Individual identification cards are required of each student before checking out library resources.

A total of five books are checked out at any given time. A due date print out will be given when books are due back.

Visually or physically disabled users should feel free to ask for special assistance.

Students have the liberty of requesting book loans from other libraries if the campus library does not have the required book(s). This service may be requested at the reference and circulation desk.

Library Orientations are offered for freshman, transfer students, and new faculty at the beginning of each semester. Individual orientations are provided as requested. Ask the library staff for more information.

Tutoring is coordinated by staff tutors. Professional tutors work with students during developmental education classes, in small groups, and in one-on-one sessions.

Multifunctioning Xerox machines are available in the library. These machines allow users to print, scan, make copies and laminate.

Printing and copy prices are:
$0.10 cent per copy for black and white and color copies
$0.25 per copy for color copies

Laminating prices are:
$0.50 for Letter sized 8.5 x 11
$0.75 for Legal size 8.5 x 14
$1.00 for all other over size

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) or Library Catalog is an index of all library resources held in the Leontyne Price Library. Resources may be accessed by AUTHOR, TITLE, or SUBJECT. This automatic catalog can be accessed on and off campus.

ProQuest is a multidisciplinary database with a collection of thousands of academic journals, news articles dissertations, magazines and eBooks.

Magnolia is a statewide consortium funded by the Mississippi Legislature that provides journals, dissertations, newspapers, magazines, and eBooks.

Oxford Journal is an academic database that offers books, academic journals and magazines. It serves students, researchers, professors, and others.

JSTOR is a digital library that provides approximately 50 research databases. These databases provide online research of academic journals, dissertations, magazines, primary resources, and eBooks.

E-Books/e-magazines and newspapers are available at the Leontyne Price Library.

Electronic books and magazines are available at the Leontyne Price Library. These resources may be accessed on and off campus by the Rust College community; with the use of an access code given at the library.

The Archival Collection is a repository with a mission to identify records artifacts and papers of enduring value after critical evaluation; to preserve evaluate and make acquisitions available to patrons. This collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library.

The Ida B. Wells Social Justice Collection is a collection of books, records and artifacts of Ida B. Well and other social justice participants. This collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library.

The Roy Wilkins Collection is a collection of books, papers, Artifacts, accolades, paraphilia, books and pictures donated in 1986 by Mrs. Amanda Wilkins, his wife. Other artifacts were added to this collection after his death. This collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library.

Beulah Compton Social Work Collection is a collection of Social work and other books donated by Beulah Compton. This collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library.

The International Room is a collection of artifacts and printed materials and clothes from (10) countries. They are: Denmark, Norway, Pakistan, India, China, Mexico, Egypt, Israel, West Africa, and the United States. This collection is located on the 1st floor of the library.

The United Methodist Room is a collection of Church Histories, Religious, Poetry and speech writings, books for ministries and ministerial students. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Howard Thurman tapes are also available. This collection is located on the 1st floor of the Library.

The Audio Visual Collection is a collection of DVD’s, CD’s Tapes, and Records. This collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library.

Permission to tour special collections can be acquired at the circulation desk. We ask that users reserve the right to tour in advance.

Bloomberg is a global provider of financial news and information, including real-time and historical price data, financial data, trading news, and analyst coverage. Its services, which span its platform, television, radio, and print, offer professional analysis tools for financial professionals.

Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools and enterprise applications such as analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product.

Bloomberg Finance Lab helps your students build the skills needed for a career in finance, enhances your curriculum and better positions your university as a leader in the academic space.

https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/expertise/students/

As a student of business or finance entering a rapidly changing economy and geo-political climate, you need every edge you can get. Knowledge of and experience using the Bloomberg Terminal is that edge.

The Bloomberg Terminal is used by financial institutions and corporations all over the world to make critical decisions about risk, investments and markets.

Bloomberg has developed ways to help you gain the all-important experience of the Bloomberg Terminal that will help set you apart for potential employers.

Boost your skill set — and super-charge your marketability — with a Bloomberg Certification. The quickest way to do this is with our eight-hour self-directed e-learning course, Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC). With modules on Economics, Fixed Income, Equities, Currencies and using the Bloomberg Terminal, BMC will help you emerge with an edge.

Bloomberg work’s directly with universities all over the world, providing Bloomberg Financial Market Labs: spaces packed with Bloomberg Terminals, free for students to use. With syllabus-integration, you will learn how to use important analytical functions in the Terminal, conduct economic research and analysis, benefit from a wide-range of pre-built analytical models and more.

ADNOC-Bloomberg Economic Research Challenge

Students have the opportunity to mimic economists across the world, compete against other students across the Emirates and compile their own macroeconomic paper using the latest economic indicators and research tools on the Bloomberg Terminal.

Bloomberg Coding Program

Learn how to program in Python, use the Bloomberg Query Language (BQL), and perform research within BQuant.

Bloomberg Islamic Finance Module

Understand the fundamentals of Islamic Finance, the types of Shariah Finance and the Bloomberg tools you can use for relevant analysis.

Bloomberg Trading Challenge

Use the skills you’ve developed and your knowledge of the Terminal to create a winning portfolio.

Fixed Income

Understand the fundamentals of the Fixed Income market, including bond basics, yield curves, credit default swaps and interest rate derivatives.

At the Leontyne Price Library, our mission is to ensure that all users regardless of ability have equitable access to our physical spaces, resources, and digital materials.

We are committed to providing appropriate accommodations and services that support effective communication and full participation for individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to make all library programs, services, and resources inclusive and accessible to everyone.

Library staff are available to assist with locating and retrieving materials, including scanning documents and pulling items from the shelves. To make arrangements in advance, please contact our Circulation Services team at 662-252-8000 ext. 4100.

The library works closely with the Office of Student Support Services at Rust College to ensure students with disabilities receive the assistance they need to succeed academically.

If you encounter any accessibility barriers either in the library or on our website, please contact:

Library Director
wpegues@rustcollege.edu