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December 4 winner of a 2GB flash drive: Dr. Sil
December 2 winner of a 2GB flash drive: Preston Sullivan
New Summit is here!
The new Summit is now live! You can begin searching and requesting any time.In the first few weeks, there may be a little bumpiness as the system develops and we appreciate your patience as we work through this. One “bump” may be encountered when you request items:
To request items, you may need to enter your last name and WOU barcode (your v number with a 2 in front) OR your last name and v number. If one way does not work, try the other.
Worldcat.org
The new Summit is coming December 1! Want a preview of what searching will be like? Try Worldcat.org.The new Summit is based on Worldcat.org, which lets you search and borrow from the collections of libraries around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos and all the types of materials that you are used to getting through Summit. Additionally, you may discover many new kinds of content, such as downloadable audiobooks and article citations with links to order them or, sometimes, view their full text.
New library homepage
After months of planning, the Library and Media Services homepage has received a makeover. We’ve taken feedback and suggestions from you and designed a site that strives to be easier and more convenient to use. Poke around a bit and let us know what you think. We’ll be seeking feedback and making adjustments to our secondary pages as a next step.
Also, we want to give a big thank you to all of the people who took time out of your summer to test the demo sites we created!
Also, we want to give a big thank you to all of the people who took time out of your summer to test the demo sites we created!
New and improved Summit catalog, coming in late 2008
Work is currently underway on an upgrade to the Summit unified catalog, which allows you to request books and materials from other regional academic libraries in the Orbis Cascade Alliance. The new Summit catalog will be fully installed by the end of 2008. Summit borrowing services will continue without interruption during this transition.
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Education Full Text
Education Full Text contains citations and some full text articles covering adult education, arts, athletics in schools, competency-based education, continuing education, instructional media, language arts, multicultural education, school administration, special education, student counseling, teacher education and evaluation, vocational education, and much more. This database is a good supplement to ERIC searches.
A new look for JSTOR
Too much email?
Do you find the deluge of email in your WOU account overwhelming? You can reduce the number of messages by setting your list preferences for All Faculty/Staff or Students to digest. This setting will cause you to receive only one message (containing all of the content you currently get) each day from these busy lists.