Visitors and TexShare

General information

Visitors are welcome to enter the library during our visitor hours. You will be asked to sign-in at the circulation desk with a photo ID upon each entry. You will be able to search the library catalog and use materials in the library.

To borrow materials it is necessary for you to get a TexShare borrowing card from your public or college/university library. You can apply for a borrowing card for use at TCU at the library's circulation desk. This borrowing card will allow you to check out 5 books at a time for a period of 28 days. Renewal privileges are not available in this borrowing category.

Visitors are also welcome to join the Friends of the TCU Library which allows up to 10 books to be checked out at a time and in-person renewal privileges. A TexShare card is not required for the Friends of the TCU Library program. Please note that processing time required for the Friends of the TCU Library program is 2 business days and books will not be able to be checked out during this time.

Accessibility services

Visitor hours:

For exceptions to regular hours, please check the library hours page.

Day	Admitted from:	No longer admitted after:	Must depart by:
Sunday	1 pm	5 pm	5 pm
Monday	7 am	8 pm	9 pm
Tuesday	7 am	8 pm	9 pm
Wednesday	7 am	8 pm	9 pm
Thursday	7 am	8 pm	9 pm
Friday	7 am	5 pm	5 pm
Saturday	1 pm	5 pm	5 pm

Quick links

Resources available

Visitor databases

Contact us

Reviewed 12/13/2012 by James Lutz .

Visitor computers

The library has 17 computers available to any visitor who wishes to search the library catalog, or use one of the online databases available to all visitors (see list below). These computers do not offer general Internet access, or application programs like word processing. Three of the guest computers are located in the library entrance lobby, and three more are located near the main entrance to the Information Commons lab. Others are placed in stack areas around the building, to provide convenient access to the library catalog while retrieving books and other materials.

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Reviewed 1/25/2013 by Kerry Bouchard .

Visitor databases

Welcome! Visitors may search the library catalog, as well as the databases listed below. For assistance in using the library catalog and in using the databases for finding articles, please consult SearchPath, a step-by-step tutorial.

Databases available for use by visitors (in-library use only)
Browse by: All Categories Arts & Humanities Business/Economics/Ranch Management eBooks General Reference Multi-Disciplinary Music/Media Newspapers Nursing & Health Sciences Political & Military Science Religion & Philosophy Science Social Sciences

Access NewspaperArchive	Contains millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is the world's largest archive of newspapers. (More...)
Access World News	Local, state, national and international news. (More...)
America's Historical Newspapers	A collection of full text newspapers published in America between primarily 1690 and 1820. However, coverage for some newspapers in this collection extends to 1876. (More...)
Dallas Morning News	This link to Newsbank’s Access World News goes directly to the searchable full text and indexing of the Dallas Morning News. (More...)
Dallas Morning News Historical Archive	Full text archive. Search options include the ability to limit to articles, matrimony notices, birth notices, and obituaries. Classified and display advertising, photos and graphics are also included. (More...)
Digital Microfilm (ProQuest)	Digitized files of the following newspapers on microfilm:American Banker, Barron’s,New York Times,Wall Street Journal, Washington Post. (More...)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram	This link to Newsbank’s Access World News goes directly to the searchable full text and indexing of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. (More...)
HarpWeek: (Harper's Weekly, 1857-1912)	Provides full-text coverage of Harper's Weekly, America's leading 19th century newspaper from 1857-1912. (More...)
Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980	Hispanic American Newspapers contains full text of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. (More...)
InfoTrac Newsstand	Full text of hundreds of local and national newspapers. (More...)
Newspaper Source	Full text for 26 U.S. and international newspapers and 237 regional newspapers, plus selected television and radio news transcripts. (More...)
NewspaperDirect PressDisplay	Online access to today's newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The collection currently includes 400+ titles from 65+ countries in 35+ languages. Users can take advantage of the keyword searching capability across all titles or simply browse through the pages of their favorite title. (More...)
Niles Register	Niles’ Register was famous in its own day and routinely cited as an authoritative source of information in courtrooms and legislatures. It has since become a standard source of information for historians and genealogists. 8600+ full-text articles are embedded in the index. (More...)
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers	Contains full text content and images from American newspapers in the 19th Century. (More...)
ProQuest Digital Microfilm	Digitized files of the following newspapers on microfilm:American Banker, Barron’s,New York Times,Wall Street Journal, Washington Post. (More...)
Regional Business News	Provides full text, citations, and summaries of articles from regional academic journals and newspapers within the United States. The Fort Worth Business Press is included. (More...)
TCU Daily Skiff	An index to the Texas Christian University newspaper TCU Daily Skiff. (More...)
TCU Magazine/This is TCU	(More...)
TCU Publications Index	The TCU Publications Index indexes The Skiff, Image, TCU Magazine and TCU This Week. (More...)
Texas Historical Newspapers	Contains full text articles from a number of historical newspapers published in Texas. (More...)
TLS Centenary Archive	Indexed full-text/full-image database of Times Literary Supplement issues. One of the unique features of TLS Centenary Archive is the inclusion of the names of original contributors to pre-1974 issues, now revealed for the first time and only available in the online format. (More...)
World News Digest	Brings together seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print. This archival record of domestic and international news is updated weekly and covers all major political, social, and economic events. (More...)

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Reviewed 8/10/2012 by Stephanie Folse.