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Help Lower Textbook Costs for Students

Posted on November 1, 2021 27551 views
Are you an instructor who’s concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? What You Can Do Attend Open Oregon’s virtual Open Textbook Workshops. The one-hour session will provide information about open textbooks and how to find discipline-specific titles. After the workshop you can earn $200-$300 by writing a review of an [more…]
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Campus Printing FAQ

Posted on October 3, 2021 23413 views 4 comments
How much does printing cost? A single black and white page (one side) printout costs 1 print credit. A single color page (one side) printout costs 5 print credits. Students receive 225 print credits per term. How do I know how many print credits I have? Log in to the WOU Portal and your balance will [more…]
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Results of last year’s library survey

Posted on March 12, 2018 5282 views
Last spring, almost 1,000 of you responded to the library’s survey evaluating the use and quality of the our collections, services, and facilities. That’s 584 WOU students, 143 faculty, 128 members of staff, and 100 graduate students. Thank you so much for your participation! We’ve crunched the numbers and created an executive summary with the results [more…]
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Cameras, computers, camcorders, and more for checkout

Posted on January 22, 2018 4663 views
Did you know you can check out a digital camera from Hamersly Library? A laptop for in-library use? A USB microphone? In fact, the library manages over 500 items in its Equipment Lending program. Most equipment has an initial loan of 4 days, with a 3-day renewal possible. A few items have a 4-hour loan. Library [more…]
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Check out the Spring 2015 issues of PURE Insights

Posted on May 29, 2015 2723 views
The newest issue of PURE Insights is now available!  PURE Insights is WOU’s peer-reviewed undergraduate research journal comprised of works by WOU undergraduate students working closely with a WOU faculty mentor. This year’s issue includes a wide variety of articles from the fields of Psychology, Biology, Art, Mathematics, Anthropology, and Communication Studies. Enjoy!
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Don’t pack your library books!

Posted on May 28, 2015 3389 views
As the year comes to a close and you start packing up for summer, don’t forget to return any items you have borrowed from the library. The last thing you want is to realize in July that you packed that book/DVD/CD you borrowed from Hamersly in May! So, make a pile called “Library” while you’re [more…]
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Noodle Tools will make your life easier

Posted on May 21, 2015 4871 views
Working on a research paper or project? Save time and make your life easier by using Noodle Tools! As a WOU student, you can create a *free* premium account. What is  Noodle Tools? It’s an online tool that helps you organize your research sources and create citations in APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian formats. Using Noodle [more…]
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Hamersly has lots of music for your studying needs

Posted on March 27, 2015 2886 views
Looking for some study music? The library has hundreds of CDs available for checkout from all sorts of different genres. From Bon Iver to Kanye West, Bela Fleck to Etta James, Taylor Swift, and The Beatles: whatever your taste we’ve got something for you. Search Primo (above) for the name of your favorite band or artist to [more…]
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Get some light Spring Break reading @ the library

Posted on March 6, 2015 3921 views
Just in case you need another reason to be excited that Spring Break is coming up… We just put out some fun “Spring Break Reads” on the 1st floor. Whether your idea of fun is a light beach read, a suspenseful mystery, a sci-fi thriller, or a collection of humorous essays. No matter what genre, you [more…]