By irobb on July 22, 2009
The Library’s RefWorks crew has updated their information page. Please take a look. Remember to use the CORRECT URL for UBC patrons. Or as the Library’s RefWorks crew puts it: “Do NOT create an account from the US refworks site.”
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By irobb on July 20, 2009
With nearly 3,000 newspapers from around the world, Access World News (formerly Global NewsBank) really is your one-stop newsstand. So grab your morning cuppa and settle in with the Daily Monitor from Addis Ababa or maybe Orillia Today. Note: from the NewsBank site, you also have the option of clicking on “World Newspaper Archive.” It’s […]
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By irobb on July 13, 2009
Based on Joseph Sabin’s landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900’s. Read more at our Sabin Americana info page. Then go in and have a look at “British Columbia and Vancouver’s island : a complete handbook” – 1858.
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By irobb on July 10, 2009
*UPDATE* The links are now working for both the A-Z list and the eLink. Feels almost like déjà vu all over again. MEDLINE with Full Text is displaying an error page when you try to link in from our A-Z list or via our button (previous problem was a blank page). The authorities have been […]
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By irobb on June 24, 2009
From now till July 22nd, try the IMF e-Library. “The International Monetary Fund publishes a vast amount of information on its own activities and policies, as well as on its 185 member countries.”
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By irobb on June 19, 2009
**UPDATE** Problem resolved. Connection now goes from EZproxy into Books 24×7 site on 1st attempt. Now go read Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X for Dummies. If you have tried to connect to a Books 24×7 title lately, you may have noticed a small glitch. On the first attempt through EZproxy (where you enter your […]
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By irobb on June 17, 2009
*UPDATE* – Links working now. Somewhere, someone altered all the internal journal IDs for the MEDLINE with Full Text titles (not us, honest!). As a result, links from our ejournal A-Z list and our button go to a mostly blank Ebsco Host page. If you click on “Publications” in the upper left of that page, […]
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By irobb on June 17, 2009
Some people using the most recent versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer are having problems ordering material via CISTI Orders. The problem has been reported. For now, please use the InterLibrary Loan forms… and stay tuned.
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By irobb on June 16, 2009
Interested in Adult Literary, First Nations material, Education or News Media? Check out the National Adult Literacy Database. …and it’s Canadian, eh!
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