Immigration Policy: Books

EBSCO eBook Collection provides access to the digital version of a growing collection of more than 120,000 books. You can access our library’s eContent 24 hours a days, seven days a week. If you would like to download an ebook, you will need to create a free MyEBSCO account and download Adobe Digital Editions to read the ebook. See the EBSCO eBooks page for more details. These books are also searchable through Discover and in the Library Catalog. 

Search WorldCat for books, journals, primary and archival resources, and other materials owned by libraries in Texas and worldwide. 

You can request materials we do not own via Interlibrary Loan.

Don't forget to ask a librarian for help if you have questions.

TexShare provides a statewide card program through which current St. Mary's students, faculty, and staff may check out materials, in person, from participating TexShare libraries.

To get a free TexShare card, complete the online application linked below. Once your application has been received and a card has been generated, you will receive an email directing you to pick up the TexShare card at the Blume Library Circulation Counter. With a TexShare card, you may directly borrow books, music, movies and more from any other participating TexShare library, just as if you were a card-holder there. TexShare cards are valid for one semester only. You will need to get a new card each semester. You must present a current TexShare card, your St. Mary's Rattler ID card, and a photo ID (if your St. Mary's ID does not include a photo) at the library from which you wish to borrow materials.

TexShare Card Application

For borrowers from other institutions:

Borrowers from other institutions can pay TexShare fines, assessed by the Blume Library, with a credit card using our online payment form.

Personal Information Form

• You are welcome to come into our library to look at the book in the library.
• If you are affiliated with another university or college, check with your local library to request the book or document through your Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service, or see if they are a member of TexShare.
• If you are not affiliated with a TexShare member academic library, check with your local public library about requesting the book or document through its Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.