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Blast from the UBC past
The article below is from the Ubyssey’s “Flashback Friday” series, in which the UBC student newspaper takes a look at “interesting, thought-provoking or just plain weird articles” published since 1918. This piece, which refers to UBC Library, is one of the first articles that appeared in the paper about the Internet. Student access to Internet [...]
UBC Library acquires Emerald e-journal collection
UBC Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of Emerald Management Plus, a new e-journal collection. Emerald provides online access to a growing collection of more than 120,000 articles from over 250 journals in 22 management disciplines, including: Accounting and Finance Advanced Automation Built Environment Business Ethics and Law Economics Education Enterprise and Innovation Health [...]
BC Books Online garners strong media coverage
BC Books Online, a project that is supported by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and UBC Library, is featured in the online publication The Tyee. BC Books Online is also featured in the Globe and Mail, the Nanaimo News Bulletin, the Harbour City Star, the Ladysmith Chronicle and the Prince George Citizen.
UBC Library contributes to BC Books Online project
Want to learn more about British Columbia? Then you’ll be happy to hear about BC Books Online, a project that features a digital collection of non-fiction books all about the province – and includes UBC Library as a participant. In 2007, a consortium of library organizations and publishers initiated the project, which supports equitable access [...]
New site bolsters Chung Collection
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection, a designated national treasure, has a new virtual home. The handsome website, found at http://chung.library.ubc.ca, highlights the Chung Collection’s three main themes: immigration and settlement, early British Columbia history, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Focus groups consisting of faculty, staff, students and community members provided [...]
E-journal additions at UBC Library
UBC Library has boosted its e-journal holdings, in response to students and researchers who have been asking for more extensive collections. As a result, the Library has been busy adding e-journal backfiles for the past 18 months, resulting in more than 2,900 titles from well-known publishers that cover a wide range of disciplines. Below are [...]
Interlibrary Loan articles now delivered electronically
Do you use UBC Library’s Interlibrary Loan or CISTI services to order articles from other (outside UBC) libraries? UBC Library now delivers interlibrary loan articles to you electronically. Just wait for an email saying your article has arrived, open the post-to-web link, and print off your article. We’re pleased to offer this new service as [...]
UBC Library’s database walk profiled in e-Strategy
The February 2009 issue of e-Strategy, UBC IT’s newsletter, features a story on UBC Library’s database walk project. You can view the article here: http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca/2009/02/03/database-walk-ubc-library
