UBC Library has purchased temporary electronic access to approximately 200 titles in LWW Health Library to meet the new demand for remote teaching and learning materials for use in health sciences courses at UBC. LWW Health Library is an online portal for materials from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, an imprint of the publishing company Wolters Kluwer.
Because of the health and safety measures and closure of the physical libraries in place due to COVID-19, many of the print textbooks that would be mainstays within Course Reserves for science-based courses at UBC are not currently available to faculty and students. These include titles such as the Bates Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines, basic health sciences textbooks and other specialized subject materials. Compounding the issue, digital versions of these books are simply not available for purchase in standalone e-book format from publishers. In reaching an agreement with Wolters Kluwer, the library is able to provide students, faculty and staff with electronic access to material that would otherwise only have been available in print.
The subscription went into effect in August, just in time for the start of the new term, providing continuity for students, librarians and faculty in disciplines spanning medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, speech sciences and more. UBC Library users can download and print chapters from any of the materials included in the subscription and can also make use of supplementary materials, such as self-assessment tools, video, audio, cases and other materials that can be used in class or presentations. Training is available for these tools through the subscription vendor Ovid. Contact Charlotte Beck (charlotte.beck@ubc.ca) for more information.
The subscription will remain in place for one year, thanks to the support from the Rodger Stanton and Peggy Sutherland Endowment Funds.
Access LWW Health Library materials via Summon and through the UBC Library catalogue.
This project is part of UBC Library’s strategic direction to create and deliver responsive collections.
Learn more about our Strategic Framework.
