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New and improved Summit catalog, coming in late 2008

Work is currently underway on an upgrade to the Summit unified catalog, which allows you to request books and materials from other regional academic libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance. The new Summit catalog will be fully installed by the end of 2008. Summit borrowing services will continue without interruption during this transition. More…

Hours during August and September

Library hours are now Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on Saturdays and Sundays. This schedule is in effect until the first day of Fall term, Sept. 29.

Education Full Text

Education Full Text contains citations and some full text articles covering adult education, arts, athletics in schools, competency-based education, continuing education, instructional media, language arts, multicultural education, school administration, special education, student counseling, teacher education and evaluation, vocational education, and much more. This database is a good supplement to ERIC searches.

Student survey regarding e-books

A company called ebrary is currently conducting an online survey to better understand students’ usage, needs, and perceptions with regards to e-books. If you choose to participate, please respond before April 11, 2008.

Philosopher’s Index

Need help on matters pertaining to beliefs, knowledge, ethics, morality, or existence? Don’t we all? Check out Philosopher’s Index. Here you can find philosophical discussions on aesthetics, education, ethics, history, justice, language, literature, logic, society, politics, religion, science, and any subject about which you can ask “why?” or “how?”

To Avoid Plagiarism

– Take clear, accurate notes about where you found specific ideas. – Write down the complete citation information for each item you use. – Use quotation marks when directly stating another person’s words. – Always credit original authors for their information and ideas.

Trendy iPod Uses

The Online Education Database posted 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better. This list is broken up into study guides, podcasts and more, tutorials, applications, more downloads, classroom help, iPod learning support, tools and sites, iTunesU, and miscellaneous. Many of the websites they recommend sell the products, but some do have […]

How to Find a Subject Specific Database

From Journal Articles and Databases , scroll down to the browse databases by subject box to get a full listing of databases in your subject area. Or on the right side, browse by type, if you are looking for a specific type of resource. Use the database features to your advantage. When in Ebsco databases, […]

Add us to your buddy list

Are you on one of the instant messenging (IM) networks below? Add WOU Library to your list of contacts so that the next time you need answers, we can help! AIM & Yahoo!screen name: woulibrary MSN id: refdesk[at]wou[dot]edu number:479279735 WOULibrary[at]gmail[dot]com The Ask a Librarian window on the left side of the web site allows for […]

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 provides online full-text access to more than 75 projects that interpret and present historic documents, most of which are not otherwise available online. Each project poses an interpretive question and provides a collection of documents that address the question. The site includes more than 2,300 documents, […]