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  • Ask for a librarian when you need research help

    The library faculty are here to help you learn and discover effective ways to identify, access, and use information.  Examples of common questions: finding a couple articles that are “peer-reviewed” (and understanding what that means) completing a citation for an article when you only have a title finding images of landscapes by Chinese painters citing […]

  • Turn your Facebook network into a study group

    Hoot.me is an app that allows for study groups and other project collaboration within Facebook. Your collaboration can be private and shared only with specific friends, or it can be open to others at WOU or worldwide also working on your subject. (You don’t have to be Facebook friends to collaborate on Hoot.) Hoot.me’s chat […]

  • Use Ctrl + F to quickly find text

    Pressing Ctrl and f keys together is an invaluable time saver to find where a certain word or phrase appears in a document.  This keyboard shortcut is pretty universal–use it on the web and with pdf viewers as well as in programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Using a Mac? Press Command + f […]

  • EasyBib

    EasyBib is an online tool that helps you organize and use your research sources, including the generation of an APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian formatted citation list. The library’s link to EasyBib gets you premium access.  Create a new project for each of your research projects, and store your bibliography for the life of the project […]

  • 3 great sources for international information

    Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is a source for international affairs and public policy. It includes full-text books and journals articles; policy briefs and papers from university research and public policy institutes and from non-governmental organizations (NGOs); multimedia case studies on focused topics; and video of heads of state and other world leaders speaking from […]