Sopchyshyn Family Library

Library Hours and Assistance

Due to the current COVID-19 health crisis, the library is now closed.
However, library staff are available for material requests and
online assistance.

This includes scanning material to email, emailing full-text articles and
checking-out books by prior arrangement.

Please phone 780-392-2454 or email:  jim.derksen@newman.edu  .

COVID-19 and NEOS Library Services

The due dates of items loaned prior to Mar 13 have been changed to May 31 2020.
Subsequent item check outs  will receive a Jun 1 2020 due date.
Returned items will be back dated to Mar 13 2020.
The hold request option has been suspended so holds may not be placed on items.

If you wish to visit other NEOS libraries, check first to see if they are open to the public.
Policies will differ from library to library.

Contact

Jim Derksen, Library Director: 780-392-2454   jim.derksen@newman.edu
Administration, distance education, collections, cataloguing, reference, library research, ILL

Holly Vogel, Administrative Assistant: 780-392-2450 ext. 2218   holly.vogel@newman.edu
General inquiries, circulation (fines, renewals, holds), reserves, periodicals

The Sopchyshyn Family Library at Newman College is open to the public.  NTC External borrower cards cost $15.00 per year. All NEOS libraries accept our External Borrower's card.  Newman Library does not accept the TAL card.

Student Research Page

Here you will find links to library tutorials and other resources to help you develop library and research skills.

This page is being developed over time and is frequently updated. Check back often!

Library Services

  is a library consortium of academic, health and government libraries that share resources through an online catalogue and borrower database. A NEOS library card is good at any member library. In addition, borrowers may request items through the catalogue and have them sent to their library of choice. Borrowed items may be returned to any NEOS library. The NEOS catalogue allows borrowers to see the status of their accounts, renew items and check or cancel hold requests.

Link to the NEOS catalogue here

Please note that Newman Library does not have an after-hours bookdrop. For hours and locations of all NEOS libraries click here

Distance Education students may also access the catalogue but may only borrow items from Newman Library. Please contact the library to establish a borrower account.

Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library

Students have online access to a wide variety of databases which reference journal articles helpful for term papers. Most of the databases include access to the full text of an article. User authentication is required for offsite access. A current Newman Library card barcode number and PIN are required. If you do not know what your PIN is, contact library staff. (When typing in your barcode do not type spaces or asterisks.)

 The LHCADL includes the following resources (among others):

Atla Religion Database with Serials (includes Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (CPLI))
Proquest Religion Database
EBSCO Full Text Finder

• To access the LHCADL databases link