Finals Week Stress Relief Activities in the Library

When: May 8th through 12th, 2023

Painting on the Flipchart

Create your piece of art using our state-of-the-art technology! Help us make the finals week art gallery. The paintings will be printed out and displayed on the wall by the sitting bar in the library.  Students can also have a printout to take home. 

Emoji Quiz 

Destress by decoding emoji book titles.  Choose from different genres (classic, Shakespearean, Disney, Young Adult). If you guessed it right, you get a juice box for a prize.

Adult Coloring

Choose from one of our beautiful mandalas or greeting cards to color. Express yourself and take home your creation!

• Mandalas printed on cardstock
• Positive message cards

Thank you notes

Write a thank you note to your favorite staff or faculty and we will deliver it or post it on the library board. 

New ways to reach out to McMillen librarians

In the digital times that we live in today, libraries strive to accommodate library patrons needs to reach for help through as many channels as possible. McMillen library is not an exception. We try to serve all of our users according to what they prefer.

Starting this fall semester you will find many convenient ways to reach out to us, whether your are physically on campus or studying remotely:

• Use our Ask-A-Librarian form to ask a question. We will get back with you pretty quick. These questions are given our absolute priority.
• Don't have time for emails, text us via SMS message (text (260) 909-8959)
• Need an instant response - try our new Chat service (currently available during limited hours)
• Struggling with research - an Online Consultation with our expert librarians is just a step away (via Microsoft TEAMS)
• Know one of McMillen Librarians in person? Don't hesitate to send us an email directly. 
• Need to schedule a library instruction session for your class? 
• Have a book/journals/magazine suggestion for us? 
• Need to get a book/article we don't own? 
• Have comments/ideas/suggestions for our library? 
• Reach out by clicking on the links above or explore our new Ask-A-Librarian service, where you will find all of these and more.
• Stuck with a research for assignment problem outside of the library hours? Try out Research Guides and FAQ section. You may find your answers there.  
• And don't forget - old fashioned phone calls and drop offs in person are always very welcome!

 

Graduate Resource Guide

You've asked for it, we made it happen! Check out our brand new Graduate Resource Guide. Full of valuable resources, this resource guide was made with graduate students in mind. Everything here has been designed to help you get help, whether you are on-campus or studying distantly. Includes Academic Research Guide, Graduate Writing Help, Citation Management, links to books, articles and databases, as well as text and video tutorials. Pleas bookmark this guide here:

https://libguides.indianatech.edu/GraduateResourceGuide

SAGE Research Methods is coming soon!

SAGE Research Methods is coming soon to McMillen Library! SAGE Research Methods supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Nearly everyone at a university is involved in research, from students learning how to conduct research to faculty conducting research for publication to librarians delivering research skills training and doing research on the efficacy of library services. SAGE Research Methods has the answer for each of these user groups, from a quick dictionary definition, a case study example from a researcher in the field, a downloadable teaching dataset, a full-text title from the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series, or a video tutorial showing research in action.

SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher.

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