We believe it is important to create a sense of wonder about scholarship, books, and reading. Once learned this gift will serve our students in their lives beyond OES.

The library program at OES prepares students to work confidently in the rapidly changing world of information science. Research instruction is integrated into the course work through a wide variety of assignments which emphasize process rather than product. Students learn to create a strategy for research and to use the most appropriate materials, whether print or nonprint. The Portland metropolitan area offers many resources and students are encouraged to use them.

OES has three libraries on campus, one for each division. The three electronic catalogs are available via a web browser from anywhere on or off campus. Because OES values independent reading, the libraries regularly purchase a broad selection of fiction titles.

The resources of the Libraries have been greatly enhanced by technology. Students may access information via the internet from anywhere in the school using their network accounts. Our school subscribes to several online services including an index with full-text of 700 national magazines and newspapers, literary biographical databases, and the World Book online. These subscription services are available both on and off campus with the appropriate passwords.