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The Barbara Fields Memorial Library, located in Room 120, contains books, periodicals, and other materials to support the educational and cultural needs of students, faculty, and staff. Computers connected to the internet are available for student use during library hours. Hours for the library are 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The library staff is dedicated to serving the learning resource needs of both students and employees of the College. To fulfill this mission, the library has entered into a combination of agreements and reciprocal borrowing relationships with other libraries and institutions in order to provide access to materials otherwise unavailable on the College’s campus. Membership in the Resource Sharing Alliance of the Alliance Library System (a cooperative network of Libraries in Central and Western Illinois) provides direct access, via interlibrary loan and reciprocal borrowing, to materials in the collections of over 200 libraries in Illinois.
The library also subscribes to several online research resources designed to provide immediate access to digitized versions of professionally-published content such as books, journal articles, popular magazines and the like. Access to these resources is provided through the College’s Library Resources page at https://secure.midstate.edu/library/ (Midstate College log-on and password required), and is available twenty-four hours a day.
The Hammond Reference Collection is also housed in the Barbara Fields Library. This collection of reference information resources, named for the family of Arline H. Bunch, former Chairman of the Board and Executive Vice President, and her sister, Zelma Hammond Shoemaker, former Librarian of the College, is kept up-to-date by constant review and renewal. Reference materials may only be used in the library; however, users may make photocopies of reference materials at a cost of $.10 per page.
In addition, the library provides academic support in the form of makeup test proctoring, and tutoring liaison services. Students interested in these services may contact the library directly.
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| Contact
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| Librarian: Zachary M. Brown |
| Email: zbrown@midstate.edu |
| Telephone: (800) 251-4299 Ext. 1200 |
| Fax: (309) 692-3918 |
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| Library
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- Monday through Thursday - 8:00 am until 9:00 pm (CST)
- Friday - 8:00 am until 4:30 pm (CST)
- Saturday - 8:30 am until 12:30pm (CST)
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| Midstate
Online Libraries |
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The Midstate College Online Libraries give you
immediate access to an extensive collection of authoritative electronic
resources to support your research needs.
Click
here for online libraries, databases, and login information.
Disclaimer Statement
The database login information file is intended solely for
the use of Midstate College students. If you are not an intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that downloading and using
the information is strictly prohibited. Midstate College accepts
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| Internet
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Newspapers, Magazines, Journals
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Encyclopedias
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Dictionaries
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Thesauruses
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Search Engines
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| Member: Alliance Library System/Resource
Sharing Alliance, ILLINET On-line, Virtual Illinois Catalog.
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