Patti Perkins - Basal Reader - Reading Guide for Children

Patti Perkins' Teaching of Reading students will be in looking for Teacher's Editions or currculum books to teach reading to elementary students. They may also refer to these as "Basal Readers."

They should go the curriculum section (remember to remind them that typewritten call numbers may be checked out, but handwritten ones cannot).

E 25.70 T

E - Designates an elementary curriculum
25.70 - is the number for reading
T - Designates a teacher's edition

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit

Over 521,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Oklahoma must enroll inthe Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit which goes into effect January 2006. Many may soon be in the Al Harris Library asking for help in enrolling. The link attached will enable enrolling people to enter their prescription drugs and find out what their cost will be. 1.First look at: "Want to Learn More About the New Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage? NEW!" 2.Use "Formulary Finder" to enter each prescription drug to get new price. (Click on this blog title to view link)

USB 2 Drives

There was another student today who tried to use a USB 2 pin drive on PC B. The PC wouldn't read it but was able to pull it up on Ref Desk computer.

New public printer info

There's a shortcut to the manual for the new Kyocera printer on the Reference Desk PC's desktop. These are the pages you need to read:

• 2.6 How to load paper
• 4.8-4.12 Correcting a paper jam
• 5.1-5.4 Toner container replacement

You can check the jobs being sent to the printer by clicking the "Printer Jobs" shortcut on the desktop. Print jobs can be canceled from the "Printer Jobs" page or by pressing the red "Cancel" button on the printer control panel.

Zoology/researching animals

There have been several zoology students working to find primary research on a specific animal of their choosing. I gave them three tabs or windows to work with, each with a different database or service: Academic Search Premier, Article First, and ILL. In Academic Search Premier, I showed them a basic search using the Latin term for their animal (in quotes), how to find articles that we have in the library, and how to get articles we don’t have from ILL. In Article First, I showed them how to do a basic search (once again with the Latin term in quotes), how to limit the items to titles held by SWOSU, and how to get articles we don’t have from ILL. The ILL tab or window was to show them how easy it was to request things through interlibrary loan. They were originally working on a basic bibliography but may be back for further research.

Value Line trial username and password

Adri has set us up with a 30-day trial of Value Line. The trial requires a username and password, which I've written on a Post-It on the passwords page of the Reference Desk flip binder. You can give the username and password to SWOSU students and faculty. The Value Line trial is linked on the Database Trials page. Please encourage anyone who uses the database to fill out the Database Feedback Form. The trial runs until about Nov. 17, 2005.

Checking ILL Requests

This is just a reminder. Check ILL requests before passing along to Mary.

Recently, a student submitted several ILL requests. With it being her first time, she was unsure and wondered if the forms had been completed correctly. As it turns out, almost half the requested items are available in our library. Please double-check ILL requests when they are submitted in-person at the reference desk. I think if everyone is diligent in this matter, Mary would appreciate it. :)

Vanderslice/Finding Test Reviews

Dr. Vanderslice's students are assigned an educational/psychological test upon which to find review(s) and a journal article. Please consult the informational handout A Selected Guide to Finding Educational Tests in Al Harris Library and the "cheat sheet" for test reviews in the back of the reference notebook under the "TESTS" tab.

At the very least, they should search the Mental Measurements Yearbook online for the test review. Use ERIC or PSYCHINFO to find the journal articles by typing in the test name or given abbreviation in quotations, for example: "Attention Deficit Disorders Behavioral Scale."

Also consult the "cheat sheet" spreadsheet in the ref notebook. Please add any titles that students ask for that are not already on there. If have any problems, please ask me (Audrey).

Capps/ English 1213 Oklahoma paper

Students in Mrs. Capps English Comp 2 class are working on a research paper regarding Oklahoma History. They should use the following:

For Books: Our library catalog. If they cannot find something, also try WorldCat and use Interlibrary Loan for the materials.

For Periodical Articles: The paper index to the Chronicles of Oklahoma, which is shelved with the Chronicles in the Periodicals section. They could also try Academic Search Premiere, or peruse the paper copies of Oklahoma Today (no indexing available).

For Newspaper Articles: The Daily Oklahoman Archives linked from the Articles/Newspapers page.

If someone is really having a hard time, please suggest to them to schedule an individual research session with Kristi, Jason, or Audrey.

Teacher's Edition of Reading Curriculum/Basal Reader

Students in Education (the Teaching of Reading Class, I think) are needing the teacher's edition of a reading text book. Send them to the elementary area of the curriculum collection. The numbers are 25.70 for reading and the call number will have a "T" at the end to indicate that it is a teacher's edition:

E 25.70 T

There can be a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 following the E to indicate the grade level, so let them know if they really want to look at 5th grade, then they should look for E5 25.70 T.

Also If someone uses the term "basal reader" then what they are looking for is the teacher's edition.

Dr. Hayden's Reference Book List

Dr. Hayden has students locating 4 books in the reference section.
The first title is slightly off on the worksheet so the title search doesn't bring it up. I've listed all titles with call numbers below.

• World Geographical Encyclopedia R910.3 W892
• World Almanac Ready Reference
• Encyclopedia of World History R 903 En196 2000
• Documents of American History R 973 C73d10
  

Helton's Foundations of HPER research assignment

Students of Helton's Foundations of HPER class have been divided into groups for a research assignment. Each group concentrates on a particular issue but each individual within the group focuses on a different part of that issue. The students are expected to finish their research by Oct. 25. The assignment calls for them to gather research on their topic, cite sources, and each individual will prepare a powerpoint presentation highlighting the information researched.

This class will be working in the library on Oct. 11, 13, & 18 from 10am to 11am. They plan to work at the tables next to the Oklahoma Documents collection. I will place a copy of the assignment in the reference notebook along with the handout of print & electronic resources that was prepared for them.

The issues are:

#1--Dangers and effects of drugs on PE, exercise science and sport

#2--Problems facing youth in PE, exercise science and sport

#3--Problems facing women in PE, exercise science and sport

#4--Issues facing individuals with disabilities in PE, exercise science and sport

#5--Issues facing senior citizens in PE, exercise science and sport

#6--Equality issues facing minorities in PE, exercise science and sport

Dr. Gates' Gilded Age History Course

Dr. Gates' class is working on an annotated bibliography assignment this week. Due to personal reasons, he will be gone this week and has asked the library to provide oversight of his students (Tuesday & Thursday 2pm-3:15pm).

The library instruction room will be open during this time. The class size is approximately 30 students so, we need to encourage them to work upstairs. A librarian will be upstairs with the class and back-up will be present for the person on duty at the reference desk due to the anticipated "high-traffic" for each of those days.

Cart of Poetry Reference Materials at RefDesk

This cart of materials has been pulled for Dr. Collin's two sections of Eng 1213. The cart will remain at the Reference Desk for the next week while his classes work on their research assignment. The only time the cart will not be at the Reference Desk is during library instruction M-W-F 9am & 11am.

Their assignment is the same one as the previous two semesters. I will place an updated assignment sheet in the Reference notebook to reflect current due dates; however, the content remains unchanged.