Library houses hidden treasures
The basement houses every thesis paper ever written by CSUS students.
February 20, 2013
Of the many facilities available to Sacramento State students through enrollment, the Library is one of the bigger ones going unnoticed on a daily basis.
Mary Reddick, head of user services, said that while the Library employs a variety of means to inform students of all its free services, some of them might still be unknown.
“Many students do not seem to be fully aware of the Library resources to which they have access,” Reddick said. “Students can access in the Library and from home a myriad of library research subscription databases and journals, as well as use a new search engine called OneSearch that enables them to search all of our resources from a single search box.”
For those who have not set foot in the Library yet, here is a floor-by-floor description.
The basement houses every thesis paper ever written by students. Besides having a book bin sale area where students can buy used books, there are also more study areas for students to utilize.
The Library Media Center consists of about 2,000 16 mm films, 7,000 VHS cassettes and more than 2,000 DVDs. The Library even has every Academy Award Best Picture film on DVD dating back to the early 1930s.
The second floor is generally known as the reference floor, where reference desk librarians help students find any useful sources to supplement their assignments or projects.
The fifth floor is generally off-limits to students and houses administration offices.
The entire fourth floor is a quiet area with cubicle-style study desks available.