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Meet your Hamersly staff: Dr. Allen McKiel

Each term, we introduce you to a few of the people who work to make Hamersly your favorite place on campus to do research, study, print your papers, meet with a group, or simply kick back and read in a quiet place. This week, meet Dr. Allen McKiel, our Dean of the Library: — What […]

New Books in the Recreation Collection

We just got a fresh, new batch of books for the Recreation Collection on the first floor of Hamersly. We have something for everyone – from thrillers and mysteries to celebrity memoirs (we have A LOT of new celebrity memoirs) and everything in between! Below is just a sampling of our new arrivals. Browse the collection online or in-person to […]

Meet your Hamersly staff: Stewart Baker

Each term, we introduce you to a few of the people who work to make Hamersly your favorite place on campus to do research, study, print your papers, meet with a group, or simply kick back and read in a quiet place. This week, meet Stewart Baker, our Systems & Institutional Repository Librarian. He was […]

Important tips for researching with Google Scholar

Rule #1 of using Google Scholar to do research for your class assignments: never pay for an article. Rule #2 of using Google Scholar to do research for your class assignments: never, ever pay for an article! In many cases, links to full text scholarly articles (like the kind that Google Scholar finds) are through subscription sources. […]

Scary books for Halloween

Does your idea of a good Halloween include curling up with a scary book? If so, this list is for you! Here are some of the books we have right here in Hamersly that will give you a fright. Happy Halloween! “Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels […]

Meet your Hamersly staff: Valerie Latham

Each term, we introduce you to a few of the people who work to make Hamersly your favorite place on campus to do research, study, print your papers, meet with a group, or simply kick back and read in a quiet place. This week, meet Valerie Latham. If you’re a night owl, you’ve probably seen […]

New fall exhibits on 2nd and 3rd floors

The Fall exhibits in Hamersly Library are up! Check them out on the 2nd and 3rd floors: Down the Ballot II: Candidates of Western Oregon University (2nd floor) Curator: Carl Fisher, WOU Alumnus       Laugh or Cry (3rd floor) Cartoons by Rob Harriman, WOU Alumnus

New students: learn about your WOU library this week!

Welcome to campus, new students! As a part of New Student Week, we are offering several opportunities for you to learn more about your library. We hope to see you at one of these sessions (see your New Student Week book for full descriptions): Reading, Research, Writing, and ‘Rithmetic – What the WOU library can do for you […]

The latest issue of PURE Insights is out

The newest issue of PURE Insights is now available and includes a wide variety of pieces ranging from an international journey to help discover one’s identity, to an examination of societal perceptions of feminism, to a mathematical model for predicting award outcomes in baseball. PURE Insights is WOU’s peer-reviewed Undergraduate Research Journal comprised of works by WOU undergraduate students working […]

Academic Excellence Showcase online schedule is up

The annual, campus-wide Academic Excellence Showcase is coming up on Thursday, May 29. Use the online schedule to help you navigate this busy day. With the online schedule you can: Browse all campus presentations or jump to a specific department Search for a particular presenter by name or keyword Plan your day by downloading individual session information to […]