Library Building Overview

Welcome to an introduction of the physical layout of East Central University’s Linscheid Library.

About this Tutorial

Faculty:• This tutorial was made using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.• This tutorial will help students

- Locate materials specific to each floor,

- With awareness of specific checkout periods for each type of patron, and

- Realize the variety of materials that are available

Students:This tutorial will help you:• Locate items in the library• Understand checkout periods• Locate the different departments in the library• It should take you about 20 minutes to complete

This tutorial meets the following ACRL standards:

1.2c

What to watch for…

Notes – These are to let you know there is important information you need to know about what is being covered.

The Linscheid Library is a three story building located in the east central section of the Ada campus of ECU.

Attached to the main Library is the library annex which houses additional library services, like audiovisual and cataloging.

The purpose of the library is to support the curriculum and research needs of the ECU community and to teach students independent research skills.

Many of the library’s resources are available through the library’s web page. To access the Linscheid Library web page, click on Academics and look for the library link.

Let’s take a tour of the library. You enter the library on the third floor, which houses the Circulation desk, the reference collection and the research computers. This floor is a good place to start your research.

You may check out books at the Circulation Desk, located at the front entrance. You may renew books here or via the library homepage. The Circulation Desk also houses Lost and Found, Interlibrary Loan pickup, and Reserves.

Also on the third or main floor is the reference librarian, located at the Reference Desk, who is available to assist in selecting the most appropriate resources and in teaching you how to use them for research.

Reference librarians may also be contacted through the Web by clicking on Contact icon on the Library home page, then on the link for the Reference Desk email in the “Contact” box.

The email service is available for general questions, more specific questions should be asked by phone or in person

The Reference Collection, which includes both print and electronic materials, provides an overview to a topic and leads to additional resources.

Examples are dictionaries, atlases, handbooks, statistical information, etc.

The Juvenile Collection, a collection of children and adolescent fiction and nonfiction books, is located on the third floor and is designed to assist the Library Media and Education majors. It is arranged using the Dewey Decimal Classification System.

Materials that can be checked out include the following:• Books on 2nd and 4th floors

– (3 weeks)• Government Publications

– (2 weeks) • Juvenile Collection

– (3 weeks)• Select Audiovisuals

– (3 days)

* Materials can be renewed online, on the phone, or in person as long as they are not overdue.

The printers for the computers in the reference area are housed at the Circulation Desk. The library does not have a print limit since you pay for your copies via your library technology fee.

A photocopier and a copy card machine are available near the Circulation desk. Copies are $.10.

There is also a regular copier and a color copier located on the second floor.

The third floor also houses an extensive collection of Native American Art.

The next stop on our tour is the second floor which houses the print journals, the microform collection, books Q-Z, and copiers.

It also leads to the student study lounge and AV services.

Current periodicals (a publication that is published periodically – monthly, weekly, etc) are arranged alphabetically on the shelves near the stairs. Newspapers are located in the same area.

Once a periodical is no longer current, the issues are bound and placed on the shelves by call number (see the library catalog for the call number).

Some journals are in microform (fiche and film). If you need assistance using these materials or with copying microforms, please ask for help at the Periodicals office on the second floor.

Also on the second floor, Linscheid Library provides a student lounge with couches, snack machines and access to the wireless network.

Past the student study lounge you will find the Audiovisual Department where you can view videos, check out videos, have posters printed, and a variety of other services.

The next stop on the tour is the fourth floor which houses the Special Collections and the book collection A-P.

Special Collections is located in the north area on the fourth floor of the library. Official ECU publications, such as yearbooks and newspapers, are housed in Special Collections along with books focusing on Oklahoma and Native American Studies.

Government documents, which includes state and federal documents, are integrated throughout the collection so that you will find them within a given subject area. See the reference librarian for assistance with government documents.

For additional assistance in using library resources, or locating materials within the library, see the additional modules or ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.

Thank you for taking this tour of the Linscheid Library.