What I learned about the Library

 Oesterle Library, a place to read, study, and get help on an assignment for North Central College students. But there is just more to it than that. The Oesterle Library was built in 1954, designed by Gustave Orth the library carries a mid-century modern design that gravitates students to sit down and study in. With the abstract seating, and private rooms of course most would prefer to work in here than in their dorm. The main floor is what would be called the study floor, and to the right it holds a computer section. The upper floor hold not only staff offices, but the exam rooms, writing/speaking, and language centers. Different in comparison to other libraries the books are located down stairs, on shelving that is able to move left and right at the twist of the wheels.

The library is not only located in person, but also online. Just by searching up library.noctrl.edu you’ll be taken to the main page were you can conduct your cardinal search. Here you can find loads of articles, books, databases, ebooks, journals, media, and I-Share materials and so much more! Below on this main page you also contact a librarian if needed, or reserve a study room, or you can look at the events calendar. Also above you have more options if you want to learn more about the library, research, or services. Lastly at the very top of everything you have more options if you want to learn about the archives, instructional media, and library hours. 

More on the Cardinal search, once you look up something, right underneath a yellow space bar will pop up with the option of signing in, this will help if you want to request items or get complete results. Along with this you have the options of refining the result of your search on the left. Here you can start off by sorting by relevance, date, title, and author. To conduct a proper search for academic sources you can limit your search to peer-reviewed journals, open access, and or what is available online. Down below this you can also refine the publication date, subject, resources type, language, publication title, author/creator, I-share institution, and database.