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Fall & Spring
Mon-Thur............. 7:00 am-2 am
Fri..................... 7:00 am-10 pm
Sat........................ 9 am-10 pm
Sun......................... 9 am-2 am

Dead Week & Finals Week
Open 24/7!

Holiday & Intersession
Hours vary. Call Hours Hotline 405-744-5029 or check library website

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• Librarians are here to help you!
• Save time and find the best resources by asking us
• Multiple ways to get help (See The Essentials box on the left)

• 170 desktops, the largest computer cluster on campus
• Unlimited printing and Express Print Stations
• Scanners, 1st and 5th floors
• Wireless throughout the building

• 160 laptop computers, 5 hours
• 20 MacBooks, 5 hours
• 30 iPads, 5 hours
• E-books to read on your computer
• 9 Group Study Rooms, 4 hours
• DVDs and CDs in Room 105

• Study Zones: Quiet, Silent, & Group
• Beautiful large study rooms, 2nd floor
• 9 group study rooms

• Café Libro serves coffee, sandwiches, salads, bagels and more grab-and-go foods
• Vending machines are on the 1st floor

• With your OSU ID, checkout up to 50 books at a time
• 30-day checkout period
• Books are mainly in the basement, 3rd & 4th floors at the Edmon Low Library

• Professors sometimes put print or electronic copies (book chapters, answer sets or homework) “on Reserve”
• Textbooks: The library has textbooks for classes with more than 125 students or costing more than $125. Checkout time is 2 hours.
  
  

• Place a recall on the item https://www.library.okstate.edu/forms/recallbk.htm
• We’ll notify you when the book is ready. The recall shortens the due date to 2 weeks.

• We’ll try to borrow it from another library for you. This is called Interlibrary Loan.
• Request online or ask the librarians on the 1st floor for help with this.

• Popular magazines, 1st floor
• Popular fiction, look in the library catalog: www.library.okstate.edu
• Special programs: exhibits, book discussions, concerts and more. Check our website.

• Application and information is on the library homepage

• Generally, overdue books .25/day/book. Reserve, recall and Interlibrary loan are more.
• Overdue laptops, iPads and MacBooks $30.00/hr.
• Fines are billed to your bursar account.

• DVDs and CDs, 1st floor, Room 105
• Special Collections and University Archives, 2nd floor www.library.okstate.edu/scua
• Oklahoma Oral History Research Program, 2nd floor www.library.okstate.edu/oralhistory
• U.S. Government Information and Documents, 5th floor www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/

• Architecture Library in the Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building www.library.okstate.edu/arch/
• Curriculum Materials Library in Willard Hall www.library.okstate.edu/cml/
• Veterinary Medicine Library in McElroy Hall library.cvhs.okstate.edu/

• Ask a librarian for help—that’s our job!
• Free tours and training
• Enroll in LBSC 1011, a one-credit hour class
• Find information on the library website