Use your M-number for requesting SWAN or MOBIUS items
Use your M-Number when requesting items through SWAN or MOBIUS. As with many other things on campus M-numbers are replacing older University ID numbers for placing library requests.
For students and employees who have both an M-number and an older University ID number your library record now contains both numbers. Through the end of the semester both IDs will allow you to place requests in the SWAN and MOBIUS catalogs or view what items you have checked out in SWAN. The same PIN works with either ID.
The week of December 21, 2009 older forms of University ID numbers that you have used to place requests in SWAN and MOBIUS will be removed from all library patron records. At that time only M-Numbers will work for placing SWAN or MOBIUS requests. The PIN number you currently use as part of the SWAN login will remain the same.
If you have any questions about using your M-Number in SWAN or MOBIUS contact the Meyer Library circulation desk at 836-4700 or Garnett Library in West Plains at 255-7945.
Don’t know your M-Number? Go to http://cams.missouristate.edu and click on “Get Resources” then log in with your Private ID and password. Your M-Number will be displayed beneath your login ID and e-mail address.
Posted on Nov 6, 2009
Exhibit Looks at Early Years of MSU
Special Collections and Archives current exhibit, "Glimpses of the Past: Student Life, 1905 to 1950,” highlights the early history of Missouri State University. The display includes photographs, yearbooks, memorabilia, and other objects that give viewers a glimpse into the lives of students in the earliest years of the university. Special Collections is located on the 3rd level of Meyer Library and is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (with extended hours on Tuesdays when classes are in session). For more information, call 417-836-5428 or email Archives@missouristate.edu. This exhibit will continue through January 15, 2010.
Posted on Oct 15, 2009
Meyer Library Fall Workshop Schedule
Meyer Library will offer a series of workshops during the Fall semester. All workshops will meet in the LIBR 106 computer classroom located on the first floor. See the university's calendar of events for dates and times of specific workshops.
Posted on Sep 8, 2009
Visiting Exhibits in Meyer Library
Beginning September 1, 2009, the Duane G. Meyer Library is hosting two traveling exhibits from the Missouri State Archives. Located on the Lower Level, Mapping Missouri: Maps from the Collection of the Missouri State Archives, features reproductions of over 100 maps from the State Archives. The images range from a land survey map made by Antoine Soulard in St. Louis from 1796-1806 to computer generated Lewis and Clark maps created in 2002. The exhibit explores the history of cartography in Missouri and the role maps have played in our everyday lives.
On the Third Level, visitors will find Ozark Light: The Photographs of Charles Elliott Gill. An amateur photographer, Gill spent decades documenting life in the upper Ozarks with his 1906 Seroco extended view camera.
The exhibits are viewable during regular library hours. For more information on Mapping Missouri, call the Maps Department at 417-836-4534. For more on Ozark Light, call Special Collections at 417-836-5428. Both exhibits continue through December 11, 2009.
Posted on Aug 25, 2009
Campus License to The Chronicle of Higher Education
Through some generous funding by the Provost, the MSU Libraries have site licensed the Chronicle of Higher Education. A link to it can be found in the Libraries' Indexes & Databases page. The Chronicle is the daily (Monday through Friday) online edition of the weekly newspaper of the same name, with stories on current issues of interest to anyone involved in higher education. There is also online access to the current print edition and users can browse past issues of the Chronicle from January, 1995 to date. One can also search for specific articles as far back as January, 1989. The Chronicle includes all of the major sections of the print edition including the Careers section, which lists current position openings in colleges and universities. Also included is the Chronicle Review which contains three to four focused articles per week, along with its regular columns such as Nota Bene and New Scholarly Books. Special occasional segments such as the annual Almanac are also available via the Chronicle. In addition, through the online Chronicle users can set up their own free account to receive the daily online newsletter, Academe Today. Go to Create a Free Account at the top of the opening page to create an account for getting automatic updates.
Posted on Jul 22, 2009
Major Electronic Resource Change
On July 1, 2009 a number of changes will occur to the Libraries’ databases as the result of a change in vendors for a State Library database contract. Eleven new databases, containing primarily full text periodicals collections, will be available to the University community. The new database are:
Academic OneFile & InfoTrac Collections
Business & Company Resource Center
General OneFile
Health & Wellness Resource Center
Health Reference Center Academic
InfoTrac Junior Edition
InfoTrac Student Edition
Kids InfoBits
Informe (geared toward Spanish speaking users)
Small Business Resource Center
Custom Newspapers
Eleven databases from EBSCO, the previous State Library database vendor, will no longer be available. They are:
Alt Health Watch
EBSCO Animals
Funk & Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia
Health Source – Consumer Edition
Health Source – Nursing/Academic Edition
MAS Ultra – School Edition
Masterfile Premier
Military and Government Collection
Newspaper Source
Primary Search
Regional Business News.
Major-full text EBSCO resources such as Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, or Communication & Mass Media Complete will continue to be available.
You will see links to the new resources on the Libraries' Indexes & Databases page. Contact Lynn Cline (x6-4658) if you have questions about this transition.
Posted on Jul 1, 2009