Library Services

The Myers Library currently serves students, staff and faculty university-wide. All students are welcome to call or e-mail the library for library reference or database assistance. Students can access the Myers Library Online by logging on to the University portal at http://myottawa.ottawa.edu. Distance and online students may contact the library to by email or phone to borrow and check out books owned by Myers Library and obtain photocopies of articles in print journals owned by the library.

Interlibrary Loan Services

Interlibrary loan services to borrow books and media are available to students at The College (Ottawa) and Greater Kansas City campuses only. Distance and Online Students may request articles from hard-copy periodical titles that are not available in full-text in the databases, but will need to contact their local libraries to inquire about Interlibrary Loan for books and media titles. Students should contact the lnterlibrary Loan Librarian, Jan Lee at x5446, if they have any questions regarding Interlibrary Loan requests.

Library Reserve at the Main Campus

Faculty will place books, periodicals and media on library reserve for students to checkout for 3 hours or overnight. New students must register for a library card at the library front desk using their OUID.

Student Senate Video Collection

The student senate video collection is located in the Collections Room in the Myers Library at the Main Campus. Students at the campus must sign a student senate form and get a green “Rental” sticker on their id card before they can checkout videos from the Senate Video collection.

Laptops in the Library

The Myers Library on the Main Campus has wireless access. Students may use their laptops in the library and login to the Ottawa network. Network login information is available at the front desk.

The Myers Library Website

The Myers Library website provides students with access to the library catalog, hours of operation, databases, information literacy tutorials and a variety of Web research resources. The Myers Library website can be found at www.ottawa.edu.

Ask-a-Librarian

Library reference services are available to students via e-mail through this service. Students can click on the ask-a-librarian link on the Myers Library website or e-mail the reference desk directly at library@ottawa.edu to request information. Librarians reply to e-mail reference requests within 48 hours.

The Myers Library Catalog

The Myers Library catalog, can be accessed from the library’s website at: bfog60sX1i/0/242750005/60/69/X. The catalog lists books available for checkout from the Myers. Library, as well as more than 4,500 e-book titles.

Ottawa University E-Book Collection

Access to Ottawa University’s e-book collection is available to students through, the Myers Library catalog. The catalog links users to www.netlibrary.com, where they can sign up as netlibrary members. Students must be on the Ottawa University network at initial sign-up for the netlibrary e-book services. Thereafter, students can log in and use the e-book checkout and services from a home computer.