home Resources and Services Sorry for the Inconvenience: Central and West Stacks Temporarily Closed

Sorry for the Inconvenience: Central and West Stacks Temporarily Closed

The Central and West Stacks in Ellis Library will be closed this summer due to a window repair project. If you need materials that are located in the Central or West Stacks, you may request the materials online or ask for help at the Checkout and Information Desk, which is located on the north side (close to Lowry Mall) of the 1st floor. Here are the call numbers that will be affected:

P to PG
*PH to PQ2999
QL to QR
R to VM
Z to ZA
001-353.7
353.9 to 999
Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction

We apologize for any noise or other inconvenience that occur while we work on some much-needed improvements to the library. Please contact Shannon Cary at carysn@missouri.edu if you have any questions.

*Some of these books will be unavailable during this project. They may be borrowed from MOBIUS or traditional Interlibrary Loan.

home Ellis Library, Resources and Services New VoiceIn: Denmark to Columbia

New VoiceIn: Denmark to Columbia

In this episode, Denmark to Columbia, Elisabeth Ivens talks about her experience as an exchange student at Mizzou. Elisabeth is from Copenhagen, Denmark and an exchange student in School of Journalism. We discuss dorm life, food, and cultural differences in this fun conversation!

Voice In is a podcast about Mizzou students. This project of the Digital Media and Innovation Lab in Ellis Library was created to learn about students’ lives and their relationship to libraries.

Check back on our site every month or subscribe to the podcast on your favorite app!

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Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

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Arab American Heritage from A-Z

In case you missed it, April was Arab American Heritage Month! We put together an A-Z list of music, books, poetry and more to celebrate Arab heritage in the United States.

Explore this three part series and join Mizzou Libraries in supporting Arab American voices:

Series written by: Rachel Brekhus, Melissa Fayad & Sireen Abayazid (Student worker, DMiL)

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Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home Resources and Services Countdown to Finals: Mizzou Libraries Wants You to be Prepared!

Countdown to Finals: Mizzou Libraries Wants You to be Prepared!

It’s the end of the semester, and we all know what that means: Finals.

We want you to be prepared, so are some tips and tricks to help make things a little easier for you this finals season:

  1. Mizzou Libraries Hours

  2. Study Spaces

  3. Library Account Status

  4. Supplies in the Library

  5. Chat with the Librarians

  6. Writing Your Final Paper

  7. Stress Relief!

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home Workshops Demystifying the Literature Review

Demystifying the Literature Review

Date: Monday, April 25, 2022
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Register for online workshop.

Explore the world of literature reviews through this webinar highlighting different types of reviews, the process involved in creating each one, and an overview of best practices. Interactive searching and writing activities will give you the practical skills and resources needed to structure literature reviews for your discipline, while saving you time and effort.

Presented by Kimberly Moeller, Instructional Services Librarian, MU Libraries, and Christy Goldsmith, PhD, Assistant Director, Campus Writing Program.

home Events and Exhibits Congratulations to the 2022 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2022 Undergraduate Research Contest Award Winners

The University Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students at the University of Missouri.

Kathryn Colvin

This year the winner of the first place prize of a $500 scholarship is Kathryn Colvin, a junior studying English. Her project, “Hamlet and His Solution: ‘How All Occasions’ as Objective Correlative on Page and Screen,” was written for Dr. Kerwin’s Renaissance and 17th Century Literature course. When Dr. Kerwin was notified about Kathryn winning first place they said, “This is great news, and thank you for letting me know! That Kathryn is a very strong student. Normally I wouldn’t be in favor of shipping Missouri money to California, but this is good.”

Zoe Korte

The second place winner and recipient of a $250 scholarship is Zoe Korte, a senior studying English. Her project, “Love Laws: Trauma and Transgression in Morrison and Roy,” was written for Dr. Okonkwo’s Major Authors: Toni Morrison After Jazz course. Dr. Okonkwo said, “What great news! I won’t say that I’m surprised. Zoe is an outstanding student. I’ll be bragging that I know her; that I had the good fortune of having her in my Morrison class. BIG congratulations, Zoe. Well done.”

Kathyn and Zoe’s paper’s will be archived in MOspace, MU’s digital repository. You can see their projects, as well as past winner’s projects, here.

Special thanks to the Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries for their support of this award.

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Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home Resources and Services Chat With the Librarians From Home

Chat With the Librarians From Home

Need research help? Working on your final paper or project? You can ask a librarian for help using our chat service– almost 24 hours a day.

During the day you can chat with Mizzou librarians and library staff. At night, we offer access to a chat reference service called ChatStaff. They will be able to answer most research questions, except for some that are Mizzou-specific.

To access the chat service and see what hours chat reference is available, visit libraryanswers.missouri.edu.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.

home Events and Exhibits MU Remembers: Honor with Books

MU Remembers: Honor with Books

This year’s MU Remembers ceremony, commemorating students, faculty and staff who have passed away in the last year, was held Friday, April 22. A book in remembrance of each honoree will be added to the University of Missouri Libraries’ collection. Commemorative bookplates are placed inside the books, and honorees’ names are placed on the books’ library catalog records. More information about our Honor with Books program can be found here.

The honorees’ names and the books selected in their memory are listed below.

Students

Ashley Footer: Carrigan, M., & Fatsis, L. (2021). The public and their platforms: Public sociology in an era of social media. Bristol University Press.

Dakota Ioanis: Criekemans, D. (Ed.). (2022). Geopolitics and international relations: Grounding world politics anew. Brill/Nijhoff.

Molly-Paige Jones: Chambers, C., & Ryder, E. (2018). Supporting compassionate healthcare practice: Understanding the role of resilience, positivity and wellbeing. Routledge.

Breanna Killian: O’Connor, M. R. (2015). Resurrection science: Conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things. St. Martin’s Press.

Matthew Marek: Goldblatt, D. (2020). The age of football: Soccer and the 21st century. W. W. Norton & Company.

Jack Perlongo: List, J. A. (2022). The voltage effect: How to make good ideas great and great ideas scale. Currency.

Megan Rowley: Shively, D. (2018). The Pacific alone: The untold story of kayaking’s boldest voyage. Falcon Press.

Keith Sumner: Bess, J. (2021). Music production methods: A concise guide for understanding your role, process, and order. Rowman & Littlefield.

Carol Williams: Osei-Kofi, N., Boovy, B., & Furman, K. (Eds.). (2022). Transformative approaches to social justice education: Equity and access in the college classroom. Routledge.

Faculty and Staff
Terri Linn Bishop: Schilp, J. L. (2019). Dogs in health care: Pioneering animal-human partnerships. McFarland & Company.

Cale Blaine: Sullivan, C. (2021). Fishing the wild waters: An angler’s search for peace and adventure in the wilderness. Pegasus Books.

Pia Christiansen: Johnson, P., & Punnett, I. (2022). Redefining journalism in an age of technological advancements, changing demographics, and social issues. Information Science Reference.

Brian DeLunas: McDermott, T. (2017). Off speed: Baseball, pitching, and the art of deception. Pantheon Books.

Richard Eyler: Paige, D. S. (2021). Community eco-gardens: Landscaping with native plants. Toplight.

Marita Harris: Rawson, K., & Shore, E. (2019). Dining out: A global history of restaurants. Reaktion Books.

Tina Havner: Rogers, M. (Ed.). (2021). Spiritual dimensions of advanced practice nursing: Stories of hope. Springer.

James Hundle: Handelsman, J. (2021). A world without soil: The past, present, and precarious future of the Earth beneath our feet. Yale University Press.

Stephanie Irwin: Novello, C. (2019). Mutual rescue: How adopting a homeless animal can save you, too. Grand Central Publishing.

Jonathan Lindquist: Cash, J. D. (2020). Boom and bust in St. Louis: A Cardinals history, 1885 to the present. McFarland & Company.

Robert McLaren: Meadows, C. J. (2021). Famous business fusions: Ideas that revolutionized industries. DeGruyter.

Steve Pilcher: Vile, J. R. (2018). The American flag: An encyclopedia of the Stars and Stripes in U.S. history, culture, and law. ABC-CLIO.

Jennifer Polkow-Haight: Romich, J. A., & Norkus, C. (2021). Anesthesia, analgesia, and pain management for veterinary technicians. Cengage.

Stewart Selves: Kalaitzandonakes, N., Kaufman, J., & Zahringer, K. (2019). The economics of soybean disease control. CABI.

Scott Vaughan: Barrett, D. (2021). The story of The Masters: Drama, joy and heartbreak at golf’s most iconic tournament. Tatra Press.

David Weston: Cohen, J. (2019). Speed bumps on a dirt road: When old time music met bluegrass. Powerhouse Books.

Illhoi Yoo: Thomas, P. L., Harris, J. L., & Collins, B. J. (Eds.). (2021). Data-driven quality improvement and sustainability in health care: An interprofessional approach. Springer.

home Cycle of Success MU Libraries Receives NEH Grant to Renovate Ellis Library West Stacks for Special Collections and Archives

MU Libraries Receives NEH Grant to Renovate Ellis Library West Stacks for Special Collections and Archives


The University of Missouri Libraries was awarded a prestigious $500,000 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This funding will be used to renovate the West Stacks in Ellis Library to provide climate-controlled storage for Special Collections and Archives. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2024.

“This renovation will benefit students and researchers by ensuring our distinctive collections are housed in appropriate conditions for long-term preservation,” says Deborah Ward, Interim Vice Provost for Libraries. “We are grateful to the NEH for their support of this project.”

Built in 1936, the West Stacks consists of eight levels of structural stacks that connect the Ellis west addition to the original stacks built in 1915. The renovation will enable all eight levels to house rare and archival collections, which are currently scattered throughout Ellis Library in wings built in 1915, 1936 and 1958 or off-site in a high-density storage facility.

Special Collections and Archives is home to a diverse selection of rare, unique and historic materials across distinct formats: manuscripts, papers, rare books, maps, posters, comic art, architectural plans, photographs and film. Significant collections include the papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, the Gary E. and Janet J. Venable Antiquarian Atlas and Map Collection, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and the University Archives, including many other collections.

“These materials are valuable assets for secondary and university teaching, and they attract scholars from other universities,” stated MU Provost Latha Ramchand. “In addition, the University Libraries actively participates in digitization projects that allow the collections to be used internationally through such efforts as the Hathi Trust.”

The grant provides a 3:1 ratio matching challenge, which the Libraries will meet by raising 1.5 million dollars in donor funding. For more information and to donate to the project, contact Matt Gaunt, Director of Advancement, at gauntm@missouri.edu.

National Endowment for the Humanities: Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at neh.gov.