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    Library Remotely for Undergrad Students

    by Guest Author August 27, 2020
    written by Guest Author

    Written by: Kim Frail

    Library staff would like to welcome new and returning students to our virtual spaces. Even though you may not be able to meet us here in person, 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 search together and synthesizing and evaluating information.

    eClass Library Resources Block

    When you log into eClass, have a look on the right hand side of the page. The UofA Libraries Resources Block is your research “to go” window in eClass.

    It often includes a link to a specific subject guide to help you find resources for your assignments. If you need assistance, you can use the “Ask Us” button to chat with library staff.

    Subject Guides

    Subject guides will be your new BFFs – you can also access them right from the library home page!

    What are databases?

    Subject guides also feature links to databases that are relevant to your discipline. But what’s a database? Databases are massive digital archives of academic journals that publishers have made searchable. They are often based on a specific area or field of interest (science, arts, humanities, education, medicine etc.). Why can’t there be just one huge database like Google? Much of academic information is owned by different publishers and they all want to create their own products for universities.

    What will I find using the main search box?

    You will find resources such as: books/ebooks, articles, musical scores and recordings, maps
    films and DVDs, periodicals and newspapers, government information and
    other material held in the U of A Library’s collections and those of our NEOS Partner Libraries.

    We highly recommend you check out our Search Tips guide for more details.

    Protip: When you find an item you need but the full text isn’t available in the database you are searching, use the Get It button to see if we have the full text in another database. 

    What about Google Scholar?

    Google Scholar (GS) can be useful to see what is out there but if you just use Google Scholar you are limiting what you see and you will eventually run into publisher paywalls.

    • Use GS through the library website to get access to what we subscribe to right away
    • Add Library Links in Google Settings
    • Install the Unpaywall Chrome extension
    • To find out if an article you found via GS is peer reviewed, look up the title of the journal in Ulrich’s Periodicals Index.

    Virtual Library Orientation

    Want to learn more about library services, spaces and collections? Pop into the University Orientation Network’s eClass orientation to Library Services at your convenience.

    Best of luck with your fall semester and we look forward to meeting you online.

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  • Demystifying “Peer Review”

    by Emily Zheng March 10, 2020
    by Emily Zheng March 10, 2020

    U of A Library supports platforms for students to join the scholarly publishing process and designed a workshop to teach students how! Many profs talk about “peer reviewed” as something to look for when consuming scholarly information. It might even be a requirement for citations in your next paper. But what does “peer reviewed” actually mean? What does the process entail? Who are “peers” and what is a “review”? Librarians have to…

  • New display asks, “where would you go when you don’t have a place to sleep?”

    by Guest Author February 4, 2020
    by Guest Author February 4, 2020

    Where would you go if you didn’t have a place to sleep? Sadly, this is a problem that over 70,000 post-secondary students across Canada face (Weissman et. al, 2019). When we think of homelessness, many of us picture someone living on the street or relying on public shelters for a safe haven, but many people without permanent residence make up the hidden homeless population. Those who find themselves among the hidden homeless…

  • Living Colours: A Story of Structural Colour in Nature and Science

    by Guest Author January 22, 2020
    by Guest Author January 22, 2020

    In this unique exhibition, you will learn about the phenomena of structural colour and use microscopes to experience how it works in nature. This exhibit highlights how structural colour connects the latest research in science, art and design. It runs from January 30 to March 27 at the Augustana Library. Structural colouration is a phenomena in nature in which colour is obtained through microscopically structured surfaces of living organisms and their connection…

  • Book Tree Instagram Contest

    by Eva Romanick December 10, 2019
    by Eva Romanick December 10, 2019

    UPDATECongratulation to our $10 Starbucks gift card winner @megan.roshko!and thank you to everyone who participated in our first instagram contest. We wish you all a safe and merry holiday season! Happy New Year! CLOSED ***Contest*** Enter to win a $10 Starbucks gift card by guessing how many books we used in our Cameron Library book tree. Entering is SO easy!⁣ 🧡 follow us @uofalibrary⁣🧡 like this post⁣🧡 tag a friend with your guess Winner…

  • The Great Augustana Library Snowshoe Chase

    by Guest Author November 28, 2019
    by Guest Author November 28, 2019

    Winter brings plenty of fun to the Augustana Campus and many students, especially those involved with the Outdoors Club are looking forward to it. The Library is no exception to this. Skis from the Dr Garry & Dorothy Gibson Nordic Ski library are all waxed and ready to hit the trails, the library staff are excited to take part in the annual Christmas Tree Competition, and another Great Augustana Library Snowshoe Chase…

  • Film Streaming at Rutherford Library for Indigenous History Month and LGTBQ Pride Month

    by Meredith Bratland May 31, 2019
    by Meredith Bratland May 31, 2019

    June is the month to celebrate National Indigenous History Month as well as LGBTQ Pride Month. As a way to honour and acknowledge these communities, as well as their struggles and achievements, Rutherford Library is streaming films that highlight diverse aspects of their respective histories each weekday in June. All of the films listed below, and many more, are accessible through the streaming resources available through UAlberta Libraries. Please note that some of these films have…

  • Treadmill Desk Challenge for World Health Day

    by Erin Sanderman March 28, 2019
    by Erin Sanderman March 28, 2019

    World Health Day is Friday, April 5, 2019. Join University of Alberta Libraries in our treadmill desk challenge! What is the goal of the treadmill desk challenge? It’s to see how many minutes (or hours!) we can accumulate by walking our way to health on our seven treadmill desks. On April 5 we will post a sheet on each treadmill where you can log the amount of time you spent on the…

  • Using Statista to Find Data and Statistics

    by Guest Author March 25, 2019
    by Guest Author March 25, 2019

    Written by Carolyn Carpan Have you used Statista to find visualizations of data and statistics to include in your papers or presentations? The University of Alberta Libraries recently added the premium version of Statista, a portal for marketing and consumer data and statistics, to its list of databases. This means you now have access to the complete data set both on and off-campus. Do you want to know about projected job growth by Canadian industry…

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