Top services at OSU Libraries:
Article Express: library.osu.edu/ill/article-express
Checking out or renting an item: https://library.osu.edu/borrowing/checkout
Inter-library loan: https://library.osu.edu/ill/borrowing
Library locations and hours: https://library.osu.edu/locations
Printing: https://library.osu.edu/printer-copier-services
Subject guides: http://guides.osu.edu
Request a purchase: https://library.osu.edu/suggest-additions-to-the-collection
Reserve a study room: https://library.osu.edu/roomreservation
You can use the library for
- citation help
- printing
- study space
- reserving a room for group study/projects
- asking questions at any circulation desk
There are many library locations, and you have the best luck finding space to study in the smaller ones, so check out a few of them!
For each course in CarmenCanvas, there is a Library Link that will go to either a subject guide, or if the instructor has requested it, a customized library guide for that class.
Academic library books are sorted according to topic/major area, by a system called the Library of Congress Subject Headings. This means that all the books on a topic tend to be in the same area.
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There are two ways to get textbooks via the library. The first is that your instructor can put a textbook on course reserves at any of our libraries. Students can then come check out that item, typically for two hours at a time. Many students scan the textbooks, and that is perfectly legal for personal use.
The second method is for the library to own a copy of the textbook. If it is available in our print collections, or if it is available from a partner library, you can check it out for a regular length of time. You can always request that we purchase it: https://library.osu.edu/suggest-additions-to-the-collection. However, that doesn't scale well, so we try and buy multiple-user eBooks when possible. Your instructor would need to contact their librarian to find out if the book is available as a multiple-user eBook at least four weeks before the class will need it. If a textbook is available as a multi-user eBook (and isn't entirely prohibitive in price), I will happily purchase it!
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