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Search WOU Archives and Historical Collections Western Oregon University Archives is proud to announce participation in the Northwest Digital Archives database for researchers to find primary sources and archival collections related to the Pacific Northwest. Some significant subject areas include agriculture; natural resources; urban, rural, social, and progressive movements; local, state, regional, […]
While there is not a color photocopier in the library, you can get a color copy by using one of the several scanners we have. Use the KIC or Epson flatbed scanners to capture the image, and make any adjustments to the image you want, including size, before saving it. Then sent it to one […]
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 […]
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 […]
Printing professors’ slides for study purposes can quickly diminish print credit balance, make binders unwieldy and backpacks heavy, and waste the gifts from our arboreal friends. But if you are not ready to study from the slides in their digital form, you can print several on a single page and reduce your paper consumption considerably. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Watch it now – The Library: Search for the Lost Gold Hamersly Library presents The Library: Search for the Lost Gold. An Ed Wood style production. With absolutely no educational value.
NoodleBib is an online tool that helps you collect citation information, keep track of your sources, take online note attached to appropriate sources, and, when you are ready, generate a polished references list or bibliography in APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian styles. Keep a separate folder for each project. You must create an individual account (free) […]
If a professor has ever referred to primary sources or required you to use secondary sources in your paper, perhaps you weren’t sure what that meant. This 6-min. tutorial will help you distinguish between them and use them appropriately in your research. No Flash plugin installed.
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