "Ask a Librarian" service on the Library Website.

  Alumni and family members may apply for an APSU Library Courtesy Card.   All family members must have their own courtesy card to check out library materials.

Borrowing:  Alumni may check out up to three General Collection Books and Government Publications for a period of three weeks.  They may use other items (such as videos and dvds) and equipment in house only.

  How To Guides: Guides are available to assist you with research, accessing and locating items, evaluating sources, and more.

  Multiple Specialized Databases provide access to periodical articles, reference works, and government publications to alumni within the Library.  Due to licensing restrictions remote access to online databases is not available to alumni.

Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a collection of 33 databases that provide access to over 400,000 magazines, newspapers, essays, podcasts, videos, e-books, primary source materials, and more! TEL is available free of charge to any Tennessee resident and is accessible 24/7 from any computer with access to the internet. 

  Group study rooms and study space for approximately 400 individuals is available.

  The Library houses several Special Collections that include the African American Resource Center,  Juvenile Collection,  and University Archives.

  For questions please e-mail librarian or call (931) 221-7346 or 1-800-250-1890.