Third floor = Quiet floor

Did you know that the third floor of the library is designated as a quiet area? As a courtesy to your fellow students, please refrain from loud conversations when studying on the third floor and turn your cell phone off or to a silent mode if you need to leave it on.

Chat live with a librarian

There is a new way to get assistance with your questions from WOU librarians! Use the Ask a Librarian chat window in the left-side links on every library page. You don’t need your own screen name. If you prefer to use a screen name, you can add us to your buddy list using the information here.

When WOU librarians are offline, this link changes to L-net, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Library Website Changes

The WOU Library has converted its web pages to reflect the current WOU template. This is a cosmetic change; the content and organization remain the same. For those faculty linking to the library on their personal pages, please change your links to: https://wou.edu/provost/library/index.php
University Computing Services will be ensuring that links to the library on the campus web site are changed to reflect new addresses. If you happen upon a broken link on the library web site, or a link to an older version of a library page, we encourage you to email: Bryan Miyagishima with the information.

Historical Statistics of the U.S.

Statistics from over 1,000 sources recording every aspect of the history of the United States from population to prices; from voting patterns to Vietnam veterans; from energy to education; from abortions to zinc and everything in between.

Bloggin’ at the library

Hey all,
We now have a library blog! As of this evening, the librarians are all authors. No one else has been added yet, becuase, well, I was working the desk and this system’s a little s-l-o-w. A little later I’ll show each of the librarians how to add authors so that my fingers don’t fall off 🙂

Ebscohost Databases

The library purchases access to over 100 databases on your behalf! Many of them are on the EBSCOHost platform, including Academic Search Premier, which provides journal articles from a wide range of academic subjects–a great place to start for lots of topics.

Agricola

Agricola (pronounced: a-gric’-o-la) records publications on all sciences related to agriculture: animal sciences, plant sciences, entomology, forestry, education and extensions, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Agricola accesses research publications as well as practical and applicable information from consumer and professional publications, including lesson plans. While not a full-text database, many Agricola records link to online documents.

NoodleBib

NoodleBib is an online tool that helps you collect citation information, keep track of your sources, and, when you are ready, generate a polished MLA or APA references list or bibliography. WOU’s subscription requires that you create an individual user name and password to access all of NoodleBib’s features. See NoodleBib’s FAQ for more information, or call the Reference Desk at 503-838-8899. (featured May-June 2006)

MLA International Bibliography

MLA International Bibliography cites articles and books about literature, language and linguistics, folklore, dramatic arts, criticism, composition, as well as related topics such as teaching language and literature and the history of printing and publishing. (Featured February 7-March 10, 2006)

ERIC

ERIC(Educational Resources Information Center) provides citations and abstracts to articles in education journals, as well as ERIC documents (including curricula, reports, standards, and other unpublished materials in education.) Indexing and abstracts are available for materials dating from 1966 to the present. Additionally, ERIC gives full text access to most ERIC documents from 1996, and to one-third of the journals from 1990. (Featured June 23 – July 31, 2005)