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Holidays & Hours: https://lib.uwest.edu/about-us/hours-holidays

05/18/2026

🕘 Summer Intersession & Semester

Mon-Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
Sat-Sun: Closed

Upcoming Holidays:
5/22 Buddha Day
5/25 Memorial Day
7/3 Independence Day (Observed)

Items may be returned via dropbox right outside the library doors when we're closed.

✈️ Traveling or 🚙 going home for the break? Remember you can still access our databases full of journal articles off campus: http://lib.uwest.edu/services-requests/databases. Contact us if you need assistance!

05/13/2026

The ⏰ due date ⏰ is coming up for library books checked out this semester:

🎇🎇🎇 05/17/2026 🎇🎇🎇

↩️ You may return via the wooden dropbox outside the library, even if the library is closed.

➡️ If you want to renew, make sure you are registered for Summer or Fall 2026 before renewing: https://lib.uwest.edu/weblinks/goto/3085

Please let us know if you have any questions: [email protected] • TEL: (626) 677-3319 • TXT/SMS: (626) 782-5591 • Chat: https://tinyurl.com/UWestLibChat

04/29/2026

⏰ Got 5 minutes? Learn how to get email alerts for new articles on your interests: https://youtu.be/nhs4KbLIuO4

You can also ⏩📄 skip the video & download the PDF handout: https://lib.uwest.edu/resources/16502

04/15/2026

Find authoritative works 👍 & must-reads on various Buddhism topics at the Oxford Bibliographies Buddhism database: https://lib.uwest.edu/weblinks/goto/9517

New topics in the database:

🔥 Chosŏn Buddhism https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1577381937

🔥 Buddhist Art Studies in Southeast Asia https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1577381889

🔥 Buddhist art and architecture in Southern India https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1570483406

03/30/2026

🔔 New special issues available from American Psychological Association (APA) journals! Access them through our ➡️ ProQuest APA PsycARTICLES ⬅️ database:

🌱 Thriving in Turbulent Times (Consulting Psychology Journal v. 77, no. 4 2025) https://tinyurl.com/3vdc4be5

🕙 Political Thinking: How Social and Cognitive Factors Shape Stances Across the Life Course (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General v.155, no. 1 2026) https://tinyurl.com/363ndhtp

🌎 Majority Country Methods for Developmental Psychology:
Evidence and Insights From Diverse Global Settings (Developmental Psychology v. 62, no. 1 2026) https://tinyurl.com/yc4tkb9v

🤖 Evolutionary Behavioral Science and 21st Century Technology (Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences v. 20, no. 1 2026) https://tinyurl.com/4sxrbhcx

03/20/2026

🌻 Spring Break is here! Here are the library hours for 3/23-3/29:

Monday - Friday: 9AM -5PM
Saturday - Sunday: Closed

Have a happy & safe Spring Break everyone! 😘

03/16/2026

Read the latest UWest graduate works available in open access full text @ the UWest Institutional Repository https://ir.uwest.edu

🎓 Gaidhani, Vaishali Sanjay. “Understanding the Concept of Khanti - Patience in the Theravāda Pāli Texts." PhD diss., University of the West, 2025. https://ir.uwest.edu/s/index/item/1774

🎓 Peterson, Robert August. “In Their Own Words : Buddhist Military Chaplains and the First Precept.” DBMin diss., University of the West, 2025. https://ir.uwest.edu/s/index/item/1777

🎓 Sraman, Chanda Sara. “The Mirror of Dhamma--Dhammādāsa Dhammapariyāya as a Buddhist Model in Reducing Fear of Death among the Theravāda Buddhist Practitioners.” DBMin diss., University of the West, 2025. https://ir.uwest.edu/s/index/item/1764

🎓 Wongsricha, Loedej. “The Efficacy of SKT Meditation Healing Exercise Techniques 1 and 2 in Improving Vital Functions in COVID-19 Patients.” DBMin diss., University of the West, 2025. https://ir.uwest.edu/s/index/item/1766

02/24/2026

The ProQuest APA PsycArticles database provides access to peer-reviewed psychology related journal articles. Now it also comes with a new AI powered Research Assistant 🤖, with key takeaways, translations, and interactive questioning.

Look for "ProQuest APA" in the catalog or the databases list. Once inside the database, find an article with topic keywords to start engaging with the Research Assistant.

Ask us how to find more articles on your topic!

02/20/2026

✝️ A Blessed Lent Season! ✝️

Learn more about Christianity during Lent (2/18/2026-4/2/2026), a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in preparation for Easter 🐇.

✅ Get the basics on Lent from our Encyclopedia Britannica database https://tinyurl.com/4kb5br3t. From the Encyclopedia of Religion, discover all the meaningful dates in a Christian Liturgical Year https://tinyurl.com/y4fersh9.

📚 These scholarly and open access (free to download & share!) books go further in-depth into the faith & culture of Christianity:

✝️ Christ the Representative: Toward a Representational Christology
https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1549582176

♀️ Female Authority and Holiness in Early and Medieval Christianity https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1517430726

🧭 The Courage to Guide: A Christian Philosophy of Education https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1561179368

🗺️ A Short History of Christianity beyond the West: Asia, Africa, and Latin America 1450-2000 https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1450559782

02/19/2026

☪️ Ramadan Mubarak! (Blessed Ramadan!) ☪️

Learn more about Islam during Ramadan (2/18/2026-3/19/2026), the holy month of fasting:

🫶 To start, here are etiquette tips to show you care https://tinyurl.com/4t2wx84b

✅ Get the basics on Ramadan from our Encyclopedia Britannica database https://tinyurl.com/v6m42bsr. From the Encyclopedia of Religion, what does it mean to fast, or ṣawm? https://tinyurl.com/8c6sn6xp.

📚 These scholarly and open access (free to download & share!) books go further in-depth into the faith & culture of nearly 1/4 of the world's population:

🧠Psychological Themes in Classical Islamic Literature: A Primary Source Reader
https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1519493474

☮️ Pacifism and Nonviolence in Contemporary Islamic Philosophy: Mapping the Paths of Peace https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1463768812

🌲 Recovering Environmental and Economic Traditions in the Islamic World https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1454856734

🎶 Islamic Themes in US Hip-Hop Culture https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1510199271

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