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By Sally Taylor on June 1, 2009
During the summer, reference librarians are available Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm at Woodward Library, and 9am-5pm in the UBC hospital libraries. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance. You can also contact your Subject Librarian directly for help via email or telephone, or to make an appointment.
By Woodward Library on May 28, 2009
Feel like browsing in the bookstacks? But not quite ready for a trip to campus? Try a visit to the Internet Archive — www.archive.org. Then click on texts. There are over a million books to browse; you’ll find standard formats such as PDF but also nostalgic formats such as the flip book. You’ll find almost 200,000 […]
By Woodward Library on May 26, 2009
The Cochrane Library is currently available to all Canadians for a trial period ending December 31, 2009. This pilot is a joint initiative of the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre and the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA), and was made possible by building on the leadership of the existing subscribers from provinces, territories and institutions […]
By Katherine Miller on March 30, 2009
Black and white printing and photocopying price reduced! Also, you can now print in colour at all of the Life Sciences Libraries! Black & white printing and photocopies price reduced to 7 cents (A savings from the former cost of 12 cents per page for copying and 13 cents per page for printing.) Colour printing: […]
By Katherine Miller on March 18, 2009
Dean Giustini, Reference Librarian at the Biomedical Branch Library at Vancouver General Hospital has been honored as a 2009 Library Journal Tech Evangelist “Mover & Shaker”. You can view the article on Dean here: http://www.libraryjournal.com/MS2009Inductee/2140335997.html Dean was also CHLA’s Hospital Librarian of the Year in 2007. Congratulations Dean!
By Woodward Library on February 27, 2009
The BC Research Libraries Group invites UBC faculty, staff and students to attend the following presentation: Field Study Findings on Faculty & Researcher Use of New Models of Scholarly Publishing & Communication presented by Karla Hahn. Thursday, March 5, 2009, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (refreshments served 2:00 – 2:30pm) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Dodson Room […]
By Woodward Library on February 13, 2009
UBC Library has a trial of Springer Protocols until April 30, 2009. You can access the protocols through SpringerLink or the Springer Protocols web site. Springer Protocols is an online collection of almost 18000 protocols in the areas of biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, cancer research, cell biology, genetics/genomics, imaging/radiology, immunology, infectious diseases, microbiology, molecular medicine, neuroscience, […]
By Sally Taylor on January 30, 2009
UBC Library subscribes to hundreds of electronic books from SpringerLink. Prefer a print copy? Springer now offers a Print on Demand service for UBC faculty, staff and students wanting a personal copy from the library’s collection of Springer ebooks. You can have a black & white softcover copy delivered to your doorstep for $24.95 USD […]
By Woodward Library on January 22, 2009
We now have over 40 electronic books with information relevant to dentistry. The books range from key resources in clinical disciplines to historical materials from “Early English Books” Online. You can view selected books at: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/eitem/eitemsbysubject.cfm?subjid=67&lcoll=lsl Or, try our new ebook search page at: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/resources/ebooklist.cfm
By Woodward Library on January 19, 2009
It’s that time of year again. If you’re a first-year pharmacy student working on the Phar 220 term paper, please see the following page for a list of suggested sources you can use: http://www.library.ubc.ca/life/coursesupport/pharmacy/Phar220.pdf If you’re still stuck after consulting these sources, please feel free to drop by the Woodward reference or contact Teresa Lee, […]