Research Facilities
Laboratories of toxicology faculty are
located in various departments. Administrative offices, 4000 sq. ft. of
laboratory space and another 1000 sq. ft. for shared equipment are located
in the Veterinary Medical Research Building. Faculty and students also
have access to core facilities and services of the NIEHS-sponsored Center
for Environmental and Rural Health and Superfund Basic Research Program
Project. These include a transgenic animal
facility, biostatistics, proteomics and genomics core laboratories,
extensive imaging instrumentation and support for a field services
chemical/analytical laboratory.
Libraries
The University's main library, the Sterling
C. Evans Library, holds more than 2 million volumes. The library
subscribes to more than 13,000 serial titles in addition to numerous
state, national and international newspapers. Electronic information is
also well represented--over 4.5 million microforms are located in the
Microtext Department.
The University's Medical Sciences Library holds more than 100,000 volumes in print and microform and subscribes to more than 2,000 serials. On-line access is available for literature in the National Library of Medicine and other database vendors. MEDLINE and other specialized databases are available on CD-ROM and the current five years of MEDLINE are also available through the Tex Search service, which can be accessed through the university's on-line network.
The West Campus Library provides services to the Lowry C. Mays College and Graduate School of Business and to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It holds 550 current periodicals and over 5700 electronic full-text business and agriculture titles.
Many databases are available for on-line searches (at minimal costs) and interlibrary loans are available from any major library in the country.
Student Recreation Center
Texas A&M University's student
recreation center is a 286,000 square foot facility. Students can play
racquetball, soccer, volleyball, basketball, squash, handball, badminton,
roller blade, jog, swim, tan, rock-climb, lift weights, play video games,
practice martial arts, buy clothes and equipment, attend concerts and
relax in a spa in this $36 million, hi-tech complex.
