About Cade Library Distance Education Services
Southern University and A & M College Distance Education Library Resource Guide
The University Library provides many services which are especially suited to students who are taking Southern University courses taught through distance learning. The pages gathered here are dedicated to guiding students to these services.
What library services are available to Distance Education Students?
John B. Cade Library strives to accommodate the information needs of students and faculty outside of the Baton Rouge area. The library will send books and materials at no cost for shipping to distance education students who live more than 30 miles from Baton Rouge, with the student covering the cost of returning items in a timely fashion. Students who live less than 30 miles are free to come to the library for material.
If you have any questions, or need assistance, contact Ms. Payne at (225)771-2604.
- Library CatalogUse the Library's catalog to find books, video, title of journals, magazines, and other material in John B. Cade Library.
- Document Delivery & Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD)Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is available to all SU-students, staff, and faculty. This service allows users to borrow materials (books, photocopies of journals, etc.) from libraries outside of the SU-System.
- INGENTAIngenta is a pay per view service that host scholarly journals from different publishers. Utilize Ingenta for periodical titles not found at the library. Request may take 24-48 hours.
- Library Services for Distance Education StudentsThe Library has created a comprehensive research guide to answer all of your questions about library resources and services available of John B. Cade Library.
- LALINCLALINC is the Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium. LALINC is a service for graduate students, distance education students, faculty, and staff of Louisiana colleges and universities allowing them to borrow materials not available in the John B. Cade Library from most academic libraries in Louisiana.
- LALINC ApplicationClick here to apply for your LALINC Card. The LALINC Card expires in 1 year.
- SU ROARSSU-ROARS is a new article delivery service that allows the library to access journal articles and deliver to users within 2 hours to 24 hours. This service is tailored to provide on-demand access to meet the immediate research needs of users and provide access to articles that are not available via the library’s databases and subscriptions. Time period varies on weekend.* SU-ROARS is only available to faculty, staff and graduate students during this pilot period.