Looking for advice on an essay you are writing or assistance with math homework? Take advantage of the Writing Center and the Math Lab. The Writing Center, located in LB203, offers assistance on developing your writing skills; more information about the Writing Center is available on their website. The Quantitative Skills Center (aka the Math Lab) recently relocated to the second floor of the Library Building (room 210). Stop by and check out their services.

Be sure to get the help you need.

Starting at 6pm on Thursday October 1st, the campus phone system will be upgraded. This upgrade will occur throughout the evening. If you try to call the Library Thursday evening or even into Friday morning, you may encounter difficulties. If you leave us a voice message during this time and don’t hear back from us shortly, please try to call again. Remember, we are also available via email, via IM, and in person. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this will cause you.

Join us today (9/29) at 3pm for a conversation with Dr. Cory Bolkan from Human Development. Cory will be talking about her research on “The Power of Possible Selves: Exploring the hopes and fears of older adults and linkages to health outcomes”.

This conversation is part of a series of talks that will happen throughout the year. Future conversations will be with Dr. Scott Wallace, Dr. Clare Wilkinson-Weber, Dr. Carol Siegel and Dr. Dan Jaffee.

We hope you can join us!

The problems with the campus web server have been fixed. If you encounter any problems access library resources, please let us know.

There are problems over the past few days with the campus web server. These problems have being resolved. If you encounter problems using the Library’s resources, please visit the Pullman WSU Libraries website to locate and link to databases.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Need advice on a research assignment? Looking for a quiet study space? Have a question but not sure where to get an answer? Drop by, call, email or IM our reference desk and one of our librarians can give some advice or get to moving in the right direction.

Please join us on Wednesday, September 9th from 10am – 3pm for cookies, coffee and tea in the Library. We hope you drop by.

The Library will be closed on Sunday, Sept 6th and Monday, Sept 7th for Labor Day. Our online resources, including databases, website, interlibrary loan request forms and Griffin, will be available. We will reopen for normal hours at 8am on Tuesday, Sept 8th.

The Library cannot buy all the textbooks used in all the courses offered at WSU Vancouver. There are simply too many classes and too many textbooks for us to be able to purchase everything. You can, however, always double-check to see if your textbooks are available here or at another library.

If you are looking for a copy of a text used in one of your courses, there are a few things you can try:

1)  Sometimes, instructors will place books (and other readings) on reserve through the Library.  Your instructor will tell you if they have placed items on reserve and they will give you a password for your class reserves.  Course reserves can be found by searching for instructor or your course.  (See your instructor for the password.)

2)  You can check to see if WSU owns a copy of your textbook by searching Griffin, the WSU Libraries catalog.  This will tell you if the book is available here in Vancouver or at one of the other campuses.  If you find the text at another campus, click on the “Request” button to have it delivered here.

3)  You can also check to see if the book is available at another college or university by searching Summit, a catalog of 38 libraries in Oregon and Washington.  If you find the text at another library, click on the “Request Summit Item” button to have it delivered here.

If you have any questions about finding textbooks or any of the steps listed above, feel free to contact us.  We’re happy to help.

As Fall semester gets underway, we’d like to welcome everyone (new and returning) to campus. We would also like to take a moment to highlight a few things that may be useful to you:

* Hours ~ Check out our Fall semester hours
* Course Reserves ~ Check here if you need to find reserves for your classes
* Ask us ~ there are many ways to contact us if you need help

Please let us know if there’s anything you need assistance with. Again, Welcome! We hope the semester starts well for everyone.