The Guide tells Louisiana citizens:

• What to look for in the event of a bioterrorism event;
• How to prepare families and communities to maximize safety and facilitate recovery;
• What kind of emergency supplies to acquire;
• Information citizens need to have on hand to protect their loved ones

 A copy of the Family Readiness Guide can be viewed online at http://www.dhh.state.la.us and clicking on the Bioterrorism Guide button.  The goal of this effort is to put the Family Readiness Guide into the hands of every college student in Louisiana.  Please forward this information to the students.

 
Bookstore
Barnes and Noble Bookstore is located in the basement of the Line Avenue building. Students may purchase textbooks, supplies, Northwestern gifts, and sportswear. The bookstore accepts cash, check and credit cards.

The bookstore carries both new and used textbooks. As a service to students, the bookstore will purchase used textbooks at the end of fall and spring semesters.

Barnes and Noble Bookstore takes special orders from students who wish to purchase a book not normally in stock. To place an order the name of the text, the author and edition are required. Orders usually take 7 to 10 day to arrive.

Bookstore Hours:
Monday through Thursday  8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm
(318)

Computer Resources
Student Technology computer labs are located in LB 105 and LB 112 in the Library Building of the Nursing Education Center and Radiologic Sciences Lab in Warrington Building. These labs contain approximately 80 computers and are available to all students during regular library hours. The media staff controls access to the computer lab on the Shreveport campus. The Media Staff is available for assistance and can be contacted in LB 107 or by telephone (318) 677-3018.  A computer lab is also available for the nursing students attending the Alexandria campus at Rapides Medical Center it is located on the second floor of the Medical Arts Building. Computer labs are also located for Nursing in Natchitoches in South Hall and Leesville in the computer labs for that campus.

Library
The E. P. Watson Library is the main library on the Natchitoches Campus.

Located on the NSU Shreveport campus, the Shreveport Nursing Library occupies 9,700 square feet with seating for over 150 users, including twelve lockable study carrels, nine group study rooms, and a larger group study/media viewing area. Six of the group study rooms can be reserved.  An Information Literacy Lab equipped with 24 unified work stations is available for individual or group projects/instruction.

 The computers in the Information Literacy Lab can be used to search library databases and indexes, retrieve full-text material, search the online catalog, and access library-selected Internet sites. Full-text documents can be e-mailed to an e-mail account, saved, or printed.

The Literacy Lab can be reserved by faculty or students for hands-on instruction. A teacher’s station, projector, and ceiling screen are available for showing PowerPoint presentations, BlackBoard, or otherwise connecting to the Internet. Over 200 nursing videos, 1000 physical assessment slides, and a care plan tutorial are loaded on these computers for clinical students. Also housed in the library is a large media collection which can be viewed in the library.

The nursing library collection contains 15,304 books, bound periodical volumes, reports, and theses; more than 70% are related to nursing, biomedicine, and radiologic sciences. The library has 1 microfiche title and 58 microfilm titles. We receive 11 print titles as donations; we subscribe to 70 print journal titles and more than 28,000 online full-text journal titles. This includes  3,843 medical and allied health titles of which 454 are nursing journals. More than 3000  psychology and other science titles are also available full text online.  Included in our collection are NLN and ANA  publications,  the Adelaide Nutting History of Nursing collection on microfiche, and a special Historical Collection for research purposes. The CINAHL nursing and allied health literature print indexes are also available.

Students and faculty can access many library resources and services (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) by going to the online catalog (SIRSI Unicorn iLINK) at http://nsula.louis/libraries.org, or the NSU Library Catalog.

Faculty are encouraged to submit any request for additional library resources to the Librarian, the Learning Resource Committee and Information Technology Committee.

 The library contains ample seating for studying and a small browsing area where one can relax, read magazines or the local newspaper.

Copy machines are available in the library. Copy machine cards may be purchased from the OneCard System machine in the lobby.

Library tours and Internet searching instructions are given every semester. Students are to contact the library personnel at (318) 677-3007 regarding information about these tours and instructions.

Library Hours:
Monday through Thursday 7:45 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday 7:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hours are posted on the Library door. These hours can change with the university calendar.
 

whttp://www.nsula.edu/watson_library/

Media Services
A Media Center is located in LB 107 of the Nursing Education Center. A full-time
Media/Telecommunications Technician is on staff and can be reached at (318) 677-3018. The center also houses the College of Nursing network server. All audiovisual hardware and software for the College is housed in this area. Available software is described in the College’s Media Catalog and is located in the library. Audio/Video resources are available in multiple formats. Students requesting assistance with media viewing should first contact the library personnel for media materials and contact the Media Center for troubleshooting problems.