Course Materials is the new name for items for loan at the library related to courses, such as textbooks. We’ve changed the name from Reserves. Reserves is one of those library words that you have to learn the meaning of and is confusing for new students. After consultation with students and considering best practices at other universities, we arrived at Course Materials. In the end, that is what they are! Each of the Libraries…

♫♪ “I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map!” ♫♪ “Mommy, what is the Map do?” It was a rainy Sunday afternoon in Edmonton and at my three year old’s request we were watching Dora The Explorer. “Uh, a map tells you where to go.” I blurt out as I let the dog in from the back yard and try to catch her with a towel before she traced mud all…

Can’t find what you are looking for? It’s happened to everyone at one time or another – a book or resource is just not in the library catalogue. Fortunately, there are several options available to you! Quite often, the resource (sometimes an article) can be found by our Interlibrary Loans team.Hint: If you are searching for articles, the place to find full-text is to click on “Get It!”. From there we suggest you search Google…

Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Kaitlyn, Sarah, Kathy & Carol!Kaitlyn Hill, Sarah Chomyc, Kathy Urban and Carol Rodgers make up our Monograph Acquisitions Team. Congratulations! The Monograph Acquisition Team just got awarded the University of Alberta Library’s Team Service Excellence Award Winners! How do you feel? We are all very grateful that our team has been recognized in this fashion and consider this…