Meet MSU Libraries’ March Student Employee of the Month, Cassie Fox! Works in: Meyer Library’s Research and Instructional Services Major: Environmental Biology Favorite Book: Looking for Alaska by John Green Something students should know about the libraries: “The library is not only a great place to study, but a fun place to get coffee and hang out with friends between classes!”
Statistics are a valuable and necessary tool to help you prove a point in a paper or a speech. Where do you go to get them? The Statistical Abstract of the United States. It is the most current and authoritative summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Here you will find statistics on everything from agriculture to labor to weather and more. An online guide provides more information about this resource and directions on…
BearWorks is the institutional repository for Missouri State University. It’s purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide a single point of access for the scholarly work of MSU’s faculty, students, and staff, as well as reports and documents of the University. Managed by the MSU Libraries, BearWorks is funded by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate College, and the MSU Libraries. In addition to articles, theses, and documents, BearWorks also archives data sets, images, and multi-media files. Records…
Meet our Employee of the Month, Joshua Lambert! What is your job title? Head of Access Services What originally got you interested in library work? I was originally interested in library work because it seemed like it would be better to work in a university library than to work in the university cafeteria. I was correct. After college, I didn’t know what else to do so I applied for library jobs and got an interview. During an interview for an…
An “Answer Man” column written by journalist Steve Pokin and published in the Sunday, February 18 edition of the Springfield News-Leader featured several aspects of the MSU Libraries: An MSU Libraries-created map of the Ozarks Region, developed by student employee Emilie Burke in Maps and GIS Reference to the Ozarks Studies Institute, an initiative of the MSU Libraries A quote from Dean Tom Peters, who stated that southern Illinois is not part of the Ozarks Region A photo and quote…