SSW Placement: Texas

Important reminder for Smith College School for Social Work students:
When you arrive at your placement, be sure to ask whether your agency has its own library or whether it can arrange library privileges for you at an area library. If not, then use the listing(s) below to identify area libraries and their policies regarding access and borrowing. Note that all policies described below are subject to change.

The information below is provided for Smith College School for Social Work students. The policies listed do not necessarily apply to other researchers.

Needs Attention

Austin Area Dallas Area Houston Area San Antonio Area

Austin Area

University of Texas at Austin
Perry Castañeda Library
SW Corner of Speedway & 21st
Austin, TX 78713
circulation: 512-495-4300
reference: 512-495-4250

You are welcome to use the collection. With proof of Texas residency, you may purchase borrowing privileges for $40/year. You will not be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

Dallas Area

Southern Methodist University
Fondren Library
6414 Hilltop Drive
Dallas, TX 75205
circulation: 214-768-2329
reference: 214-768-2326

You are welcome to use the collection. For borrowing privileges, you may join the Friends of the Library at the associate level for $60/year. You will not be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

University of Texas - Arlington
University Libraries
Arlington, TX 76019
circulation: 817-272-3395
reference: 817-272-3394

You are welcome to use the collection. If you have a card from a public library that is part of TexShare, you have borrowing privileges. If not, you may purchase a guest borrower's card for $40/year. (You must show a photo ID at the time you purchase the card.) You will not be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

University of Texas Southwest Medical Center
South Campus Library
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9049
info desk: 214-648-2001

If you have a library card from a public library that is part of TexShare, you may use that card to borrow from UTSMC. (Bring you library card, a valid photo ID and a second form of identification.) You will not be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

Houston Area

Houston Academy of Medicine
Texas Medical Center Library
1133 John Freeman Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030-2809
circulation: 713-799-7147
reference: 713-799-7161

You are welcome to use the collection. You may obtain borrowing privileges for $48/quarter. You will not eligible for borrowing or interlibrary loan services.

Rice University
Fondren Library
6100 Main
Houston, TX 77251-1892
circulation: 713-348-4021
reference: 713-348-5113; 713-348-5119

You are welcome to use the collection. As a Houston resident, you may obtain borrowing privileges by joining the Friends of Fondren for $100/year. You will not be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

University of Houston
Anderson Library
114 University Libraries
Houston, TX 77204-2000
circulation: 713-743-9710
reference: 713-743-1050, option 4

You are welcome to use the collection. If you have a card from a public library that is part of Texshare, you have borrowing privileges. In not, you may purchase borrowing privileges (4 books maximum at any one time), you may purchase an associate's card for $75/year. For borrowing privileges (unlimited number) and interlibrary loan privileges, you may purchase an expanded associate's card for $150/year.

San Antonio Area

Trinity University
Elizabeth Huth Coates Library
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
circulation: 210-999-8127
reference: 210-999-7213

You are welcome to use the collection. For borrowing privileges, apply for a special privileges card for $35/year. You will not be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

University of Texas at San Antonio
Main Library
6900 N. Loop 1604 West
San Antonio, TX 78249-0671
circulation: 210-458-4574
reference/information: 210-458-4573

You are welcome to use the collection. For borrowing privileges (4 books maximum at any one time), you may join the Friends of the Library for $25/year. By joining the Friends, you may also use the interlibrary loan service; you will be charged cost plus a $5 service charge for each transaction, plus any additional fee charged by the lending library.