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LIBRARY NEWS L I N S C H E I D L I B R A R Y A P R I L 2 0 1 5
R E A D A L L
A B O U T :
Facilities
Management
Student
Assistant
Summers
Resources for
History
Points of View
Reference
Center
From the
Mouths of
Patrons
Your Liaison
Librarians
shelves so that they dont fall through
the open spacelooks so profession-
al that it seems like part of the origi-
nal shelving. Musgraves says he enjoys
working on these projects for the
library because they present creative
problems, such as figuring out how to
create arrow shapes.
Ariel Spears, groundskeeper, is the
mastermind behind all the new plants
all around the library. Since the ECU
greenhouse has a plethora of plants
and there was a lot of space around
the floor, she approached librarian
Dana Belcher and came up with a plan
to bring in more plants to liven up
each floor. This transition wasnt
without challenges, though. One pen-
cil tree in particular was so tall that it
New additions in both style and
substance have been popping up all
over the library, thanks to Facilities
Management.
Dave Musgraves, ECUs new car-
penter, has made changes in the
library both seamless and promi-
nent. Finding your way on the sec-
ond floor will be much easier with
his new signpost, which gives direc-
tions to the most popular locations
on that floor. His other contribu-
tionmaking backs for DVD
needed to be moved very precisely
to make it down the stairs in one
piece.
View the new additions yourself by
visiting the library. You can check
when were open by visiting the
librarys hours page. And if you like
the new additions, tell Facilities Man-
agement
or visit
their
page on
the ECU
website.
Structurally Sound with Facilities Management
Left: Dave Musgraves next to the signpost he built.
Right: Ariel Spears poses with one of the new plants.
What are Library Tigers Doing this Summer? company, and Yates will assist in
filming and editing at an Oklahoma
City advertising and media agency.
Others have arranged
their summer plans for
something a little dif-
ferent. Lance Rei-
setter (right) will join
Drum Corps Interna-
tional on a scheduled
trip, and Vicente Ro-
driquez (left) is set-
ting off for tennis camp
in New York.
To join this group of jet-setters,
apply using the Student Employ-
ment page.
Some of our students plan
to venture internationally.
Circulations Elisabeth
Dignard (right) will go to
Spain to teach
English to children, and Col-
lection Services Kaylee
Dodd (left) will work to-
wards her CNA after a vaca-
tion in Mexico.
Chelsi Norris (left) and
Savannah Yates (right)
from Circula-
tion are both preparing
for internship positions.
Norris will work as an
accountant for a Tulsa
Though the library may sometimes be
sedate, the librarys student assistants
wont be with all these summer plans.
Some are traversing the country.
Melissa Pope (left) from
Instructional Services is
going to Las Vegas for a
weekend business confer-
ence, and Johnna Hacker
(right) from Collection Services will be
heading to Alaska to
work at a child develop-
ment center. Emily
Williams
(left) will
concentrate on school via a
field studies course.
P A G E 2
Picture
history more
accurately
than someone
pictured this
elephant by
using library
resources.
Public domain image from
Wikimedia Commons. Yes, it is
supposed to be an elephant.
Native American tribes, and histo-
ries of each decade in America.
Try F for more localized history,
or for history of South and Cen-
tral America. There are encyclo-
pedias of southern culture, hand-
books on Texas, and histories of
South America here.
To pore over something in-depth,
try looking on the librarys fourth
floor for materials you can check
out. If you want to look at the
history of civilization, try CB. D
has non-American history, from
the history of the Dark Ages to
the modern North and South
Korean split. In E, youll find all
the American history you can
handle, from writings on the War
of 1812 to reflections on race in
America in the modern era.
If you want the most up-to-date
research on history, try using
our databases. Americas His-
torical Newspapers & African-
American Newspapers let you
look at news from the 1820s
onward. For more scholarly
looks at American history, use
America: History and Life. Try
American Indian Histories &
Cultures for primary sources on
multiple tribes. Or you can use
the most prominent database
for history, JSTOR, to look up
academic articles going back to
the 1900s.
For more information, look
online at the History guide, or
visit the library whenever were
open.
L I B R A R Y N E W S
If youre a history buff, theres
no need to hunt down re-
sources Indiana Jones-style: just
use the library resources.
For a quick refresher on histori-
cal highlights, try the Reference
section on the librarys main
floor. Look in call numbers
starting with C for works about
history in general, like atlases of
medieval Europe, companions
to archeology, historic biographies,
and guides to tracing genealogy.
Maybe youre more interested in
history of places outside of Ameri-
ca. Try the D section for encyclope-
dias of historians, dictionaries of
war, or encyclopedias on Africa,
Ireland and Spain. For works on the
US, try E. Here youll find atlases of
ancient America, encyclopedias of
Resources for: History
They have always been there
when I need help. I ask for
them when I am in trouble &
cannot find the answers I need.
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.
Points of View Reference Center provide essays both for and against
a given topic, as well as expert
opinions. But the best part of this
database isnt just the points and
counterpoints. Its loaded with
news articles, images, book
chapters and more about the given
topic.
If you have to persuade someone
about a topic, this database does a
lot of the work for you. By finding
out what people say for and against
the issue, you can strengthen your
arguments and find supporting data
for them.
For more
about this
database,
head to the P
tab of the
electronic
resources page.
If youve ever wanted to find out
more about a controversial topic,
but are scared to Google for fear
of what youll find, theres a
resource for you.
You can find information on lots of
hot topics in Points of View
Reference Center. Whether its
environmental, governmental or
cultural issues you want to
explore, Points of View can
What People are Saying About the Library
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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