Come visit us in our new downtown St. Paul location!

Our new mailing address as of August 1, 2005 is:

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Fire/EMS/Safety Center Library
Wells Fargo Place
30 7th Street East, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804

Note that our actual location is Suite 240!

How to find us: (Click on this link for map, driving directions, and parking information)

Enter Wells Fargo Place (formerly World Trade Center) from 430 N. Wabasha Street, at the large mid-block entrance between 6th and 7th Streets. After entering, turn left twice and enter via Suite 240. The library is on the street level (called the "second floor") facing the interior atrium, across the atrium from Wells Fargo Bank and north of Marshall Field's department store in the street level skyway.

(Also note that if you enter from Cedar Street, one street east of Wabasha, that street level Cedar is one level LOWER than street level Wabasha, and you will have to take an escalator one floor UP to reach us.)

The Fire/EMS/Safety Center Library has:

• New in the Library: October-December 2007
• New in the Library: July-September 2007
• New in the Library: April-June 2007
• New in the Library: January-March 2007

• Over 4000 books with titles accessible via our online catalog
• 150 journal titles with subject access via an in-library database
• Audiovisual items for in-library use
• Vertical file material on relevant subjects
• Codes and standards
• Other finding tools (subject and call number browsing guides) and information resources
• Bibliographies
• Resources for September 11
• Links to full text online journals
• Resources for 35W bridge collapse

Use the Fire/EMS/Safety Center Library:

• Visit us in person: CLICK FOR LIBRARY HOURS
• Contact the Fire/EMS/Safety Center

                
                Library FAX                                          (651) 523-7165
                FAX                                                         (651) 649-5409
                Toll Free (Ask for Librarians)              800- 311-3143

• Use the online catalog to see if we have the material you want

Use the new online catalog on the World Wide Web

• Point your web browser to http://fire.mnpals.net
• Click on the "Search for" button
• Type in your search
If you want to change search options, use the pulldown menu to the left of the "Search for" box. (Title, Author and Subject keyword searches are faster than searches "Title begines with ..."
• Click the "Search" button
• Click on a title in the results page to see details about it
• The Library (Owned/Out) column shows how many copies we have and details about volumes and parts. Click to see more details

To link from the Fire/EMS/Safety Center Library catalog directly to the U.S. Fire Academy Library, use the pullown menu list (right under the words Libraries and Collections) to the right of our logo on the search page at http://fire.mnpals.net. You can see some other useful search options.

At this time you cannot request materials online. Contact the Fire/EMS/Safety Center to see if materials are available for loan. Some of our items are only for in-library use. Journal titles are not listed in the library catalog.

Gwen Schagrin, Head Librarian,    (651) 649-5415
gwen.schagrin@so.mnscu.edu

Mary Jo Kennedy, Librarian, (651) 649-5912
maryjo.kennedy@so.mnscu.edu