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Important tips for researching with Google Scholar

Elizabeth Brookbank Posted on November 9, 2020 1450 views

Rule #1 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. But the library already pays for subscriptions to many of these sources already so that you, as a [more…]

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EasyBib access gone as of August 31st

library_sitemgr Posted on August 21, 2018 811 views

EasyBib phased out its institutional accounts as of Aug. 31st, which means that you are no longer able to access any citations, bibliographies, or other data in your EasyBib account. The library now subscribes to Noodle Tools for citation management.

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Pulling back the curtain on ILL

library_sitemgr Posted on April 16, 2018 629 views

You may know about Summit, the “lending club” of academic libraries in our region, but in this term’s library newsletter we pull back the curtain a bit to talk about the bigger picture of resource sharing among libraries. The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) cooperative involves over 10,000 academic, public, and special libraries across the United States [more…]

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Results of last year’s library survey

library_sitemgr Posted on March 12, 2018 578 views

Last spring, almost 1,000 of you responded to the library’s survey evaluating the use and quality of the our collections, services, and facilities. That’s 584 WOU students, 143 faculty, 128 members of staff, and 100 graduate students. Thank you so much for your participation! We’ve crunched the numbers and created an executive summary with the results [more…]

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Library resources for faculty

library_sitemgr Posted on December 11, 2016 565 views

Faculty, remember that the library is here to help you, too. Take a look at this handy guide to see how. It outlines the specific services we offer for faculty, as well as the ways we can help teach your students information literacy and research skills. Have a great term!

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Check out the 2016 issue of PURE Insights

library_sitemgr Posted on June 1, 2016 1038 views

The latest issue of PURE Insights, WOU’s undergraduate research journal, is now available! Each article is an exceptional example of the work done by WOU students and faculty working together. Take a look and enjoy the variety of work WOU produces.

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Stream music online with Classical Music Library

library_sitemgr Posted on January 19, 2016 558 views

As a WOU student, faculty, or staff member, you have access to the streaming audio database Classical Music Library through the library. Classical Music Library contains tens of thousands of licensed recordings from major music labels ranging from the earliest Gregorian chants to works by modern composers. Recordings include symphonic music, vocal and instrumental music, choral works, and [more…]

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PURE Insights: Call for submissions

library_sitemgr Posted on November 30, 2015 476 views

Students: submit your work to WOU’s peer-reviewed undergraduate research journal, PURE Insights. The submission deadline is December 31, 2015. Students and recent graduates are eligible to submit original research and creative work including technical papers, research articles, expository articles, poems, short stories, photographs, videos, and other creative works from all academic disciplines. All submissions to the [more…]

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Txt us ur ?s

library_sitemgr Posted on November 2, 2015 546 views

Did you know that we can answer your questions via text? Whether you need help reserving a study room, want to know the library’s hours, or want some guidance on a research assignment, you can do it all on your phone. Text us at 503-383-WOU1 (9681). If you tried to use the text service recently and had trouble, [more…]

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Ask for a librarian when you need research help

library_sitemgr Posted on October 22, 2015 467 views

Your WOU librarians are here to help you learn how to do college-level research so that you can complete your class assignments. There is no question too simple or too complicated to come to us with. Here are some examples of the types of questions we commonly help students with: –How do I find articles that are “peer-reviewed” [more…]

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