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How do you know you’ve found everything? A guide to systematic review searching
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 […]
There’s an elephant in the library
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 […]
Latest PubMed® Revisions
The latest changes to PubMed® involve a reconfigured Advanced Search page, the addition (or re-addition) of a Limits page with more flexible date options, and Limits and Clipboard links being added to the PubMed homepage. For a summary of the changes, see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf10/jf10_pm_advanced_search.html
Canadian copyright consultation
On Monday, July 20, Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages launched nationwide consultations to solicit Canadians’ opinions on the issue of copyright. The current copyright legislation was enacted in 2001, and new legislation which will stand the test of time, and also reflect the current technological […]
Canadian copyright consultation
On Monday, July 20, Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages launched nationwide consultations to solicit Canadians’ opinions on the issue of copyright. The current copyright legislation was enacted in 2001, and new legislation which will stand the test of time, and also reflect the current technological […]
Browse a million books in your spare time …
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 […]
Canada-wide Cochrane Library Trial
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 […]
Presentation on new models of scholarly publishing
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 […]
Springer Protocols Trial
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, […]
Dentistry eBooks
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