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Safety Training Presented at State Conference

Libraries are usually thought of as quiet, calm places to study, but sometimes things happen that disturb that peace. The Safety Committee at Linscheid Library aims to address those problems and make it so that you can study in confidence, no matter what situations come up. The committee started in 2011 when librarians realized there was a need to make the ECU Emergency Procedures more specific to the library, since its open late and on weekends and employs a large number of student assistants. Until then, it was a challenge to find bandages. What would the library do in case of something like a fire, flood, or tornado?
Gains were small at first. The committee wrote a patron code of contrained in safety procedures both right after hiring, and in special workshops featuring prizes and refreshments, throughout their employment. duct and created emergency kits to help prepare for common problems. They went on to create procedures for emergencies, including who gets called if something goes wrong and strategies for everyday issues. Now, the committee has great gains. The library has procedures in place for most types of small problems and large disasters. Theyve even influenced the purchase & installation of an intercom system, which will be put to use in case of tornadoes. More commonly, it will be used to make closing announcements. Student assistants are This progress was impressive enough to present at the 2014 Oklahoma Library Association annual meeting. Chelsea Baker, Instructional Services Librarian, and Jolene Poore, Circulation Assistant, talked about the committees development of safety procedures in case of emergencies. This event was well-attended, with 25 librarians from all over the state in their audienceseveral of whom stayed after for more ideas and advice.

Look through the presentation, as well as past ones, on our the presentations page.

Oklahoma Research Day

as well as format transfers, digitizaFind tips and tricks for making tion, and storage of media new and your posters pop, as well as our old. For Research Day, theyve pregeneral poster format, on our pared poster templates for the ECU research posters page. community to use. In addition, they The universitys Dr. Raniyah Ramadan co-presented at workshops with the RamaFar left: Oklahoma Research Days 2014 logo Center for Undergraduate Research and the librarys Media Services depart- dan Center, where Below: Proud poster presenters at Research Day they explained how to ment teamed up to help students & instructors prepare for Oklahoma Re- create effective and attractive research posters. search Day.

This annual event is put together by a consortium of higher education institutions. This year, it was held at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Media Services handles poster printing,

Thirty-four people from ECU participated in Research Day, printing a total of 287.22 square feet of posters.

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Resources for: Kinesiology

Warm up for your research and information needs with resources from the library. For a quick background, try the reference section. There are dictionaries of sports terms, encyclopedias of training for specific sports, and even specialized books on sports medicine. If youre looking for things you can check out and take home, there are two options in different areas of the collection. Call numbers starting with GV mean the item is about recreation, and those starting with RC mean its about medical aspects of kinesiology. Find anything from handbooks on sports training to how to act in an athletic emergency. If you want the latest in sports training and treatment, look to our eresources.
SPORTDiscus with Full-Text is an online collection of articles about sports, fitness and related disciplines. More about the physiology of sport and health care of athletes is available in MEDLINE and Health Source. For these sources and more, visit us in-person or look through the kinesiology page on the library website.

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Digital Resource: WestlawNext

Legal students can rejoice at the new, improved WestlawNext. This resource is a comprehensive listing of major legal decisions, laws, codes and statutes. Along with this, you can find everything that cites a specific case or law, as well as all legal precedents which that case or law used as a reference. It even tells you if its still relevant or notflags next to different legal documents indicate whether the law is still in effect, if its been overturned, or if its made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Type in the name of any given case or law and find out more about it, its history, and how it affected cases and legislation. If you have a more general area in mind, you can also search by topic. If you want to find cases related to taxes, click on the subjects tab, and then click on taxes to find all the subtopics related to it. Click on a subtopic and youll instantly find all the legal cases WestlawNext has about it.

Make your best case with WestlawNext

cases, you can get more specific or more global. You can look up international cases, or even ones at the state level.

To find out more and to get access to all WestlawNext has to offer, go to the Though its useful to wade through electronic resources page. the morass of federal government

What People are Saying About the Library

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. Find out for yourself how our reference ratesstop by the library and talk to the person at the Reference Desk, call 580.559.5371, or email refdesk@ecok.edu for fast help.

I struggle with my assignments because they seem so unclear. They showed me avenues I was totally unfamiliar [with] and gave me insight for future assignments.

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Connect With Your Librarian

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.

Patrick Baumann, Media Services

Dana Belcher, Assistant Director &

Collection Services Librarian Accounting Business Administration Computer Science Kinesiology Mathematics Nursing
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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

Joni Stine, Technical Services Librarian Not yet assigned

Contact your liaison librarian for one-onone 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!

Chelsea Baker, Instructional

Services Librarian Chemistry English & Languages Physics Psychology Sociology

Though libraries have classic style, were more than just books. Find out more about our eresources and digital library services at library.ecok.edu.

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