Library Notes

The Missouri State University Libraries is collecting non-perishable food and toiletry items for MSU’s Bear Pantry. A collection bin is set up in the Duane G. Meyer Library Lobby through Oct. 31. The Bear Pantry’s most-needed items include deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, laundry detergent, toilet paper, dish soap, razors, dry or canned beans, rice, pasta, cereal, canned fruit, canned vegetables, granola bars, boxed dinners, and canned meat. Established in 2019, the Bear Pantry supports MSU students or staff members facing…

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Special Collections and Archives, a part of the Missouri State University Libraries, is proud to make available online the Jim House Collection as part of the Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives.

It’s been two months since we launched the demand-driven-acquisition (DDA) model. It has been running smoothly and seamlessly since day one. We have 1,139 book titles added to the plan; with 9 of these titles already acquired. The titles purchased are current and relevant to the university’s programs and research interests that advances the university’s mission.   Here are the titles purchased through the DDA plan for the past period:  Title  Pub Year  LIBRARIES AND HOMELESSNESS: AN ACTION GUIDE.  2021  OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND MARINE WILDLIFE: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL IMPACTS.  2021  JOB SATISFACTION OF SCHOOL-BASED…

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If you are currently conducting research using federal government websites, please work ahead and collect all that you can before midnight on September 30.

Last week a new centralized information desk was installed in Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus of Missouri State University. It is located on the First (Main) Level at the top of the interior ramp.  The MSU Libraries partnered with local interior design firm, Scott Rice, and campus’ Planning, Design, and Construction to design a new service desk. The design was informed by feedback from desk employees and is reflective of the style and finishes found in…

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From time to time the Missouri State University Libraries arranges trial access to electronic resources to get feedback on them as part of the subscription evaluation process. During the trial period, you are encouraged to use these e-resources and provide feedback.  AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Medical provides a variety of resources needed to excel in basic science studies; helps residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with access to videos and animations, images for diagnosis, self-assessment, and medical textbooks. (Trial available August…

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The Art Full Text electronic resource from EBSCO artfully includes 388 active indexed and abstracted journals. 265 of them are peer-reviewed. It also includes 14,000 indexed art dissertations and 229,000 indexed art reproductions.  In addition to standard areas such as art history, folk art, graphic arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and pottery, there is also detailed coverage in advertising art, archaeology, costume, film, and textiles. Coverage includes Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews,…

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The fall 2021 series of author talks and book signings, organized and sponsored by the Ozarks Studies Institute, is off to a good start. Earlier this week Professor William Garrett Piston spoke about the process of researching and writing the recently published book that he and John Rutherford authored, We Gave Them Thunder: Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas. Fourteen people attended, including three via Zoom. Jim Coombs, recently retired Library Science faculty member, was recognized…

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Once again the MSU Libraries will serve as the host site for the annual Quill Awards event organized and sponsored by the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame. It will be held on Thursday evening, September 30, 2021 online, beginning at 7 p.m. Central Daylight Time. This online event is free and open to the public.  Zoom link: https://missouristate.zoom.us/j/94190328635 journalist and Route 66 historian Susan Croce Kelly will be inducted into the Missouri Writers Hall of Fame during a special online…

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The Missouri State University Testing Center, administered by the MSU Libraries and located in the Lower Level of Duane G. Meyer Library, has become an approved testing site for TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language. TOEFL tests are accepted by more than 11,000 universities and other institutions in over 150 countries.  MSU Testing Center’s first TOEFL exams will be given in December 2021. The TOEFL, provided through ETS (Educational Testing Service), is a group of English-language proficiency…

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