Welcome back students, staff, and faculty! Students have you received your new ID card and parking decal for the new Semester?
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People may recognize The Book Thief before they know what TxWes Reads is. But this year they are the same!
The West library sponsors a campus-wide read every year called TxWes Reads. It's like a year-long book club. You are encouraged to read the book then come to one or all of the programs designed around discussing the book's ideas and themes. This year’s book is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
To students both new and returning, Interlibrary Loan (ILL) can be a huge question mark. What is it? How can ILL assist me in my academic career? What does ILL look like at Wesleyan? Who can I contact to learn more?
To ensure the video you wish to use for your Fall Class if available, please send a prioritized list of titles by August 30, 2019 to West Library's Periodicals Department at periodicals@txwes.edu.
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You may select titles at https://txwes.kanopy.com by filling our the request form on that film's page. Please include class it will be used in and priority (High/Medium/Low) in the "Your Message" text box.
Every year about this time, displays appear about “New Beginnings” to go along with the start of the school year. Isn’t each year really starting over? I happened on to a reading list about “Starting over” and I thought that would be more appropriate for this month’s book display.
This month West Library is highlighting The African American Experience - The American Mosiac"
Developed with the guidance of African American librarians and subject specialists, The African American Experience is the widest ranging and easiest-to-use online database collection on African American history and culture. (Publisher)
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.
UpToDate will send you an email when it is time to refresh your account, and confirm your affiliation with Wesleyan. You may use the following link to refresh your account.
Classical Music Library is the largest and most comprehensive collection of streaming classical music available online — with thousands of composers, ensembles, albums, and genres.
It includes all major genres and time periods from medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas, and the avant-garde.
You know you want to go. The Hate U Give movie is premiering on October 19 and the library is giving you a chance to go for free!
As part of our TxWes Reads celebration of Angie Thomas's novel, The Hate U Give, the library is have a contest. Enter by creating something artistic based on prompts based on the novel by Angie Thomas. Your piece must be inspired by one of the essay prompts below or a theme that resonated with you from the novel. All entries judged by library staff.