- Librarian: Paula McMillen, PhD
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- Office Location: 4th Floor, Valley Library
- Office Hours: by appointment: phone 541.737.7272
- Email: Click to reveal email
Here's the Valley Library.(See more photos here .) You can have access to all the same materials as someone working in this library--while working at a distance! Bookmark or set your home page to the OSU Libraries website to have ready access to dozens of finding tools for research information.
On the left hand side of the page, Change the View to "ECampus" to display links, under Accessing Library Materials, that provide lots of information about using all the resources available to you.
Finding Books:
OSU Libraries Catalog provides information about items owned by the main libraries and our two branch libraries in Bend and Newport, including books, government documents, visual materials and the titles of journals we subscribe to.
Summit Catalog (Collective catalog for 30+ libraries in Oregon and Washington) lets you access even more materials through a cooperative borrowing arrangement.
Finding Articles:
Professional Development Collection provides access to articles in over 300 peer reviewed education journals.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is the single largest education database, covering journals, issue digests, conference proceedings, classroom guides, etc. Many records are linked to full-text.
Education Research Complete also provides access to an extensive collection of journal material, conference papers and books.
More Help:
The Education Research Guide provides a more comprehensive view of using the OSU Libraries resources for education related information seeking.
Tips for finding tests and measures or information about them is in this research guide.
Research Tutorial is a self-paced review of the research process.
Narrow/ Focus Your Search | Broaden/ Expand Your Search |
| And or Not connector between concepts | "Or" connector between synonyms |
| Field Limiters, e.g., dates, type of document | Truncation or Wildcard (e.g., child*) |
| Use Thesaurus or controlled vocabulary (human assigned subject headings) | Free-text or keyword searching (computer mediated, no human intervention) |
| Phrase or proximity searching, e.g., student services or first year n3 retention |
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Use online catalogs to find books or information about journals (but not to search for information in them)
Use databases to search for journal articles. From our Databases link, select the first letter from the alphabetic list if you already know the specific database you want to search, or change the drop down menu to pick a subject area and get a list of recommendations
Librarian: Maureen Kelly, Extended Campus Librarian
Email: maureen.kelly@osucascades.edu
Phone: 541-322-3110 (Bend, OR)
Chat: Clibkelly via AIM, Yahoo, Meebo -- go to Ecampus page; hours vary
Ecampus Library page
More Help: Valley Library Reference
How to Request Library Materials
Information on Receiving Materials
Check Your Library Records/Renew
Questions about OSU materials & Summit items, email valley.remote@oregonstate.edu
Interlibary Loan questions, email valley.ill@oregonstate.edu