1. Welcome to an introduction of the
physical layout of East Central
University’s Linscheid Library.

2. About this Tutorial
Students:
This tutorial will help you:
• Locate items in the library
• Understand checkout periods
• Locate the different departments in the library
• It should take you about 20 minutes to complete
Faculty:
• This tutorial was made using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.
• This tutorial will help students
- Locate materials specific to each floor,
- With awareness of specific checkout periods for each type of patron, and
- Realize the variety of materials that are available
This tutorial meets the following ACRL standards:
1.2c

3. What to watch for…
Notes –
These are to let you know there
is important information you
need to know about what is
being covered.

4. The Linscheid Library is a
three story building located in
the east central section of the
Ada campus of ECU.
Attached to the main Library is
the library annex which
houses additional library
services, like audiovisual and
cataloging.

5. The purpose of the library is to support
the curriculum and research needs of
the ECU community and to teach
students independent research skills.
Many of the library’s resources are
available through the library’s web page.
To access the Linscheid Library web
page, click on Academics and look for
the library link.

6. Let’s take a tour of the library. You enter the
library on the third floor, which houses the
Circulation desk, the reference collection and
the research computers. This floor is a good
place to start your research.
You may check out books at the Circulation
Desk, located at the front entrance. You may
renew books here or via the library homepage.
The Circulation Desk also houses Lost and
Found, Interlibrary Loan pickup, and Reserves.

7. Also on the third or main floor is the
reference librarian, located at the
Reference Desk, who is available to assist
in selecting the most appropriate
resources and in teaching you how to use
them for research.
Reference librarians may also be
contacted through the Web by
clicking on Contact icon on the
Library home page, then on the
link for the Reference Desk email
The email service is
in the “Contact” box.
available for general
questions, more specific
questions should be
asked by phone or in
person

8. The Reference Collection, which
includes both print and electronic
materials, provides an overview to a
topic and leads to additional resources.
Examples are dictionaries, atlases,
handbooks, statistical information, etc.
The Juvenile Collection, a collection of
children and adolescent fiction and nonfiction
books, is located on the third floor and is
designed to assist the Library Media and
Education majors. It is arranged using the
Dewey Decimal Classification System.

9. Materials that can be checked
out include the following:
• Books on 2nd and 4th floors
– (3 weeks)
• Government Publications
– (2 weeks)
• Juvenile Collection
– (3 weeks)
• Select Audiovisuals
– (3 days)
* Materials can be renewed online, on the phone, or in person as long as they are not
overdue.

10. The printers for the computers
in the reference area are
housed at the Circulation
Desk. The library does not
have a print limit since you
pay for your copies via your
library technology fee.
A photocopier and a copy card machine
are available near the Circulation desk.
Copies are $.10.
There is also a regular copier and a color
copier located on the second floor.

11. The third floor also houses an extensive collection of
Native American Art.

12. The next stop on our tour is the
second floor which houses the
print journals, the microform
collection, books Q-Z, and
copiers.
It also leads to the student study
lounge and AV services.
Current periodicals (a publication that is
published periodically – monthly, weekly, etc)
are arranged alphabetically on the shelves
near the stairs. Newspapers are located in the
same area.

13. Once a periodical is no longer current,
the issues are bound and placed on the
shelves by call number (see the library
catalog for the call number).
Some journals are in microform (fiche
and film). If you need assistance using
these materials or with copying
microforms, please ask for help at the
Periodicals office on the second floor.

14. Also on the second floor,
Linscheid Library provides a
student lounge with couches,
snack machines and access to
the wireless network.
Past the student study lounge you will find
the Audiovisual Department where you can
view videos, check out videos, have posters
printed, and a variety of other services.

15. The next stop on the tour is the
fourth floor which houses the
Special Collections and the book
collection A-P.

16. Special Collections is located in the
north area on the fourth floor of the
library. Official ECU publications,
such as yearbooks and newspapers, are
housed in Special Collections along
with books focusing on Oklahoma and
Native American Studies.
Government documents, which includes state
and federal documents, are integrated
throughout the collection so that you will
find them within a given subject area. See
the reference librarian for assistance with
government documents.

17. For additional assistance in using library
resources, or locating materials within the
library, see the additional modules or ask
for assistance at the Reference Desk.
Thank you for taking this tour
of the Linscheid Library.