Library News

The library extends our warmest congratulations to all those who graduated in the class of 2012. We want to thank you for being part of our campus community and hope that, whatever your future plans, you continue to seek knowledge, explore the world and build communities with the same level of curiosity, collaboration and scholarly interest that you developed during your years here.

Best wishes!

The Library will be closed on Saturday, May 12th for Commencement. We will resume normal summer session hours on Sunday, May 13th at Noon.

Congratulations to all those graduating!

In the Fall of 2011, the Library surveyed WSU Vancouver faculty, staff & students. A previous survey was conducted in 2007. We would like to thank all of you who participated. A summary of the 2011 results can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Diller (diller@vancouver.wsu.edu) or Sue Phelps (asphelps@vancouver.wsu.edu).

The Library has extended hours during Dead Week and Finals Week (April 21 - May 3) to provide extra access to study space and research assistance/resources. The changes to our hours are listed below. We hope this extra time will be helpful.

Extended Hours Spring Semester (April 21-May 3, 2012)

• Monday-Thursday: 8am-11pm
• Friday: 8am - 5pm
• Saturday - Sunday: 10am-7pm
• Friday, May4: begin summer session hours

The Student Research Excellence Award recognizes excellence in undergraduate research that demonstrates evidence of significant inquiry using the library, its resources and collections. The competition is open to any individual undergraduate student in any field.
Applications due by April 27th. Check out the award page for application materials and more information.

Our access to Ebsco databases is working again. Please let us know if you encounter any problems accessing these resources (or any other resources).

The following databases should be available for use again:

• Academic Search Complete
• Agricola
• Alternative Press Index
• America: History and Life
• Art Index
• Book Review Digest Retrospective
• Business Source Complete
• Cinahl
• Communication & Mass Media Complete
• Criminal Justice Abstracts
• Econlit
• Education Fulltext
• Educational Administration Abstracts
• Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide
• Georef
• HAPI
• Historical Abstracts
• Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
• Humanities International Index
• Inspec
• Library Literature
• Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
• MLA Bibliography
• Readers Guide Retrospective
• Social Sciences Abstracts
• Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide

We apologize for the inconvenience this caused. Please let us know if you have any problems accessing our e-resources. Contact us via chat, an ask a question form, email (library@vancouver.wsu.edu) or phone (360-546-9686).

On Wednesday, March 21st from noon-1pm in the Library's reading room, Dr. Susan Finley will be talking about her research on "Community-Based Research With Multiple Organizational Collaborators". Brown bag lunches are fine. We hope you join us.

This talk is part of the Library's "Encounter Research: Conversations with WSUV Faculty", an engaging series of talks by WSU Vancouver faculty presenting their research up-close and personal in the Library's Reading Room.

Did you know WSUV students, staff and faculty can Book a Librarian? To meet with a librarian for one-on-one help with your research, or help on how to navigate the WSU Vancouver Library, check out the Subject Librarians page to see a list of librarians, their subject specialties and contact info.