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Event at the library this week: WOU Futures Past

Hamersly Library is sponsoring a unique (and really fun!) event as part of New Student Week. Come by the library Tuesday from 1-4pm, and Friday from 12-3pm to participate in WOU Futures Past: a fun, interactive library game that lets you experience the past and capture the future. Keep an eye on our Facebook page […]

Biography Reference Center

Biography Reference Center serves up detailed and concise biographies, in full-text, from respected reference sources and magazine articles. In addition to searching by name for a known individual, you can discover notable people by searching fields or browsing categories. Search fields include profession or activity, nationality or U.S. ethnicity, gender, lifespan, and places of birth […]

Walk-up Scanner: No login, no charge!

The library is exploring options to get a walk-up scanner, and we want your feedback! We have a demonstration unit in the Copy Center in the Hamersly Library. This unit is similar to the one we are considering purchasing. It allows for immediate scanning (no log-in necessary) to PDF (including word-searchable PDF), JPG, PNG, rich […]

Submit your photos for Week@WOU

The entire WOU community is invited to submit campus images taken during the week of January 21 – 27, 2013 for a spring-term exhibit at the Hamersly Library. Image categories are Places (buildings, campus spaces) Activities (performance, lecture, service, routine tasks) People (students, staff, faculty, administrators) Make your plans now for scenes you want to […]

All I see is the article’s summary–where’s the whole article?

Sometimes full articles are available directly from the library databases.  But in many instances, there is no link to the full text of the article, and you only have the summary (or even just the citation information).  This is when you use the  Find it @ WOU button. See our Find it @ WOU tutorial […]

We are hiring!

  Looking for a great on-campus job? Consider applying (by August 1 for full consideration) to work at Hamersly Library. Assignments include staffing the Library’s service counters, processing materials, working with online databases or other software applications, or maintaining the building and collections. Working for Library and Media Services can provide: A job opportunity that […]

Borrow from Summit even while away from Monmouth

Do you live or visit close to another college or university? If its library is a Summit member, you can have your materials sent there instead of to Hamersly. Maybe you live in Salem and you always have to rush back after your WOU classes. To get set up, take your WOU ID card to […]

Looking for Textbooks?

Check out our online Textbooks Guide to find textbooks in the Hamersly Library, WOU Bookstore or through online stores.

Have an alternative browser (or two) available on your computer

You probably have a standard browser that you use day in and day out to view the Internet.  It’s a good idea, however, to have other browsers available on your computer to help out when technical problems or display issues that arise.  Sometimes a website’s designed functionality or display just doesn’t play well with the […]

Campus Printing 101

Students have 225 pre-paid print credits attached to their network accounts each term that they are enrolled at WOU. A single page (one side) of a black & white printout costs 1 credit.  A single color printout costs 5 credits. You can check your print credit balance.  If you need to purchase additional credits, do […]