Upcoming Events
Oesterle Library hosts a variety of events for students, faculty, and staff. We encourage students to join us for book clubs, arts and crafts workshops, and more!
For questions about collaborating with the Library, student clubs and organizations can contact the Outreach & Engagement Librarian, Rebecca Strang (rdstrang@noctrl.edu).
Oesterle's Mission
Oesterle Library is a student-centered resource center focused on creating a diverse and responsive environment of access, creativity, and learning. We cultivate an ethically engaged and information savvy community by supporting open access to spaces and information, fostering the creative inquiry process, advancing teaching excellence, and cultivating diverse and responsive collections through intentional collaboration with the North Central College campus and surrounding communities.
How Can We Help?
Research Support
- Citation Guide - Your paper, essay, speech, presentation, or other work should be a dialogue between your thoughts and ideas and the information in your sources. The Citation Guide provides direction on using and citing sources.
- Liaison Librarians are Oesterle librarians designated to support the teaching, learning, and research needs of a specific school, department, program, or academic community at North Central College.
- Research Resources - Find links to a variety of information sources useful for research.
Collections
- Collections and Borrowing Policies
- Cardinal Textbooks is a library-sponsored textbook affordability program that provides NCC students with access to high-use and high-cost textbooks. By making a selection of textbooks and course materials available in the library, this program will help reduce financial barriers for students, and support student success and retention. Faculty must complete the form on the Cardinal Textbooks page to request an addition to the collection.
- Course Reserves - Find materials your instructor has set aside at the library for temporary course use.
- Interlibrary Loan is a free service provided to North Central College students, faculty, and staff that allows you to borrow articles, books, and other resources not available at Oesterle Library or in other I-Share Libraries.
- Technology Collection - Items in this collection include scientific calculators, laptops, and external disc drives for viewing films.
