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Is hindsight the best sight? For staffers seasoned in the library sciences, the answer is yes! We polled our multi-disciplinary team of library whizzes and asked, “What one library resource did you wish you knew about/had access to when you were a student?“ Almost immediately, David Sulz (Academic Librarian) replied back with the Oxford English Dictionary. While our holdings include physical copies, the most up-to-date edition is our online version. It contains…

Sometimes, due to fast paced lives, we make poor information choices. A few hours of our free time, when the only thing we are able to do is hang out in front of the screen, is the time when we often choose to consume average entertainment products at our own financial expense. As a member of the University of Alberta, you have many choices to turn that time into a great art,…

September can be like an academic new year, with the same opportunity for reflection, self improvement, and goals. One area for potential new school year resolutions is study and writing skills. Developing strong study skills and a polished writing style will not only help you this year, and the rest of your post secondary journey, but also your life and career beyond the University of Alberta. This year in particular, with most…

Imagine looking at a new course syllabus, and reading: “Required Texts: Free e-textbook”… This is what U of A students will find in their Beginner German classes. The e-textbook is aptly titled Willkommen: Deutsch für alle (in English, that means Welcome: German for Everybody). Here, the definition of “everybody” is broad: it includes anyone with access to the Internet connection. No need to be enrolled in the course, or even be attending the…

On June 22 we launched our Curbside Pickup Service. Curbside Pickup is our contact-less borrowing service aiding the University of Alberta’s ongoing research. In the month of July, our users placed 3,436 holds and picked up 2,122 books. Because of the high demand for this new, pandemic driven service we thought you might like to see what happens after you place your hold. You may already know the 4 steps to take to…

This truly is a school year like no other, and we know that many of you have questions about what accessing the library will be like in the coming year. While the majority of our physical libraries remain closed, so many of our great resources remain available online, or through our curbside pick-up service. To help you sort through all the ways University of Alberta Library can assist with your unique needs,…

Written by: Kim Frail Library staff would like to welcome new and returning students to our virtual spaces. Even though most of us won’t be able to meet you in person this fall, we are still here to help! Getting Started – Foundational Tutorials New to academic research? Need a refresher? Our foundational tutorials cover the research process from beginning to end and everything in between including: finding your topic, putting a…

Alas… Like so many of Edmonton’s beloved festivals, the 39th Fringe International Theatre Festival has been put on ice for the year. The Fringe team is making valiant efforts to keep the fringe spirit alive online, through FringeTV and some unique fundraising events, and avid fringers know it will be back, bigger and better than ever. For those members of the University community with dramatic inclinations, why not use this hiatus to…

Like many other festivals this year, Cariwest Festival has been moved to an online platform from August 7th to 9th. The year 2020 would have marked the 36th Cariwest Festival in Edmonton, a festival that aims to bring the culture of the Caribbean carnival to the City of Edmonton. We will surely miss this amazing event that brings us colours, music, cuisine, fashion and joie de vivre from the Caribbean. For those…

Even though our favourite festivals have been canceled this year, Edmontonians are keeping the Festival City spirit alive with socially distant celebrations. This weekend would have been the summer mainstay, Edmonton Folk Music Festival (EFMF). The festival has gone online this year with The Hill at Home, but we also found some ways to get folky with library resources! The University of Alberta Library has many digitized collections, including the Edmonton Folk…