Directory of Services, Tools, and Resources

View McKee Library's robust collection of databases.

As members of the American Library Association, we recognize the importance of codifying and making known to the profession and to the general public the ethical principles that guide the work of librarians, other professionals providing information services, library trustees, and library staff.

McKee Library strives to make a wide variety of resources, including scholarly works and print publications, available for students, faculty, and staff of Southern Adventist University.

Learn more about accessibility at McKee Library.

Achieve is a database supported by Academic Administration for storing and viewing university faculty projects, publications, and presentations.

Ad Age is a global media brand focusing on curated creativity, data and analysis, people and culture, and innovation and forecasting. It is packed with marketing and advertising industry data and analyzed by research editors annually.

McKee Library is located at 4868 Colcord Drive, Collegedale, TN, 37315.

Browse McKee Library's Annual Report from 2008 to present.

McKee Library offers access to numerous resources that are available as smartphone applications or browser extensions.

McKee Library features multiple artists throughout the academic year.

Ask the librarians a question and view our frequently asked questions.

Learn more about working at the Writing Center.

Browse, read, and monitor thousands of scholarly journals available from the McKee Library collection.

Browse McKee Library's catalog by author, title, subject, series, and call number.

Students, faculty, and staff may check out TI-30X calculators for one week.

Campus Research Month is celebrated across our campus throughout the month of April. Visit our event page to learn more about this year's events.

Explore career resources, including writing a resumé, cover letter, and personal statement.

Search McKee Library's collection of books, e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more. Search McKee Library collections and global resources, with many items available in full text online.

Collections covering various facets of the United States in the 19th century.

Access the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Newsbank. Southern Adventist University username and password required while off campus.

Checkout library materials, renew loans, and place hold requests.

The circulation policy outlines McKee Library’s circulation policies, including borrowing eligibility, loan periods, fines, and procedures for students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Find a specific journal article, journal, or book by citation information. For best results, include a title, ISSN, ISBN, DOI or PMID.

Learn more about MLA, APA, and Chicago Style using this citation research guide.

Learn more about McKee Library's collaborative study space, located on the library's main floor.

Books, periodicals, and media materials are chosen with the criteria to support the university’s Christian standards, Seventh-day Adventist beliefs, curriculum, student and faculty research, local history, and community and student body interests.

McKee Library welcomes your comments and suggestions.

The computer equipment and network in McKee Library support the research, learning, and teaching activities of current Southern Adventist University students, faculty, and staff.

Learn more about the computers and software available at McKee Library.

Students, faculty, and staff may check out projector connections for one week.

View McKee Library's phone number, fax number, and email address on our about us webpage.

McKee Library at Southern Adventist University is committed to adhering to and upholding all applicable laws regarding intellectual property.

Short-term loans of textbooks and other materials are available from the Circulation Desk.

This collection features recommended or required course-specific materials.

Librarians are happy to work with professors to create custom learning tools to facilitate course goals. We can partner with you to create custom research guides, reading lists, tutorials with assessments, videos, and handouts.

Request a McKee Library DVD for classroom viewing.

Thirty computer stations are available for students, faculty, and staff use. Sixteen of them are available near the front desk for community guests.

Explore McKee Library's digital exhibits. Includes a collection of World War I posters, history of the library, and materials from the Center for the Study of Nineteenth Century America.

Rare books on household management, etiquette, nutrition, and cooking.

McKee Library is pleased to accept gifts and/or memorial gifts from patrons.

Materials written by and about Mark Twain.

McKee Library provides access to numerous EBSCO databases. Titles include, but are not limited to, Academic Search Ultimate, ATLA, CINHAL Complete, Business Source Ultimate, and more! Explore the full collection in the library's AtoZ Database List.

View McKee Library's collection of eBook databases and access the library's catalog.

The embedded librarian service is a collaboration providing information literacy instruction through physical and/or electronic resources. Each and every collaboration is unique and represents the distinct needs of the course.

McKee Library is available for reservations for certain school-related events.

A rare collection of 18th & 19th century books.

View McKee Library's collection of games.

Donate to McKee Library.

Grammarly is the AI writing partner that helps people at every stage of the writing process, including spelling, grammar, and conciseness. Create your free account using your Southern Adventist University email address.

Guest WiFi is available from Southern Adventist University's Information Technology department. Please visit the circulation desk for directions.

McKee Library is accessible via ramps located on the north and south entrances (35" doors). Handicap-accessible door opening buttons are located at both entrances, as well as the door leading to the library's main floor. The elevator is located toward the back of the library near the restrooms. Handicap accessible bathroom stalls are available on every floor of the library.

All patrons may check out headphones in exchange for ID while in the library.

McKee Library has iPads, Microsoft Surface Tablets, hand recorders, calculators, headphones, and connectors available to check out at the circulation desk.

McKee Library offers a variety of information literacy sessions and writing presentations available upon request. Your session can be conducted in person or online. While most sessions are conducted during class time, arrangements can be made for alternative times.

McKee Library's instruction team is pleased to offer web-based, self-paced information literacy modules, which can be easily integrated into eClass.

McKee Library offers a variety of information literacy sessions and writing presentations available upon request. Your session can be conducted in person or online. While most sessions are conducted during class time, arrangements can be made for alternative times.

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service of McKee Library for the students, faculty, and staff of Southern Adventist University. It affords access to research materials that are not owned locally or accessible through the Library’s online collection.

Quickly view the materials on display at McKee Library.

Personal correspondence and legal documents from Troup County, GA residents.

Search for journals in McKee Library's collection.

Search McKee Library's journals by title or ISSN.

Browse McKee Library's collection of juvenile materials.

Knowledge Exchange is Southern Adventist University's institutional repository.

McKee Library offers lamination upon request. The cost for lamination is $.72 per running foot. Please note, the laminator must warm up for roughly 20 minutes before each use.

View recommended language and grammar resources.

Seventeen laptops are available for students and faculty to borrow from the circulation desk. They may be used in or out of the library for one week.

Fifteen laptops are available for students, faculty, and staff to borrow from the circulation desk. Laptops are to be used in the library for up to four hours.

LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that automatically provides instant links to full-text content for articles and books accessible through McKee Library or open access.

Find an article by DOI or PMID.

McKee Library provides Southern Adventist University students, faculty, and staff access to Libby (by Overdrive). Access is available on the Overdrive website or through the Libby app. Libby includes thousands of titles, including eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines.

Southern Adventist University's ID cards serve as the library card for current students, faculty, and staff. The library offers membership to individuals living within a 30-mile radius of Southern Adventist University for a fee of $50.00.

Directory of librarians and staff in the McKee Library team.

McKee Library offers a summer internship program for a student interested in pursuing a degree in library science.

Explore McKee Library's collection of technology and materials available at the Circulation Desk.

Hours for McKee Library, the Writing Center, and the Tutoring Center.

Living Memoirs: An Oral History Collection seeks to preserve the stories of individuals in our community whose stories might otherwise never be heard or remembered.

Select videos from Manga Commons. Please note, you will be required to log in using your Southern Adventist University username and password prior to viewing the content.

McKee Library boasts a large collection of physical and streaming media titles. DVDs, VHS, and select streaming films are searchable on the library's catalog.

All library computer stations include the full Microsoft Office Suite, which includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, and Outlook.

The mission of Southern Adventist University’s McKee Library is to equip learners through instruction, resources, and spaces for lifelong academic and professional growth.

Browse McKee Library's newest books.

The New York Times is available in print at McKee Library and digitally. Access is free for students, faculty, and staff, but you must complete a one-time registration.

Browse the latest news and events for McKee Library.

View McKee Library's newsletter on Knowledge Exchange.

McKee Library provides access to print and digital newspapers in our periodicals department.

McKee Library proudly supports the use of open educational resources (OER) in higher learning. In an effort to encourage the adoption of OER on campus, the library is offering a $250 stipend per year for two Southern Adventist University professors who are willing to transition from traditional textbook resources to OER.

Information on open educational resources, including Creative Commons, institutional repository, databases, journals, eBooks, and textbooks.

EBSCO Open Education (formerly known as Faculty Select) is a customized site that leverages the technology of the EBSCO Discovery Service platform, which enables faculty to find and access open educational resource (OER) content, as well as find and request unlimited user DRM-Free eBooks from their library.

Books on creationism and evolution.

McKee Library provides Southern Adventist University students, faculty, and staff access to Libby (by Overdrive). Access is available on the Overdrive website or through the Libby app. Libby includes thousands of titles, including eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines.

McKee Library's periodicals department is located on the library's main floor. We offer a wide array of print materials and digital content, including newspapers, journals, and magazines.

McKee Library has four permanent exhibits available for viewing.

Photocopies can be made on the library's main floor using the periodicals area machine and the second floor machine. Photocopies are 10 cents per page for black and white, and 20 cents per page for color and legal size.

Explore the policies and procedures of McKee Library.

PowerNotes is an easy-to-use research and note-taking program that enables you to highlight, annotate, and save texts, organize materials, and export projects.

Three printer stations are available on the main floor of the library. Printing and scanning is free for students. Printing and copying fees apply for community library patrons and visitors. All library users are limited to 50 pages per day for printing, scanning, and copying.

The second floor of the library is the quiet floor and is restricted to independent study only.

Collection comprised of physics-related materials collected by Ray Hefferlin, PhD.

McKee Library’s reading room is on the east side of the second floor. This space is designed for quiet, independent study and reading.

Recommended books and films on selected topics of interest.

Recommend a new database for McKee Library's holdings.

Students, faculty, and staff may check out Zoom H1 Handy Recorders from the library for one week.

Request print and electronic books for McKee Library's collection.

Request a streaming film or DVD for the library's collection.

Request a print or digital periodical for the library.

Southern students, faculty, and staff may receive free research assistance for any assignment or project with a highly-trained research librarian. In-person and virtual appointments are available.

McKee Library provides subject-specific research guides and how-to tutorials for all academic areas.

Access research guides are a wide-variety of research topics. Guides include links to recommended books, films, websites, and more.

Books on Adventist heritage, especially about the study of Daniel and Revelation.

SPSS is a statistic software package used for interactive statistical analysis. All library stations have SPSS installed.

Library patrons may use the scanner to scan documents as a PDF to their Southern Adventist University email for free using the periodicals area machine located on the library's main floor.

The Marge Seifert Scholarship aids McKee Library's student workers with tuition costs.

McKee Library offers a variety of hands-on scientific models, including human anatomy models and molecular sets, available for in-library usage.

Service animals are welcome in McKee Library.

McKee Library supports the faculty and staff of Southern Adventist University through our physical and digital resources, tools, and services.

Schedule an appointment and view our most popular student resources for students using the quick links on this page.

Silent Study is located on the McKee Library's second floor, near Student Success and Retention Services. Talking is not permitted in the Silent Study.

Social media is used to increase patrons’ awareness of McKee Library and its resources, and to share, listen, and engage with the university community. The library also strives to facilitate learning and support instruction through social media.

Full-text Southern Adventist University publications archives are viewable online.

Browse Southern Adventist University's journals and peer-reviewed series on Knowledge Exchange.

View McKee Library's special collection materials.

Access the library's collection of streaming media databases. Databases include Kanopy, Films on Demand, AVON, Sage Video, and more.

Study rooms are available to Southern Adventist University students and faculty for studying, viewing, and project preparation.

McKee Library’s study spaces provide an environment that fosters learning and creativity and are tailored to meet the diverse needs of our students. Each study environment has specific rules.

Librarians provide information literacy instruction and resources for on campus, hybrid, and online courses.

The Economist is available digitally. Access the publication using the link on our website.

The Foodies’ Guide to Vegetarian Cookery in 19th Century America provides a historically significant look at vegetarian food and cookery in the United States during the long 19th century. Titles included in this guide include works published within the United States between 1790 and 1920.

McKee Library coordinates with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs and Therapy Dogs International to provide frequent therapy dog visits throughout the academic year.

Materials related to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.

View McKee Library's tutorials and database guides for help with navigating databases, as well as instructional information on a wide-variety of information literacy topics.

The Tutoring Center provides tutoring for more than 70 upper and lower division courses, as well as tutoring to help students with ACT preparation.

The USA Today is available in print at McKee Library and digitally. Access current and past issues of the newspaper in NewsBank.

Check out an umbrella from McKee Library at the circulation desk.

McKee Library welcomes all users, including Southern Adventist University students, faculty, staff, and alumni as well as community guests. The library supports research, learning, and teaching through a variety of resources, services, spaces, and collections. All users are expected for follow the Southern Adventist University Code of Conduct, as found in the university handbook.

McKee Library has two virtual reality (VR) headsets available to check out at the circulation desk. These headsets are equipped with multiple games, including Beat Saber, YouTube VR, and Mission: ISS, allowing for an immersive virtual reality experience.

Learn more about McKee Library and resources available to library visitors.

The Wall Street Journal is available in print at McKee Library and digitally through the link below. Access is free for students, faculty, and staff, but you must complete a one-time registration.

Print wirelessly from your personal device.

McKee Library hires student workers throughout the academic year. To apply, please complete our employment application and provide a copy of your current course schedule and resumé. All jobs are posted on the university's student job board.

A collection of digitized World War I posters owned by Southern Adventist University's History and Political Studies department.

WorldCat.org is a great resource for locating unique, trustworthy materials that you often can’t find anywhere except in a library.

The Writing Center provides free writing support to Southern Adventist University students.

View recommended resources on writing.

Explore McKee Library's YouTube channel for embeddable video tutorials.