News – Page 14 – Hamersly Library

library_sitemgr Posted on May 27, 2010 1780 views

Hamersly Library is open til 2 a.m. for dead week and finals week, and until 9 p.m. on the Friday and Saturday evenings between them. view detailed extended hours printable version of extended hours

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Wondering what is meant by a primary source or a secondary source?

library_sitemgr Posted on April 16, 2010 2398 views

If a professor has ever referred to primary sources or required you to use secondary sources in your paper, perhaps you weren’t sure what that meant. This 6-min. tutorial will help you distinguish between them and use them appropriately in your research. No Flash plugin installed.

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EBSCO improves ability to browse a journal issue

library_sitemgr Posted on April 7, 2010 3262 views

Have you ever wanted to peruse an entire issue of an electronic journal in a way similar to how you can a physical copy? It can be clunky. Now, when journals are in PDF format in one of our many EBSCO databases, the issue’s full contents will list on the left side of the screen [more…]

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The library’s on Facebook. What next?

library_sitemgr Posted on March 19, 2010 2060 views

FB.init(“3a134a3e92537a478d5d94944d834d86”); Hamersly Library, Western Oregon University on Facebook

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Txt us yr ?

library_sitemgr Posted on February 24, 2010 2902 views

Yes, you can now send us your question by texting on your phone! Put us in your contacts: 503-383-WOU1 (9681). This is just one of many ways you can reach us.

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Game Nights at the library!

library_sitemgr Posted on October 28, 2009 2996 views

Game Nights continue at the library! Join in the fun Friday night, November 6, room 107, 6-8 p.m., for Guitar Hero 5, Wii Sports & Wii Play, and Mario Cart, as well as our selection of board games. And if you need more enticement, attendees could win the drawing for a $15 iTunes gift card! [more…]

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Google Scholar

Camila Posted on September 14, 2009 3601 views

Google Scholar is a scholarly search tool from Google, separate from its main search engine. Its purpose is “to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.” The full text of many items is available online (either freely or by using the [more…]

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Have some free time?

Camila Posted on June 15, 2009 3311 views

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Save paper by printing double-sided

Camila Posted on May 6, 2009 8703 views

To do this on most campus printers: 1. Select File –> Print from your document 2. Choose the printer (e.g., \krustyLab-HLRef) 3. Click the Properties button. 4. On the Paper/Output tab, find in the 2-Sided Printing dropdown menu and select “2-sided print.” 5. Click the OK buttons for the two windows. Want to be even [more…]

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See what WOU faculty are publishing

Camila Posted on April 28, 2009 2259 views

Subscribe to the Ebscohost feed Subscribe to the Google Scholar feed WOU faculty are constantly publishing articles, books, and chapters in books. The library is now offering two ways of locating some of these (shown below): a feed of items appearing in the Ebscohost Databases and a feed of items appearing in Google Scholar. [more…]

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