Students enrolled in the M.S.P. degree program will have use of the services of the Doris and Harry Vise Library that is located on the Cumberland campus in Lebanon, Tenn. A specific librarian may be asked to serve as a reference liaison for this particular graduate group.

Services include a pre-enrollment bibliographic instructional overview geared toward informing the student of the library's resources in his/her discipline, an orientation providing a basic understanding of the organization of the Vise University Library and the presentation of an annotated bibliography describing these resources.

In addition to on-shelf books and journals, the Vise University Library has a variety of full-text publications available through on-line electronic and on CD-ROM databases. Additional services include the following: submitting direct and factual reference questions on-line, having library materials shipped to a home or business address, plus receiving assistance in searching the library's catalog and databases.

Institutional holdings are augmented through participation in two interlibrary loan programs, allowing students to borrow materials from other libraries around the world. On-campus Internet access is also available in the Vise Library building.

Additionally, each M.S.P. student is encouraged to have an active library card from the Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Public Library System. The main branch, located on Church Street in downtown Nashville, has an excellent reference area staffed with public service librarians. Many Cumberland University graduate students have found these resources valuable in securing information for assigned research projects.