News

Welcome Back, Students!

September 21, 2017 News

Getting Started at the Library Ask a Librarian The Library has many resources to make your fall term a success. Ask a Librarian if you have any questions! Find building hours on our website. Equipment Checkout Borrow equipment and technology including mobile device chargers, headphones, graphing calculators, laptops, and iPads from the 1st floor Circulation Desk. More … Continue reading →

Library Closed Monday, Sept. 4 for Labor Day

September 1, 2017 News

Portland State University Library will be closed Monday, September 4 for the Labor Day holiday. We are closed on Saturdays and Sundays through Saturday, September 23. We will return to fall term hours on Sunday, September 24. Please see our full schedule on our website. … Continue reading →

Professor Kris Kern Retires

August 21, 2017 News

Professor Kris Kern, Fine and Performing Arts Librarian at Portland State University Library, is retiring after over 40 years of service. Kris Kern began her library career before she even knew she wanted to be a librarian. The library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor was hiring for a cataloger to work with … Continue reading →

Introducing the New PSU Library Catalog

August 8, 2017 News

PSU Library is updating the Library catalog! This new design improves the one-stop search box for all physical and selected online resources at PSU Library, as well as resources from Summit Libraries, and Interlibrary Loan & Article Delivery. Remember to sign in for more resources and request options, including your Saved Records. Your current eShelf … Continue reading →

Featuring Biography Reference Center

August 2, 2017 News

Find Biographies Learn about people from different walks of life throughout time, and from around the world with our latest featured database. Biography Reference Center contains over 430,000 full-text biographies, pulled together information from classic and modern books, encyclopedias, newspapers, and full-text biographical articles. The biographies are concise, with easy-to-read background information. There are several … Continue reading →

Featuring Berg Fashion Library

July 18, 2017 News

Research Fashion and Culture with Berg Fashion Library Research fashion, arts, and culture with Berg Fashion Library. Berg Fashion Library is a database with authoritative information about world dress across cultures and throughout history. The database has multiple collections with many different types of content, including an image library with 13,000 images. Additionally, the Berg … Continue reading →

Assistant University Librarian Claudia Irla Retires

July 10, 2017 News

Claudia Irla, Assistant University Librarian (AUL) for Public Services and Government Information Librarian, is retiring after 16 years of service at Portland State University Library. Before she started at PSU Library, Professor Irla studied Russian language at University of Maryland. She used her language background to catalog Russian materials at the National Agricultural Library … Continue reading →

Environmental Science Research

July 5, 2017 News

About Agricultural & Environmental Science Agricultural & Environmental Science is our latest featured resource. PSU students and researchers studying Environmental Science will find this database particularly useful. Agricultural & Environmental Science is a database covering peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers. It also includes grey literature, conference papers and proceedings, and other sources … Continue reading →

Thank You for Your Feedback!

July 5, 2017 News

The winner is… Congratulations to Casey Mitchell, a Portland State student who took the library survey in April and won the grand prize drawing for an iPad. Casey is a junior at Portland State and is majoring in both history and pre-education. After she graduates from PSU, her goal is to be a middle school social … Continue reading →

Head of Acquisitions Mary Ellen Kenreich Retires

June 26, 2017 News

Mary Ellen Kenreich, Head of Acquisitions at Portland State University Library, is retiring after 25 years of service. Professor Kenreich worked at several libraries across country. One of her first jobs was at Tennessee Technological University, where she began working with purchasing and processing periodicals. Her career began during a time of fundamental change … Continue reading →

« Older Posts

Newer Posts »