Library Services
The Gangwish Library currently serves students, staff, faculty and alumni university-wide. All users are welcome to call or e-mail the library for library reference or database assistance. Students can access the Gangwish Library Online by logging on to the University portal at http://myottawa.ottawa.edu. Library support is accessible in a variety of ways including, email, Ask-a-Librarian chat, FAQs, appointments, and text.
Interlibrary Loan Services
Inter-library loan services are available to students, staff, and faculty through the Gangwish Library. Library users located at ANY of Ottawa’s sites may request full-text articles be filled through interlibrary loan if the article is not available in Ottawa University’s databases. If requesting a full-text article, please contact ill@ottawa.edu at least 2 weeks before the date that the requested article (s) are needed, to be sure that the article (s) are received on time. ILL requests are free, and recipients may keep the articles they receive via interlibrary loan. At this time, physical interlibrary loan requests are only available to students, staff, faculty, and alumni located at the Ottawa and Kansas City sites.
Library Reserve at the Main Campus
Faculty may place books, periodicals and media on library reserve for students to checkout for 3 hours or overnight. New students must register for a library card at the library front desk using their OUID to checkout library materials and reserves place at the desk by their professors.
Laptops in the Library
The Gangwish Library has wireless access. Students may use their own technology in the library after connecting to the Ottawa network. Network login information is available both online and at the service desk on the Ottawa, Kansas campus. Printing from personal devices is now available. Students have a set amount of printing available per semester; additional printing may be purchased from the business office.
The Gangwish Library Website
The Gangwish Library website provides students with access to the library catalog, hours of operation, databases, information literacy tutorials and a variety of Web research resources. The Gangwish Library website can be found at https://myottawa.ottawa.edu/ics/Resources/Myers_Library_Online.
Ask-a-Librarian
Library reference services are available to students via e-mail, FAQ, and chat through this service. Students can click on the ask-a-librarian link on the Gangwish Library website or e-mail the reference desk directly at library@ottawa.edu to request information. Librarians reply to e-mail reference requests within 48 hours.
The Gangwish Library Catalog
The Gangwish Library catalog can be accessed from the library’s website by clicking on the "Catalog" link located on the Gangwish Library Online homepage. The catalog lists a variety of resources available for checkout, including books, media, games, devices, calculators, pool cues, and bike share keys, for Ottawa, Kansas campus students.
Ottawa University E-Book Collection
Access to Ottawa University’s e-book collection is available on MyOttawa through databases such as Ebscohost Academic, Ebook, and Consumer Health Reference Ebook collections, and ProQuest Ebook Central. The library also has additional ebook databases available for use such: The American Council of Learned Societies database, Credo Reference, Gale Health eReference Collection, and Gale Virtual Reference Top 50. Ebooks are also shown in the library catalog via URL. Students access these resources by navigating to Gangwish Library Online, then selecting "Online Library Databases" link on the library page.
Gangwish Library Instructional Video Tutorials
The Gangwish Library Page provides students with a link to 2-4 minutes instructional videos that can be accessed via the Gangwish Library YouTube channel or via the links on the Gangwish website.