October 29, 2008
New Database: Érudit
Fondé en 1998, Érudit est un consortium de publication qui comprend l'Université de Montréal, l'Université Laval et l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Cette collection de journaux savants est actuellement composée de 59 journaux d'abonnement. Les journaux sont surtout publiés en français; pourtant, il y a quelques titres bilingues et anglais.
Founded in 1998, Erudit is a publishing consortium comprised of the Université de Montréal, the Université Laval and the Université du Québec à Montréal. This scholarly journals collection is currently composed of 59 subscription journals. The journals are mainly published in French; however there are a few bilingual and English titles.
October 23, 2008
Database Trial: SPORTDiscus with Full-Text
SPORTDiscus with Full Text is one of the most comprehensive full text collections of leading sports and sports medicine journals currently available. This resource features more than 440 full text journals dating as far back as 1985.
October 22, 2008
The New Library Toolbar
Get the new Library Toolbar!
This tool will change the way you do research.
Why? It will be easier than ever to check whether the Library has a book, finding Full Text for an article, and doing a quick search for a journal title!
Check out the following screen shot of a book in Amazon. If you have installed the Library Toolbar, you'll get the Find Text button wherever you need it!
October 21, 2008
New Database: InteLex Past Masters
InteLex Past Masters is a comprised of more than 100 full-text collections containing complete works of many seminal figures in the humanities and social sciences. Most of these collections are drawn from major scholarly publishers such as Oxford University Press and Harvard University Press. Several substantial university initiatives such as the University of Toronto's Connaught Descartes project and John Dewey's works and correspondence from the Center for Dewey Studies are also included in Past Masters. All works appear in their original language, as well as English translation, and form significant collections in philosophy, theology, literature and politics.
October 20, 2008
Oral History Forum (Canadian Oral History Association)
A recent addition to the Library's catalogue, the Oral History Forum online, provides a valuable resource to those exploring topics such as the preservation and interpretation of recorded oral histories. The online archive includes the first 25 years of the Forum from v.1 (1975) - v.25 (2005).
October 15, 2008
Library on Facebook
The University of Winnipeg Library has a page on Facebook. Feel free to check us out: http://uwinnipeg.facebook.com/ profile.php?id=6195503546.
Right now we sent a message to all our fans to see what students think of the idea of putting laptop lockers in the Library. They'd be lockers you could use to store and charge the battery of your laptop.
October 14, 2008
New eBooks at your Library
Two sizable eBook collections comprised of nearly 27,000 titles were quietly added to the Library Catalogue last week. Ingram Digital eBooks boasts a robust collection of roughly 19,000 titles from three esteemed publishers: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis. The second eBook collection, Gibson's Canadian Electronic Library, provides a diverse selection of Canadian content in its 8,000 + titles carefully selected from 47 Canadian publishers. This collection also includes many of the major Canadian University Presses, among them the University of Toronto Press, McGill-Queens University Press and UBC Press. These titles can be found by searching the Library Catalogue for "UW eBook" or by using the search bar above and selecting "eBooks" on the drop-down menu. Some titles may also require a special browser plug-in to view, for more information on these requirements see this detailed description.
October 9, 2008
Library Closed - Monday, October 13th
We would like to remind you that the Library will be open this Saturday and Sunday, and that we are closed for Thanksgiving Day on Monday, October 13th.
Have a safe and happy holiday from all of us at the Library!
Database Trial: JoVE
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is an online research journal employing visualization to increase reproducibility and transparency in biological sciences. JoVE takes advantage of video technology to capture and transmit the multiple facets and intricacies of life science research. Visualization greatly facilitates the understanding and efficient reproduction of both basic and complex experimental techniques. This resource is available to try until January 1st, 2009.