Written by Carolyn Carpan Research shows that listening to calming music while studying helps people relax and perform better during exams. To help you get through a stressful exam period, you can listen to music online from the University of Alberta Libraries’ collections. Naxos Music Library is the world´s largest source for online classical music. It also offers streaming access to more than 136,000 CDs with more than 2 million tracks from…

Eye-popping artwork is brightening the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library for the month of April. For the fifth year in a row the Scott Library is partnering the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) to present projects created by second year medical students as a part of their Patient Immersion Experiences (PIE). PIE is an initiative wherein medical students are paired with patient mentors to learn how the process of illness and treatment…

Drum roll please…. We are so pleased to present the winners of the Images of Research competition for 2018. Out of 100 eligible entries, a panel of judges chose the winners and semifinalists; all will be on display in Cameron Library from April 5 to 30, 2018. Images of Research exhibition Location: Cameron Library, main floorDate: April 5 – 30, 2018 First Place $800 Augmented Phobia Anna Chakravorty Master’s – Arts, Visual…

Written by Carolyn Carpan Do you need primary research materials for your history classes about World War I, World War II, or the Vietnam War? Make history come alive with new online collections from University of Alberta Libraries. History Vault provides a treasure trove of digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, and diaries so you will get a sense of what it was like for people working and living through military…