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About Cook Library

Cook Library, located on the Hattiesburg campus, contains the principal collections of books, periodicals, microforms, government documents, and other materials which directly support the research and instructional programs of The University of Southern Mississippi at all levels.

Cook Library has five floors. Library services are generally available on the first and second floors, while library collections are housed on all five floors of the building. Some non-library services are also located inside the Cook Library building.

First Floor, lobby area

• Circulation (Room 101)
• Reserves (Room 101)
• Cook Library Art Gallery (Room 105A)
• Photocopy Room, including vending machines (Room 104)
• iTech Help Desk (Room 103)
• Starbucks (Room 105)

First Floor, Learning Commons - Services

• Reference Services: provides reference and directional assistance for library resources and services
• iTech Learning Commons Support: provides technical support for public computing in Cook Library
• Speaking Center (Room 117)
• Writing Center (Room 112)
• Commons Gallery (southwest corner of Learning Commons)

First Floor, Learning Commons - Collections

• Atlases
• Current newspapers: includes recent issues of local, regional, national, and international newspapers
• Current periodicals: includes recent issues of journals, magazines, newsletters, etc.
• Education Resources Center or ERC (Room 109J)
• Reference materials: includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and similar resources

Second Floor - Services

• Administration (Room 202)
• Bibliographic Services (Room 210): including acquisitions, cataloging, and serials
• Interlibrary Loan (Room 209)
• Media listening and viewing equipment (Room 209)
• Microform viewing, scanning, and printing equipment (Room 209)
• School of Library and Information Science (Room 206)

Second Floor - Collections

• Books and bound periodicals with call numbers A-DA99 (Room 201)
• U.S. government publications (Room 209)
• Media: includes audio and video recordings (Room 209)
• Microforms: includes microfiche, microfilm, opaque microcard, and ultrafiche (Room 209)

Third Floor: books and bound periodicals with call numbers DA100-KF3999

Fourth Floor: books and bound periodicals with call numbers KF4000-QA43

Fifth Floor: books and bound periocials with call numbers QA47-Z