Library Notes

Tammy Stewart, Documents Librarian at the MSU Libraries, is the co-author, along with Rebecca Thompson, of an article that appeared earlier this year in volume 45, number 1 of Documents to the People, the official publication of the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association. The title of their article is “Missouri Documents Reclassification: A Challenge.” Their abstract states, in part: “The Missouri State University (MSU) Library has been a government documents depository for several decades; the library…

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During the morning of Saturday, September 16, 2017, the MSU Libraries held a wide variety of events, opportunities, and refreshments in and near Meyer Library, in conjunction with Family Weekend. Family members of all ages, as well as current MSU students and alumni, enjoyed augmented reality and virtual reality hands-on session, button making, carillon tours, giant jenga, sidewalk chalk, popcorn, sweet tea, and ice water. We also raffled off a VIP study room during the morning, for which over 300…

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Biological Abstracts is a collection of bibliographic references for life science and biomedical research literature, covering peer-reviewed article abstracts from U.S. and international journals. Biological Abstracts serves as an index to articles in over 4,300 scientific serials from the biological science areas. The database contains nearly 7.7 million archival records from as far back as 1969. Topics covered include biology, biotechnology, experimental medicine, zoology, agriculture, veterinary medicine, botany, pharmacology, biochemistry, microbiology, and evolutionary ecology, genetics, and more. Biological Abstracts provides users with easy access to…

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Works in: Meyer Library’s Circulation Major: Wildlife Conservation and Management Favorite TV series: Planet Earth Something students should know about the libraries: Students should know there are limitless resources in the library. Besides the obvious, like books, journals, movies and computers, there’s also an entire staff that will help you find whatever you’re looking for; don’t be afraid to ask for help!

In August MSU held a half-day emergency preparedness workshop for the officers of the university and other key personnel from MSU, the City of Springfield, and Greene County. Dean Peters attended. The workshop was conducted by David Hall, MSU’s new Emergency Preparedness Manager. While MSU’s Emergency Operations Plan is highly structured and complex, David Hall suggested to Dean Peters that all members of the MSU university community can do little things to prepare for most emergencies. For instance, he suggested…

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The Sports Photos Collection (RG 23/01) of Meyer Library’s University Archives includes athletics photographs of university sports such as baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, swimming, track, and wrestling. They range from the early years of the university to 2003, with the majority falling between 1913 and 1950.  A large part of the collection once hung in the Forsyth Athletics Building before coming to Special Collections and Archives. The photos in this collection, along with selected sports images from the Ozarko Collection (RG 22/1),…

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A perfect fit with our Public Affairs Mission and especially timely for Public Affairs Week, the Public Affairs Index contains nearly 900,000 records and more than 3,300 indexed journals. Public Affairs Index is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international commerce and conflict. This databases also contains a variety of subjects that have recently been in the news from immigration, energy…

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The Human Library is a worldwide organization, founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a seventeen year history. Its slogan — “Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover” — says it all. The MSU Libraries expanded upon that idea with its motto for its pilot human library project — “Read a book that talks back!” The MSU Libraries 2017 pilot human library is named LIVING STORIES: Sustainability. The pilot project focuses on the 2017 MSU Public Affairs theme and it gives students…

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Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 2.5 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888. The database contains full text for more than 920 journals, including many of the most used journals in the discipline, such…

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