Our celebration of India has just kick started! Here are some fun facts! Stay tuned this November for more blog posts about this amazing, unique and very rich culture! Whether you’re interested in discovering more about history, geography, economy, geology, tourism, religion, or any other aspect of this part of the world, the library is here for you! Please don’t hesitate to Ask us! if you have any questions!

At this time of year when the moon looms large in the early evening sky, the wind sighs and teases the leaves still clinging fiercely to tree branches… ghosts and eerie tales abound. This is the season of Halloween and tall tales told by moonlight.  Speaking of tales… we have a few to share.   Many of you are perhaps new to our campus, so you might not yet be acquainted with our…

This post was revised on October 28, 2021. To mark International Open Access (OA) week this year, we’ve prepared a guide on how to find an open avenue for disseminating your own research. We’ve written about OA many times, right here on this blog! See what others are doing around the world, by visiting Open Access Week’s website! Why Open? Traditionally, commercial scholarly publications have been only available to those who can…

On May 3rd, 2021, the University of Alberta (U of A) Library’s website search function changed over to EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). While this change allowed searchers to cast a wider search net with just a few keywords, the switch to EDS also meant that users needed to log in with their CCIDs in order to receive search results. This was all fine and dandy for our current U of A students, staff…