The Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science (TSACS) Library is located in Room 100 of Willcox Building-C and is designed to serve the research needs of the students, faculty, and staff in the Departments of Architecture and Construction Science. The TSACS Library houses a collection of approximately 12,000 books and subscribes to over 40 journals covering architecture, construction, and related areas, and is managed by the Library Supervisor. All TSACS students, faculty, and staff have access to the licensed databases, electronic journals, electronic books, research guides/Lib Guides, and other online resources. Other services include circulation, reference, and interlibrary loans.
E-Resources
Academic Search Premier (Alabama Virtual Library - AVL)
ArchInform
Architecture, Engineering and Construction Management
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Chronicle of Higher Education
ERIC
Great Buildings - Rome
Infotrac - Expanded Academic ASAP
JSTOR
International Code Congress I-Codes
A collection of slides and drawings of on-campus and off-campus buildings are also available; 4 computers are located in the library for Internet and database searching, and all TSACS students, faculty, and staff have access to the electronic and physical collections in the TSACS Library during the library’s hours of operation. The Library is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am – 4:30pm. No after-hours access except by appointment: requests must be made by e-mail to the Library Supervisor, one week in advance.
InterLibrary Loan Program
Interlibrary loan services are available to faculty, students, and staff for materials not owned by the Tuskegee University Libraries. The Tuskegee University Libraries have also developed partnerships and collaborative agreements to expand access to information. The Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) is a member-governed consortium of Alabama’s public and private non-profit four-year colleges and universities. These institutions have collaborated to share academic library resources to assure that every student and researcher obtains the information needed for a successful educational experience. As a member of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL), the library has “no cost” interlibrary loan access to member libraries in the state. Articles are usually received in two to four days, and books are received in three to five days. Items not available for interlibrary loan within the state are obtained at cost from other universities outside the State of Alabama.
Special Collections
The Robert R. Taylor School of Architecture and Construction Science Library Special Collections/Archives Room, is located in Willcox Building C, Room 101. The Archives Room, a non-circulating collection, contains several volumes of Rare and Historic Books on Architecture, Construction, Design, Landscape Architecture, and Architectural Monographs from 19th and 20th century printings of architectural treatises written by significant authors and contributors in the Design and Building Arts – and were used in the education of Tuskegee architectural and construction students for the greater part of the past century. A number of the volumes in the Rare Books Collection are from the Library of Benjamin Wistar Morris – a colleague of the famous New York firm of Carrere and Hastings, the architects of the New York Public Library during the Gilded Age. The holdings of the TSACS Library Archives Room also include a large number of photographic slides, blueprints, student thesis books, and archival catalogs.
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm
Please feel free to contact the TSACS Library at 334-724-4572
