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Access the New York Times
August 25, 2024 by Amy Laskowski
Announcing New Access to NYTimes.com through EWU Libraries We have subscribed to the New York Times – News Access Academic Pass product, with access to news articles and more! Once registered, students can access NYTimes.com until Dec. 31 of the graduation year they choose. Faculty and staff will have four years of access, after which…
[Read more]Collection Shift, Summer 2024
We are shifting our collections at the JFK Library in an access-improvement project that runs through August 15. If you need assistance locating materials at JFK, please visit the circulation desk on the main floor. We are happy to help! circulation@ewu.edu | 509.359.7888
[Read more]LIBR 210 | Intro to Academic Research
Learn in a supportive, hands-on, and fun environment! This five-credit, in-person course meeting Fall 2024, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. 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…
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Your EWU Library by the Numbers
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…
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MacBook Airs Now Featured in the JFK Laptop Kiosk
September 21, 2023
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…
[Read more]Library Loan Periods Extended
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,…
[Read more]Most Equipment Loans are Now Renewable!
April 4, 2023 by Amy Laskowski
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.…
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From the Archive
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…
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Library Student Worker Spotlight
February 6, 2023
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…
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The Library By the Numbers
January 4, 2023
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…
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