BIOL 200 library workshop posted

Highlights of BIOL 200 Workshop posted to course page. How do you find the best research literature for your BIOL 200 research assignment? Check out this recording of our library workshop targeted at helping you with your assignment: CLICK HERE

Need Help Finding the Health Literature?

Introduction to PubMed ONLINE workshop PubMed is a biomedical database that includes citations from Medline, life sciences journals and online books. This session will provide an overview of searching within Pubmed, as well as covering some of the additional features including My NCBI account, saving and managing searches, and creating email alerts. This session is […]

Join us for online class on MEDLINE

MEDLINE: Introduction to searching on OvidSP Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 at 1:00PM – 2:00PM ONLINE Join us for this ONLINE live workshop on searching MEDLINE. This workshop covers the development of a structured search strategy using tools and techniques related to subject headings, boolean logic, limits, and more It will also include tips for using […]

CINAHL and PsycInfo: Searching the Ebsco health databases

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at 1:00PM – 2:00PM Make your searches more efficient and effective! Join us for this ONLINE live workshop on CINAHL, which is a key access to research literature for nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy and other allied health professions, and on Psycinfo, a major index to psychosocial aspects of health, covers […]

Web of Knowledge – New Interface/New Features

You may have noticed Web of Knowledge has a new look. UBC Library has 4 databases on this platform: Web of Science with Conference Proceedings Citation Index BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports MEDLINE There are some excellent improvements with this interface change. For a quick update on the changes, see this 8 min. video: New […]

Ebsco Trial Extended – Agricola, FSTA & CAB Direct

We have extended our trial accounts access on the Ebsco interface until May 1st!  We currently purchase these resources on different platforms and are exploring the option of accessing this content through the Ebsco interface. AGRICOLA http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1705/ Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1704/ CAB Direct includes the following 3 databases: CAB Abstracts http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1706/; CAB […]

RefWorks for the Sciences Workshop – Monday March 7th @ 10 AM

REFWORKS FOR THE SCIENCES – Monday, March 7th, 2011 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM Woodward Library Teaching Lab B25 RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool sponsored by the UBC Library and available free-of-charge to current UBC faculty, staff, and students. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to create your own personal database in RefWorks by […]

Agricola, CAB Direct & FSTA – trials on Ebsco

We are investigating purchasing the following article indexes/databases through Ebsco platform and would like your opinions on whether this would be a useful and preferred change, or not. We currently access Agricola http://resources.library.ubc.ca/112 and Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) http://resources.library.ubc.ca/132 on the Ovid platform and CAB Direct http://resources.library.ubc.ca/219 on their own platform. We have […]

RefWorks for the Sciences

REFWORKS FOR THE SCIENCES – November 1st 10:00-11:30 AM RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool sponsored by the UBC Library and available free-of-charge to current UBC faculty, staff, and students. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to create your own personal database in RefWorks by importing references from online resources such as Web of […]

Woodward Library – Garden Level Renovation is Open!

In a survey asking about the Woodward Lower Level, you asked for a bright, quiet, comfortable space… This week, the Woodward Library’s Garden  Level (formerly the Lower Level) has opened. This library space has been completely renovated and transformed. Come visit this new space – and enjoy its new group study rooms, large quiet study […]