George A. Spiva Library

Archives -material about the history of the university, local history in Southwest Missouri, mining in the Tri-State District (MO, KS, OK) as well as books, manuscripts, and personal papers of notable citizens, politicians and historians.

Audio Visuals -television viewing room with DVD & VHS players, access to laminating services, audio visual kits, a video phone, an audio cassette player, a filmstrip viewer, a record player, and workstations for the hearing/visually impaired.

Curriculum -a collection of Pre-K through 8th grade textbooks that support the Teacher Education program

Faculty Promotion Folders -a select number of promotion folders are available in the 1st floor conference room. Faculty are welcome to drop in to review these promotion folder examples at any time between 8:00am and 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. Appointments must be made with Ann Quade (x9386, quade-a@mssu.edu) for night or weekend viewing. These folders may not leave this room or be copied.

Government Documents -includes select Federal publications for the Seventh Congressional District of Missouri.

Juvenile & Young Adult Books - popular fiction for children of all ages, including a section of award winning (Newbery & Caldecott) books.

Law -contains select volumes of the United States Code, Supreme Court Reporter, Federal Reporter, Missouri Statutes, Shepards Acts and Cases and Shepards Missouri Citations.

Main - more than 200,000 books located on the 2nd floor of the library.

Microforms - printed works (usually journals or newspapers) that have been filmed for storage and preservation.

Reference - over 7,000 encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, and other resources used for quick access to facts, statistics, and an overview of topics.

Reserves - a collection of items such as instructor-prepared exams, problem solutions, sample papers, and class syllabi as well as copies of book chapters or journal articles, DVDs or VHS tapes.