By Woodward Library on March 25, 2010
There are several sources of streaming videos on health-related topics available to you. Two of these resources available through the UBC Library are the : Concept Media Streaming Video Collection http://toby.library.ubc.ca/resources/infopage.cfm?id=1565 and Bates: A Visual Guide to Physical Examination, 4th Edition http://toby.library.ubc.ca/resources/infopage.cfm?id=1282
By Sally Taylor on March 25, 2010
On Saturday, March 27 at 8:30pm (local time), people all over the world will show their support for the planet by turning off their lights for one hour. You can participate by simply switching off the light, adding your name to the Supporters’ Map or creating a Virtual Lantern or Light Switch! To learn more, […]
By Woodward Library on March 22, 2010
The systematic search process can be pretty daunting, especially if it’s your first time. There are so many different databases, and potentially thousands of article records to gather and assess, never mind documenting it all or looking through lesser known sources, i.e. “grey literature”. If you’re currently working on searching for a systematic review, or […]
By Woodward Library on March 22, 2010
There’s an elephant in the library. This slogan refers to HathiTrust, a shared repository of digitized books. Over 5 million books are in the repository and it is growing everyday. The books are both scanned and machine transcribed (optical character recognition) so it is possible to search every word in every book – all in […]
By chbeck on March 12, 2010
We are pleased to announce trial access to Rehabilitation Reference Center(RRC) an evidence-based full-text database produced by EBSCO. http://toby.library.ubc.ca/resources/infopage.cfm?id=1625 Designed for physical therapists, occupational therapists and other rehabilitation professionals, RRC aims to provide the best available, most accurate and concise information on conditions seen in rehabilitation practice, allowing rehabilitation specialists to build customized treatment regimens […]
By Sally Taylor on March 3, 2010
We’re pleased to announce that the Library has subscribed to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE), a peer-reviewed journal for biological research in a video format. JOVE has more than 500 videos demonstrating laboratory methods in the fields of cellular biology, developmental biology, microbiology, immunology, plant biology, medicine, and neuroscience. A number of UBC researchers […]