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…

Are you a student teacher looking for a cool activity to get your student’s attention? Or, are you interested in plugging into the wonderful world of robotics?  H.T. Coutts Library and Bibliothèque Saint-Jean both have a variety of robot kits available to borrow. From cute little bots that can be controlled by mobile devices to more complex robot building sets (including a few LEGO Mindstorm kits), there are kits geared towards every age and technical…

In partnership with the Campus Food Bank, University of Alberta Libraries will be running a Food for Fines Campaign and Food Bank Drive at all library locations from March 6th until April 30th, 2019. All donated food items will be distributed to members of the University of Alberta community, and monetary donations will be used by the Campus Food Bank to purchase more food for distribution to the community. How does it work?…

Every year the first week of March means it is time to celebrate Open Education Week! Open educational resources (OER) are any freely available teaching, learning or research material. The possibilities for OERs are endless and they can include videos, podcasts, presentations and even textbooks. OERs provide the flexibility to share, collaborate and draw on course materials from around the world, while reducing the cost of higher education by challenging expensive textbook…