UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday. JAugust 19. 1992
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Sean M. Tevis/ KANSAN
Source: University of Kansas Library Guide
Library system helps students with wide variety of resources
By Christina Slape Special to the Kansan
The University of Kansas has nine libraries on the Lawrence campus, as well as special collections and two off-campus libraries. The libraries with research, and finding books and serial publications.
Watson Library is the main library.
Watson Library is the main library. The specialized libraries house materials on specific subject areas: Anschutz Science Library, Art and Architecture Library, Engineering Library, Government Documents/Maps, Howey Reading Room of business and economics, Law Library, Music Library and the Spencer Research Library.
The Spencer library also houses the Kansas Collection, special collections and the University archives. The East Asian, Slavic, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American collections are in Watson.
"Those are the largest area studies we have at the University. A lot of people are not aware of what strong collections we have in those areas," said Mary Hawkins, assistant dean of libraries.
vary; for information call Watson at 864-8900 or the information center at 864-3506.
Hours for the different libraries
In addition to their various collections, the libraries offer many services.
Computer terminals are available at all libraries. Directions on how to use the online catalog can be found on the computer screen or by asking a librarian
The online catalog lists books acquired by the library since the mid-1970s. The card catalog contains filing cards with records for older books, those not yet converted to the online system.
The science library has six group-study rooms, designated for three to four people. The science library also has three large seminar rooms, which can be reserved at the circulation desk. The reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis, and the rooms can be reserved for up to four hours at a time.
"The Interlibrary Service is used heavily by faculty and graduate students who are doing comprehensive research," Hawkins said. "But of course it is available for undergraduates."
Periodicals, journals, magazines and newspapers can also be looked up on the online catalog to see whether the University owns a particular publication. Individual articles cannot yet be looked up on the catalog, but that service will become available in Spring 1993. In Watson, near the reference desk, periodical indexes can be used to search for articles.
Applications can also be made at the administrative office of the science library to apply for an individual study room for the semester.
The service is free and can be used at the Science and Watson libraries. A list of articles found can be printed immediately or down-loaded to a floppy disk. The CD-ROMs also have "help" screens to assist users.
In 1987, CD-ROMs (compact disks with read-only-memory) became available to students. These compact disks contain some indexes of serials.
If the KU libraries don't have a particular book, article or microform, Interlibrary Services can request it from another library.
The reference desks and the Guides for Readers are other sources of information.
Honors program seeks to give brightest students advantages
By Terrilyn McCormick Special to the Kansan
Every year the University of Kansas honors program tries to identify the brightest freshmen and sophomores at KU and help them reach their full academic potential, said Sandra Wick, assistant director of the honors program.
Eligible participants in the honors program are identified through high school transcripts. Students who automatically qualify have an ACT composite of 31 or higher, combined SAT scores of 1340 or higher or are National Merit Semifinalists.
Recipients of Summerfield or Watkins-Berger scholarship automatically qualify for the program as well. However, recipients should submit their transcript to the program in case their scholarships do not appear on their transcripts.
Students who do not automatically qualify but have strong academic records should have their high school principal, counselor or teacher nomi-
These students submit an application and are reviewed for possible admission on the basis of their high school record and letters of recom
Wick suggested that students who think they are qualified but not accepted reapply the following semester. She said this gave the administrators a chance to see how the student performed in a university setting.
mendation.
Wick said the benefits of participating in the honors program were access to the honors courses, early and frequent contact with a KU professor and smaller-than-average classes.
An honors student is eligible to take honors courses that are taught by a professor rather than a teaching assistant. As freshmen, honors students take a one-hour tutorial which introduces them to academic discourse. These courses are taught by the student's honors adviser.
Richard Hardin, English honors adviser, said students in the tutorial class learned from fellow students as well as from the professor.
"The best part about the program is that you get to know other students who are bright and have many of the same interests." he said.
thought that honors classes were easier than normal classes in some ways
Jenny Reardon, Lenexa senator, said the biggest benefit of being an honors student was the one-to-one contact with a professor. She also said she
"The teacher expects more of you, but there is not a lot of the grunt work, like several projects," she said. "Usually there is just a term paper."
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Reardon said that there were other advantages to be an honors stud-
"If a class is full, sometimes the professor will check if you are a member of the honors program," she said. "More than likely you will get in the class because they realize you are serious about what you are doing."
Students who do not qualify for the honors program may still be eligible to take honors classes in a particular subject.
Professors make the final decision about admission to their classes, and students may take a course with a professor's approval even if they do not meet the requirements.
The earlier students are admitted into the program, the more they will benefit, Wick said. The honors program would be of little help to those who start as juniors or seniors.
To remain in the honors program, a student must keep a 3.25 grade point average and take at least one honors course each semester.
New high-tech library systems help make students' research easy and more efficient
By Christina Slape Special to the Kansan
The University of Kansas is incorporating new technologies into its library services that will make research and locating books and articles much easier.
A new database, Expanded Academic Index, will become available during Spring 1993. The Expanded Academic Index will allow students to look up articles from research journals directly on the online catalog terminals.
indexes we have now," Neeley said.
"It will cover all disciplines but not in as much depth as do the electron
Nim Leeley, head of reference, said the index should be ideal for undergraduates, who were usually working with shorter deadlines and needed information quickly.
ment Documents/Maps Library will be added to the online catalog in Fall 1992, said Donna Koepp, who heads the Government Document/Maps Library.
The electronic indexes referred to are the CD-ROMs, compact disks with read-only-memory that have been available to students since Fall 1987. Each compact disk is a separate discipline area, such as Biological Abstracts on Compact Disc, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts or Newspaper Abstracts On Disc. The CD-ROMs have more in-depth listings, but the Expanded Academic Index will cover a broader range of subjects.
The Expanded Academic Index is the first project to make the online catalog system more flexible and serve as a gateway into a number of databases, said Neely.
A new database, Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) can be used to draw maps to show the distribution of census information and will be available in the fall at the Government Documents/Maps Library.
In addition to articles being added to the online catalog, maps and about 250,000 documents from the Govern-
Koeppe said that the database could draw and code a map according to any census information; for instance a map could be drawn according to age or ethnic distribution for anywhere in the country.
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