Library services at Santa
Barbara Graduate Institute are dedicated to helping our
students develop mastery in using print, audiovisual,
and electronic collections to support their lifelong learning
and their professional contributions.
We are very pleased to
offer both onsite and electronic libraries to support
our new Ph.D. programs. Our services include:
• A lending library
is available on-site. It is open to the public by appointment.
Books, videos and journals are available for research.
• Interdisciplinary
interest in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Prenatal
and Perinatal Psychology is growing. We offer to professionals
and the public a small collection of links to web sites
of interest related to our research specialties.
• A collection of
electronic resources is available to students and faculty.
• A comprehensive
program of information competence/library instruction
is offered including a formal class, additional problem-based
learning in selected core classes, and one-on-one instruction,
either in person or via electronic "help desk"
service. As stated in Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education, published by the
Association of Institute and Research Libraries, information
literacy is "an intellectual framework for understanding,
finding, evaluating, and using information, in part
by sound investigative methods, but most important,
through critical discernment and reasoning."
• Professional reference
assistance and consultations are also available to students
and faculty.
Our library is a member of the
Library
of California Gold Coast Region
and The
Northern California Consortium of Psychology Libraries.
