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Hamersly Library
These are books in our library

 

Summit
These are books at other universities from Oregon and Washington. Books take 2-4 days for delivery.

 

eBrary
A collection of over 37,000 ebooks.


Note: To print you will need to download the eBrary reader from the results page after you conduct a search.

 

For an eBrary screen shot Click Here

 

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Google Scholar (from the library)
Google Scholar is a subset of Google Web Search that enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including papers, theses, books, and reports. Google Scholar is strongest in science and technology, but has content in all disciplines.

 

[Note--Using the Google Scholar link from the library (and not from a general Google Scholar Internet search) allows you direct access to articles we have available in our library. Just click FIND IT AT WOU.

 

If we don't have the article FIND IT AT WOU will allow you to make an Interlibrary Loan request. This is a free service and articles will be delivered to you in 3-4 days.

 

For a Google Scholar screen shot Click Here

 

 

Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers citations and abstracts for articles found in more than 8,000 publications. Allows users to limit searches to scholarly/peer-reviewed journals only. 1984 to present; selected articles from 1975 (or earlier) to present

 

Want to know how to search Academic Search Premier? Click Here

 

 

Psych Info
Indexes and summarizes more than 2 million scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.

 

Education Full Text
Indexes and provides abstracts for articles in English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the United States and elsewhere. Also includes English-language books relating to education published since 1995. Provides full-text access for selected journal articles published since 1996.

Also includes citations and full text from the ERIC database. 1994 to present.


Want to know how to find articles using Education Full Text: CLICK HERE

 

JSTOR
Provides online full-text access to the archives of more than 900 scholarly journals, some of which date from the 19th century.

To limit your search to Education journals:

1) Click on Advance Search

2) Enter your search terms

3) Limit your search to articles

4) Scroll down the page and select Education from the list of disciplines and or journals:

 

For a JSTOR screen shot Click Here
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LITERATURE REVIEW

 

Writing a Literature Review
Source: The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


How to Write a Literature Review
Source: University of California Santa Cruz Library

 

HOW TO FORMAT YOUR PAPER

 

How to Format a Paper in APA-- Example (posting date: 1-16-2008)

 

APA Citation Style Guidelines (posting date: 1-16-2008)

 

 

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

 

WOU Writing Center
The Writing Center is the only service unit on campus specifically designed to promote your development and success as a college writer. The consultant team is available to assist you both in person and online with writing projects for any course and any level of instruction.

 

 

 

 

Carol Monders
Education Librarian

mondersc@wou.edu
(503) 838-8892


 

Assistance also available at:

Information/Reference desk
(1st floor of the library )

 

 

Library homepage:
http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/

 

Meebo Chat

 

 

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Hamersly Library


Hamersly Library
Western Oregon University
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR 97361
503-838-8418
 or e-mail libweb@wou.edu

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