Library walls encourage metamorphoses
By MARY FORAN
Of the Emerald
They pass through the cold
metal turnstiles like moths emerg
ing from a book-lined cocoon. In a
poignant effort to make sense out
of their scrambled notes, bleary
eyed students shuffle the pages of
their embryonic term papers,
straining for the light of under
standing —or at least a “B” grade.
“If only I had started earlier!"
sighs one young mothlet in tennis
shoes. “If only I had asked one of
the librarians for research ad
vice!” cries out another. Sadly
they pause at the Reserve Book
Room entrance, wondering if one
more reference could salvage
their papers.
But they are not alone in their
desolation. Without a basic know
ledge of library layout, the catalog
ing system and the use of mi
crofiche and microfiche readers,
the University Ubrary can become
a labyrinth of useless information
for the uninitiated researcher as
well as for students beyond the
larval stage.
“We are more than willing to
help students leam to use this lib
rary,” says Juan Sandoval, refer
ence librarian at the Catalog In
formation Service desk on the first
floor of the Main Library.
Since the microfiche system is
the “wave of the future” in catalog
ing, Sandoval stresses that stu
dents “come in early to leam how
to get along with the “complex
Photo by Greg Gawlowski
Only one building on the University campus is known as "The Library" but the books themselves spread
from PLC to the Drug Information Center.
nuances" of microfiche catalogs.
Besides the main card catalog
and microfiche carousels on the
first floor, there are microfiche
subject, author and title indexes
and carousels on each floor. The
Reserve Book Room microfiche
are also on each floor so that the
student can check a reference
that is not on the shelf without hav
ing to fly from floor to floor.
For materials not available from
the University Library, there are
microfiche catalogs on the first
floor from other state schools such
as Portland State University and
Oregon State University. These
materials can be ordered through
the Inter-library Loan service av
ailable at the Science Libraiy and
the first floor of the Main Library.
Since inter-library loans take
time, about five days for in-state
schools and up to three weeks
out-of-state, it is usually graduate
students doing specialized re
search who use this service.
For most undergraduates, the
Main Library and its branches
have something for everyone.
And if a student is doing research
at the Main Library, for instance,
and needs some material from the
Law Library, the student may use
what is known as the “intra-library
connection’’ — the phone marked
"Plains” at the main desk of the
Library.
The other “hotlines,” labeled
"Moscow” and “Peking,” can
save a student the long and often
fruitless trip over to the Architec
ture Library or the Science library,
and a "hold” can be placed on
checked-out material without an
unnecessary jaunt in the rain.
Armed with these basic time
saving research techniques, the
student will soon feel the urge to
test her or his paper-wings on a
short but thrilling research project.
Using the Main Library as a
launching point and branch lib
raries such as the Map Room in
Condon Hall or the University
Archives on the second floor of
Fenton Hall as additional re
sources, the student may see the
need to follow an informational
trail out into the community.
But it is within the solid, stately
walls of the University Library that
the student first begins to grow
wings of understanding. Safely
hidden behind stacks of pre-19th
Century French literature one is
sure to find groups of ardent scho
lars intensely discussing the in
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Other small but informative libraries abound
By ANDREW WIESENFELD
Of the Emerald
Are you doing research? If so, Prince
Lucien Campbell Hall offers resources
which may not be found in the main library.
If you are doing research in the field of
political science, you should know that the
department has its own resource center,
the E.S. Memorial Library. Hidden away on
the 9th floor (905 PLC), the library has av
ailable recent journals, periodicals, disser
tations and books.
Small, but informative, is the economic
department’s C.W. Memorial Room. Avail
able from that library are major journals and
doctoral dissertations.
The philosophy department does not
have a formal library, but journals and dis
r
sedations are obtainable on request.
Located four stories up and a half-dozen
rooms down (730 PLC) is the sociology
graduate studies library. Dissedations,
back issue journals and a cross section of
books on sociological theory and method
are available for those interested in this
field.
Established in 1977 by the Oregon Legis
lature and new to PLC, is the Labor Educa
tion and Research Center (LERC). The
center, the only one of its kind in Oregon,
was mandated as a resource center for un
ions and employee associations.
LERC offers workshops, conferences,
summer residential programs and re
search. For the student of the labor move
ment, the center offers bibliographies and
pamphlets for those researching labor his
tory, the economy’s effect on working
people’s lives, technological change and
the problems of special sectors of the labor
force such as women, minorities and public
employees. The center is located in Room
154.
Students interested in the effectiveness
of social policy may find the Institute of
Community Studies helpful. The institute
specializes in designing methods to
evaluate social programs such as criminal
rehabilitation and alternative schooling.
The center can be found in Room 837A.
The ethnic studies library is literally clo
seted away in the office’s closet. As small
as that may sound, the library covers
America’s ethnic groups from a wide range
of disciplines. The ethnic studies depart
ment expects to expand its library through
the addition of audio-visual equipment by
mid July.
Operating under the administration of the
sociology department is the Center for the
Sociological Study of Women. The center
offers research assistance and provides
study and conference facilities.
The library contains approximately 350
volumes which range from biographies and
history to current investigations into sex
role development and novels by women.
The CSSW also maintains a growing article
and reprint file.
Additional resources available at the
center include professional journals, as
sorted government documents, a large
number of bibliographies, abstracts of cur
rent women’s studies programs and some
dissertations. CSSW is located in 605 PLC.
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