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News & Events
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Western Libraries has a plethora of teaching and learning resources available online 24/7, including a series of eLearning modules and easy-to-digest tutorials that support research and writing.
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A new system that will allow students to reserve library group study rooms is coming this summer!
Displays & Exhibits
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Western Libraries is pleased to celebrate Disability Pride and highlight a selection of items in our collections that give voice to the many disability communities.
Listen to Children: The Jack Prelutsky Antiquarian Children's Poetry Collection
![Three illustrations side-by-side showing an owl holding an "ABC's" book, an excerpt from sheet music, and a small child surrounded by ducks on a grassy lawn. All images were taken from children's poetry books that are available at Western Libraries.](/sites/libraryprod9x1001.wwu.edu/files/styles/card_medium/public/2024-03/Listen%20to%20Children_poster_cropped_small.jpg?itok=hNlpWlm9)
Selected from nearly 1,200 rare books donated to Western Libraries by award-winning author and inaugural U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky, the material in this exhibition spans two hundred and fifty years in the history of poetry for the young and young at heart.
Whether you need help with your thesis statement, finding sources for a research paper, or citations and proofreading, the Hacherl Research & Writing Studio is here for you.
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The zine collection at Western Libraries is located on the second floor of Wilson in 'The Corner,' and all zines can be borrowed for up to 3 weeks.
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Looking for extra sources for that paper you’re writing? Reviewing materials for an upcoming syllabus? Try ordering what you need through Summit!
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What was it like to be part of the counterculture in Western Washington in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s? You can explore that question and much more through the local underground newspaper, 'Northwest Passage.'
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