The University of Alberta Library consists of 6 library locations, the Digital Scholarship Centre, Bruce Peel Special Collections, and the RCRF, which is the location of University of Alberta Archives & storage facility. We provide access to:
- over 4 million items (e.g. books, periodicals, videos, music, maps, gov’t documents, data, statistics)
- online access to more than 200,000 journals, 500 subscription databases, and 2.3 million ebooks
- hundreds of thousands of audiovisual materials in streaming and physical formats
- specialized data collections
- 100,000+ rare and unique special collections volumes.



We aim to collect and assist you to discover the most up‐to‐date, credible, and relevant information for your research, courses, work, and interests. Our personalized services include:
- research consultations
- individual/class library workshops
- publication consultations (including Open Access)
- making your research and data accessible with our Education and Research Archive digital repository (ERA) and UAlberta Dataverse
- purchasing requests from faculty, students, and staff.
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2 comments
I can’t find U of A in the list of institutions for the Press Reader App. I understand I can use my CCID to sign in & access the resources?
Hi Natalie, yes! Instructions can be found on this blog post on PressReader and here’s the link in the catalogue. I hope this helps!