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PDXScholar Reaches 2 Million Downloads

April 19, 2017 News

We are excited to announce that PDXScholar has passed the 2 million download mark! PDXScholar: The Institutional Repository of PSU Scholarship PDXScholar is an online archive for PSU-authored articles, textbooks, journals, conferences, reports, data sets and dissertations/theses. It maximizes research impact, facilitates interdisciplinary research, and expands the reach of Portland State University scholarship worldwide. PDXScholar hosts: Schools, … Continue reading →

Research Art and Art History with Artstor

April 17, 2017 News

Our latest featured resource at the Portland State Library is Artstor. This database has an immense collection of images, as well as tools to make it easy to use and download images. Furthermore, it has tools to help in teaching. Maximize your art and art history research when you use Artstor alongside PSU Library guides. Use Artstor for Research … Continue reading →

Research Current Events

April 5, 2017 News

Opposing Viewpoints in Context Shows the Big Picture Current events are rarely simple or clear cut. Fortunately, Opposing Viewpoints in Context connects researchers with the context of the different perspectives behind current issues, along with reliable facts and evidence. Opposing Viewpoints in Context is a database that contains detailed, reliable information about current events. This information comes … Continue reading →

Research the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

March 27, 2017 News

Research the trans-Atlantic slave trade with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, the latest featured resource at the PSU Library. This open access database is available for researchers across the globe, and also provides tools to examine the realities of one of the largest forced movements of peoples in world history. It contains multiple searchable resources, with … Continue reading →

Spring Break at PSU Library

March 24, 2017 News

The PSU Library will be open during Spring Break. Visit us to work on your research, check out books, or find a quiet space to read and use a computer. Enjoy your break by reading something new about history, art, or any other topic that interests you, or read a new book by one of … Continue reading →

Finals and Spring Term at the Library

February 28, 2017 News

The Library will be open 24 hours starting Monday, March 13 at 7:30 a.m. through Thursday, March 23 at midnight. When the Library is open 24 hours, a PSU ID card will be required to enter the Library after midnight. Beginning Spring Term on Sunday, April 2, a PSU ID card will be required to … Continue reading →

OpenCon 2016 Recap

February 27, 2017 News

OpenCon 2016 Reports by PSU Attendees OpenCon is a yearly gathering of “open” scholars and advocates in Washington, D.C. to discuss issues, challenges, and share successes in their open work. The goal of the open movement is to make scientific and scholarly research and data readily available for researchers and scholars to view, remix, and … Continue reading →

Free Comics Event Series Celebrates Will Eisner Week

February 20, 2017 Events, News

Celebrate Will Eisner Week Portland State University and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are joining forces with a week of special events to celebrate the hundredth birthday of Will Eisner, the legendary cartoonist whose influence defined the contours and possibilities of American comics in his lifetime and beyond! Will Eisner Week is an annual celebration around the week of … Continue reading →

Project MUSE eBooks at PSU Library

February 20, 2017 News

About Project MUSE Project MUSE is a database with both scholarly eJournals & eBooks from University presses and scholarly societies in a wide range of subjects within the humanities and social sciences. All content is peer-reviewed prior to publication and edited after the peer-review by the university presses. The PSU Library has access to over 1,000 … Continue reading →

Open Access Research with OpenDOAR

February 2, 2017 News

What is Open Access Research Open access is the movement to make scholarly endeavors available to the public without financial and licensing barriers. Because the publication model is still growing, more and more institutions have joined in making research open and available. Many universities, agencies throughout the world, and even some major research funders and … Continue reading →

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