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Learn in a supportive, hands-on, and fun environment! This five-credit, online course focuses on interdisciplinary information literacy skills and library research techniques. is applicable to research projects and assignments in various majors. meets General Education requirements. requires no textbook purchase! This course will help you build a solid foundation for conducting independent academic research in…

336,137 total item downloads (articles, pdfs, videos) 348,633 views of library research guides 136,020 eBook chapters viewed or downloaded 171,323 Digital Commons (institutional repository) works downloaded 7,848 books checked out (including curriculum center books) 321 library instruction sessions conducted 11,922 questions answered at library desks (including research consultations) 3,339 interlibrary loan items borrowed, 5,340 lent…

The laptop kiosk in JFK (near Thomas Hammer) now features MacBook Air laptops! Want other options? Visit the the library’s Equipment Checkout Desk on the lower level! Learn about our services and see all options on our Equipment Checkout Services page. Equipment Checkout Services brought to you by a partnership of your Student Technology Fee…

Loan periods for most EWU collection and Summit materials* have been extended! Most loans have been extended from 6 weeks to 12 weeks, enabling longer use of EWU library and Summit collection materials, including videos and DVDs. Loan periods for equipment checkout are not extended. For information on equipment checkout, please visit this webpage. *Faculty,…

Payment of quarterly student tech fees enables you to borrow a wide array of equipment, such as cameras and laptops, from JFK Library. (You can see everything that is available to borrow on the equipment checkout webpage.) To borrow equipment, come to JFK’s equipment checkout desk on the lower level of JFK. Bring your Eagle I.D.…

Love all things EWU? Take a look at these samples of newly digitized historic EWU content hosted on our Archives & Special Collections YouTube channel. For you nature lovers, check out the footage of Yellowstone and Glacier National Park from the 1930s, featuring appearances by Griz Leigh Bear and a polar bear plunge into a…

Whitney, originally from Grand Forks, North Dakota, is majoring in Sociology, with an anticipated completion date in spring 2023. Whitney works in EWU Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections (ASPC), her number one choice when applying for a job at the library. She performs “all sorts of things” from sorting and filing collections, scanning photos and…

Ever wonder what’s going on in your EWU Libraries? Here’s a quick view of our numbers for Fall Quarter 2022. 134 library instruction sessions with 2,717 attendees. 125,801 views of Library Research Guides. 3,842 patrons assisted in-person, via email, & phone. 1,715 laptops, cameras, and other equipment loaned. 2,058 books & videos checked out. 71,292…

Greetings and happy New Year! I’m Ielleen Miller, the new director of the School of Libraries in the College of Professional Programs. While I’m new to the position of director, I’m not new to EWU, having been here since 2006. Kelly Evans, last year’s director, chose to step back to her previous role as Business…

In September 2022, Hal Sautter, ’69 BA education, and P.E.O. Chapter AJ fulfilled their dream of creating a cozy reading nook on JFK’s upper floor.  They provided two comfy rocking chairs and other furnishings, thoughtfully placed in a quiet corner with an amazing campus view, where students feel at home and welcome to read or…