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R E A D A L L

A B O U T :

Student

Assistant

Athletes

Coffee and

Library Friends

Resources for

Sociology

Research Day

Report

From the

Mouths of

Patrons

Your Liaison

Librarians

from the departments of Educa-

tion, Biology, History, and Busi-

ness at ECU, as well as local li-

brary officials and other interest-

ed locals. This group helps repre-

sent the interests of the universi-

ty and the Ada community as a

whole.

If youre interested in helping out

or joining LLAF, visit their page

on the librarys website.

thought once about these things. Its

easy to take these things for granted,

but theyre only possible with the dedi-

cated help of the Linscheid Library

Academic Friends, abbreviated LLAF.

This friends of the library group helps

the library with its programs through

the sales of coffee. The revenue from

these sales are put to work in the li-

brary, paying for those cookies, crafts,

and most importantly the coffee itself.

The people of LLAF include faculty

Have you ever wondered where the

coffee at the librarys front Circulation

desk comes from? Or perhaps how we

managed to bring in cookies for differ-

ent events? Maybe even thought

about what

kind souls gave

us resources

for crafts?

The odds are

high that you

havent

works in Circulation. Vicente Rodri-

guez, who played tennis during the

2013-2014 season, works in Collec-

tion Services.

Why are so many student athletes

employed by the library? Is there a

secret gym hidden on the librarys

first floor? Do they gain secret athlet-

ic skills through sorting, cleaning and

organizing the librarys collections?

The truth is not nearly so exciting.

When asked about why they worked

at the library, different student ath-

letes said different things. Figueroa

said that he likes working at the li-

brary since hes not on his feet all

day, something his coaches would like

their athletes to avoid. Rodriguez

came to the library because most of

his friends from the tennis team work

here, and he says that seeing students

studying in the library inspires him to

In what is no way a collusion be-

tween the ECU Journal and the

library, several of the librarys stu-

dent assistants have been profiled

recently in the student newspaper

as athletes to watch out for.

First came Elisabeth Dignard, Circu-

lation student assistant and tennis

player, and Noel Figueroa, Media

Services student assistant and track

runner. Both were profiled in the

Feb. 11 edition.

Stefan Schodlbauer, Circulation

student assistant and tennis player,

was extensively profiled in the Feb.

26 issue. Julia Municoy, Circulation

student assistant and tennis player,

was profiled in the March 5 issue.

However, there are more student

athletes than these elite four in the

librarys employ. Jefferson Ocoro,

mens basketball forward, also

focus more and get into the study

zone. Dignard says she looked at

the library because they were will-

ing to work around her athletic

schedule, letting her take off days

when the team has to travel to

compete.

If youre interested in joining the

competitive world of Library Stu-

dent Assistantship, apply in-person

or fill out our form online at the

Student Employment page.

Tiger Athletes Spar in the Stacks

If you see this logo, cool stuff was

sponsored by LLAF

The librarys student assistant athletes, clockwise from top-right: Jefferson Ocoro, Julia

Municoy, Vicente Rodriguez, Elisabeth Dignard, Noel Figueroa, and Stefan Schodlbauer

LLAF Along

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P A G E 2

Ponder the

big social

questions with

sociological

resources

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Wikimedia Commons.

disability and handbooks of par-

enting.

Maybe you cant get enough of

statistics, and you want to bring

some resources home. Head to

the fourth floor for materials you

can check out. GN-GT will have

works on communication and

evolution, beauty and the science

of monsters. In H-HA, you can

find introductions to data for

social scientists and introduc-

tions to research. However, the

majority of sociology information

lives in HM-HX, where you can

discover sociology writing manu-

als, histories of sex trafficking,

how cities and technology affect

each other, and much more.

Perhaps you want to find infor-

mation without leaving your

room. The main online re-

source for sociology is SocIN-

DEX, with articles from the

19th century to today. If youre

looking for something about

gender or sexual minorities,

look in LGBT with Full-Text.

For research on aging, try Ab-

stracts in Social Gerontology. If

youre focusing on Native

Americans, look in Bibliography

of Native North Americans, or

American Indian History Online.

For more information, head

online to the sociology research

guide, or visit us whenever the

library is open.

L I B R A R Y N E W S

Study firsthand the behavior of

someone in need of information

by using these sociology re-

sources.

If you want a quick introduction

to the field, use the Reference

section on the main floor. Look

for call numbers starting with

GN all the way to GT for an-

thropology. Here youll find at-

lases of ancient archeology, dic-

tionaries of mythology and ency-

clopedias of fashion from around

the world. In the H and HA sec-

tions, youll find dictionaries of

social sciences and handbooks of

statistics. From HM to HX,

though, is where most of the soci-

ology materials reside. Here there

are GLBT atlases, encyclopedias of

Resources for: Sociology

I love this library! The

librarian was most helpful,

knew exactly where to look

and was timely. Thank you.

This space is reserved for what your

peersstudents, faculty, staff, and the public

alikeare saying about our reference

services. These are actual quotes from

library patrons.

Evaluate our reference for yourselfstop

by the library and talk to the person at the

Reference Desk, call 580.559.5371, or email

refdesk@ecok.edu for fast help.

Research Day Report eye-catching posters. This year, the

librarys Media Services department

printed 20 posters for the event.

All disciplines are represented in

these 20: seven from liberal arts,

two from Education Psychology,

nine from Health and Sciences and

two from Business.

ECU was well-represented at the

event, even though the turnout was

unusually lowlikely caused by the

What People are Saying About the Library

proximity to Spring Break.

However, organizers remain

optimistic that next year will see

more participants.

To learn more about Research Day,

visit their website at

OklahomaResearchDay.com. To get

your own posters printed, visit

Media Services, call them at

580.559.5490, or visit their page on

the library website.

The gloomy Friday before Spring

Break was sunny for those

students lucky enough to go to

Oklahoma Research Day. Now in

its 16th year, students made the

170-mile trek from ECU to

Northeastern University in

Tahlequah on March 13.

College students from across the

state participate in Research Day

to share their research through

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Patrick Baumann, Media Services Librarian

Cartography/Geography

Education

Environmental Health Science

Family & Consumer Sciences

Human Resources

Katherine Sleyko, Public Services Librarian

Art

Biology

Communication

History

Music

Political Science & Legal Studies

Contact your liaison librarian for one-on-

one help if youre a student. If youre

faculty, talk to your liaison librarian about

classes and materials youd like. The

librarians are your guide to the best

resources, so make sure that you use

them!

Did you know that all departments have a

librarian assigned to them? Liaison

librarians can help faculty and students find

information best suited to their area of

study. Find your librarian below, or go to

our student page for more.

Dana Belcher, Assistant Director & Collection Services Librarian

Accounting

Business Administration

Computer Science

Kinesiology

Mathematics

Nursing

Chelsea Baker, Instructional Services Librarian

Chemistry

English & Languages

Physics

Psychology

Sociology

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