1. Heterick Memorial Library
Your gateway to success

2. ELEMENTS OF THE LIBRARY
• Building
• Resources (print or online)
• Services
• Staff
• PATRONS

3. Welcome to the Library

4. Library is completely wireless

5. LIBRARY TOUR
• The library is divided into three areas.
• First floor – public
services, circulation/ reference
desks, reference collection, computer
labs, current
periodicals, microforms, newspapers
& new books room.
• In general, this is a high-traffic area
and not conducive to concentrated
study.

6. FIRST FLOOR
•First place to go for help
•Materials check out and returns
•Course Reserves/OhioLINK/ Interlibrary loans
•Audiovisual materials
•Your ONU ID is your library card

7. FIRST FLOOR
Houses stapler, paper cutter and hole punch as well

8. FIRST FLOOR
Music Media is for the use
of Music Majors or
students currently taking a
music class requiring the
use of the keyboards

9. FIRST FLOOR
New Books & Popular
Book collection
Current Periodicals
Reference Collection
Popular Periodical collection
•6 terminals on the 1st floor DVD browsing
•2 each on 2nd and 3rd floors binders

10. FIRST FLOOR
Librarians on duty
Mon-Fri 8-12, 1-
4:30
Sun 10-3:30 Chat, IM or
Email help

11. FIRST FLOOR
Large Lab 102A with 24 computers, 2 b&w printers
and a color printer

12. FIRST FLOOR
Small Lab 102B 8 computers and 2 b&w printers

13. LIBRARY TOUR
• Second floor –
Classrooms, Communication Skills
Center, older periodicals, open
study tables, group study
carrels, 1-2 person study carrels.
• The second floor is meant for
studying and accessing the bound
periodical and juvenile literature
collections

14. SECOND FLOOR
Communications Skills Center
is a separate department housed in the library. The staff
provide assistance with compositions and presentations.
Appointments are required.

15. SECOND FLOOR
Open seating on north end of second floor

16. SECOND FLOOR
Classrooms and seminar rooms
must be reserved online
Four 4-6 person study carrels, first
come, first served

17. SECOND FLOOR/THIRD FLOOR
1-2 person study carrels
against east and west
walls, first come, first served

18. SECOND FLOOR/THIRD FLOOR
Public terminal on third
floor, not internet accessible
Pick up
phone for
help

19. LIBRARY TOUR
• Third floor – Oversized and regular
book collection, 1-2 person study
carrels, seating in book stacks, lounge
areas.
• This is the quietest part of the library
and people expect it to stay that way.

20. THIRD FLOOR

21. LIBRARY TOUR
• Reference help
• Interlibrary loans
• Course reserves
• Local content
Available from Heterick home page

22. Library policies and procedures

23. POLAR www.onu.edu/library
• Library catalog for both Heterick and Taggert
• Libraries work together to avoid duplication
• All books are on the 3rd floor of Heterick
• Fees and fines apply

24. OhioLINK
• The Ohio Library and Information
Network, OhioLINK, is a consortium of
88 Ohio college and university
libraries, public and school libraries and
the State Library of Ohio.
• Students may request items using the
OhioLINK catalog and have it sent to the
university of their choice.
• http://www.ohiolink.edu/about/what-
is-ol.html

25. Databases
• Used mostly for locating newspaper
and magazine articles
• Access Controlled
• Offer broad and subject-specific
coverage

26. Databases
• Available 24/7
• Must click on “off campus access” flag
Web management page
will then ask for first and last name, all 11
digits of the university ID for authentication
purposes. Only way to access the
databases off campus.
Call in the library at 419-772-2181 or contact
our systems librarian Indra Canagaratna
i-canagaratna@onu.edu

27. Off-campus Access
Web Management
Be sure to click on the “Off
campus access tab” to begin

28. Databases
• Academic Search Premier
• Lexis-Nexis
• Opposing Viewpoints
Resource Center
• JSTOR : the Scholarly
Journal Archive
• Search by Subject/Discipline
for subject specific databases

29. Bibliographic Citation Software

30. InterLibrary Loan
• “Option of last resort”
• Used when articles or books are not
available from POLAR or OhioLINK
• Articles are sent to the requesting student
via pdf attachments
• For books, student must come to the
library
• Contact Kathleen Baril at 419-772-2188
or k-baril@onu.edu for help or questions.

31. InterLibrary Loan

32. InterLibrary Loan

33. Course Reserves
• Occasionally professors place items on
reserve for students in a particular class to
access.
• Usually electronic access, but some
books, textbooks and dvds in the physical
collection.
• Electronic reserves sometimes requires log-in
which would be the student’s first and last
name, and all 11 digits of the university ID.
• Print reserves would require students visiting
the library and making copies at 10 cents per

34. Course Reserves

35. Instruction/Research Guides

36. Research Guides

37. Library Research Information

38. Reference Help and Support

39. Questions
http://www.onu.edu/library/
Library Hours
Mon – Thur 8a-midnight
Friday 8a – 9p
Mon-Fri computer labs open at 7:30a
Saturday 10a-6p
Sunday 10a - midnight
Email reference@onu.edu
Phone 419-772-2181