Penrose Library recently began subscribing to OneClickDigital through the Washington State Library’s downloadable audiobooks project. This service provides access to over 2,500 downloadable audiobooks which may be listened to on your computer, or through a compatible portable listening device (e.g. iPods and other mp3 players). The collection consists of popular as well as classic literature. The advanced search feature allows one to browse titles by genre. Once you establish an account with OneClickDigital, you are able to begin downloading titles.
February 8, 2012 – 9:10 pm
Penrose Library is at it again. We’ve recently added another great e-Resource to our collection.
Wiley Online Library provides a multidisciplinary collection of online journals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. This resource delivers access to over 4 million articles from nearly 1500 journals. Coverage is from 1997 to the present in most cases.
January 22, 2012 – 11:05 pm
Just in time for the start of your semester, Penrose has added some great new e-Resources to the collection.
• Oxford University Press Journals – you can find all of the titles here.
• New England Journal of Medicine, 1990 to the present.
As one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, Oxford Journals publishes over 230 academic and research journals covering a broad range of subject areas, two-thirds of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations. In most cases coverage for these journal titles is from 1996 to the present.
The New England Journal of Medicine is dedicated to providing the best research and key information in biomedical science, and presenting the information in an understandable and useful format.
January 20, 2012 – 5:22 pm
As a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, Penrose Library is taking part in a year-long pilot to acquire electronic books that will be accessible to and jointly-owned by all 37 member libraries. For purposes of this study, selected titles will be recent publications available from a number of participating publishers. This effort builds on the Alliance’s successful history of sharing northwest academic library resources and pursuing effective and economical ways to build our collections.
For questions about the pilot please contact Roger Stelk, Head of Collection Management, at 527-5909 or stelkre@whitman.edu.
January 19, 2012 – 5:13 pm
Due to inclement weather the Whitman College and Northwest Archives will be closed today, Thursday, 1/19/2012. Penrose Library is open and on regular schedule.
January 4, 2012 – 4:03 pm
As a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, Penrose Library is taking part in a year-long pilot to acquire electronic books that will be accessible to and jointly-owned by all 37 member libraries. For purposes of this study, selected titles will be recent publications available from a number of participating publishers. This effort builds on the Alliance’s successful history of sharing northwest academic library resources and pursuing effective and economical ways to build our collections.
For questions about the pilot please contact Roger Stelk, Head of Collection Management, at 527-5909 or stelkre@whitman.edu.
November 28, 2011 – 11:08 pm
Honors theses are due December 9. Do you need some last minute help pulling it all together? Your librarians are here for you! Stop by the library between 9 am and 5 pm to talk to a librarian about any remaining questions you have. Check out the thesis guidelines online if you’re not sure about formatting, citations, printing, or library deposit.
If you’re not writing a thesis but still need some research assistance to pull you through the semester, come and talk to us here at Penrose. We’ve got everything you need to finish your assignments, from resources to get you started to style guides to help you cite sources in your finished paper.
November 18, 2011 – 12:49 am
Penrose Library will have abbreviated hours during Thanksgiving break. Regular hours will resume at 1pm on Sunday, November 27, 2011.
| Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Nov 18: |
Closed at 6 pm |
| Nov 19-23: |
9 am to 5 pm |
| Nov 24-25: |
Closed |
| Nov 26: |
1 pm to 5pm |
| Nov 27: |
Open at 1 pm |
October 27, 2011 – 5:53 pm
Do you have trouble finding the best resources for your papers and assignments? Do you want to know how to navigate the Library’s resources with ease? Are you writing a thesis next fall? Take a library class this spring!
Library 100 will introduce you to the resources and services of Penrose Library, and help you feel comfortable and confident doing research. We’ll focus on developing information literacy skills, helping you find, evaluate, and effectively use sources. It will be offered Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30 on a credit/no credit basis and is a one-credit class. Please contact Lynne Vieth (509-527-4905) with questions.
Library 300 is a new class focusing on using primary sources. The answer to the question “What is a primary source?” is “It depends.” The nature of a primary source can shape the questions asked of it. This class will help you define and evaluate primary sources across the disciplines and help you understand the relationship between sources and research questions. Library 300, “Primary Sources Seminar” is intended to prepare 3rd year students to undertake Thesis research next Fall. It will be offered on Tuesdays from 2:30 – 3:30 on a credit/no credit basis and is a one-credit class. Please contact Lee Keene (509-527-5917) with questions.
October 14, 2011 – 10:27 pm
Just in time for the start of your research papers, Penrose has added great new e-Resources to our collection. You can find all of the titles here.
- Taylor & Francis Social Science and Humanities Library, provides access to the full text of nearly 1,050 journal titles.
- Taylor & Francis Science and Technology Library, is an online collection of nearly 350 journals.
As one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, Taylor & Francis content spans all areas of the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and Science and Technology. In most cases coverage for these journal titles is from 1997 to the present.