September 5th, 2014 by Sheryl Adam | Comments Off on Literature Reviews – Great Research Starts Here
This session is appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in any discipline.
Topics include
… what is a literature review?
… finding the right databases
… search strategies for databases
… finding scholarly articles, theses and dissertations, books, and more
… resources to help you keep track of your research.
There will be plenty of hands-on time for searching, and assistance from the two presenting librarians.
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July 30th, 2012 by Sheryl Adam | Comments Off on London Calling: Part Two
Claes Van Visscher. London Bridge. (1616)
Many children’s nursery rhymes have a long and at least partially recorded history. For example, English-speaking children and adults have been singing “London Bridge is Falling Down” since before the first known written version in 1744.*
Two important scholars and collectors of children’s rhymes, Iona and Peter Opie, published many collections and annotated compilations of children’s games, rhymes, chants, playground games and stories. Their personal collection of 22,000 items is now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.
Part of that extraordinary collection is available at UBC Library on microfiche. Unit 1 and Unit 2 , “Stories pre-1850″, are available at Koerner Library, Level 2. Microforms may be read, printed or saved to a flash drive. Reference and Microform open hours.
Koerner Library Microform Hours | Information about Microforms
* Opie, Iona Archibald, and Peter Opie. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.*
Opie Collection on Microfilm, Units 1 and 2
Opie Collection of Children’s Literature: a guide to the microfiche collection
Image Credit: Claes Van Visscher, London Bridge (1616)
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July 27th, 2012 by Sheryl Adam | Comments Off on London Calling: Part One
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, economics, Electronic Resources, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Miscellaneous, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies | Comments Off on London Calling: Part One
July 20th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Koerner Library Research Commons opens with Thesis Formatting Assistance
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, data, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, GIS, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Maps and Atlases, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies, Workshops | Comments Off on Koerner Library Research Commons opens with Thesis Formatting Assistance
July 12th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Koerner Library Reference Desk Move
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March 20th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Census GIS at next UBC GIS Users Group Meeting
Census GIS is the topic for this month’s GIS Users Group meeting. Tom Brittnacher, the GIS Librarian, will be talking about how to get census data and geographic boundaries out of SimplyMap and Abacus, and into GIS.
Wednesday, March 28
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Koerner Library, Level 2, Room 216
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March 15th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Cyberloafing, and when it’s especially hard to resist
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies | Comments Off on Cyberloafing, and when it’s especially hard to resist
March 14th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on JSTOR: Learn More
JSTOR, a key resource in humanities and social sciences, offers short training videos on a number of topics, including advanced search techniques and how to set up alerts for new articles in your area(s) of interest. Most videos are fewer than 5 minutes long. Frequent JSTOR users should definitely have a look.
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February 14th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Graduate Student Workshops in a Day: Wednesday, February 22
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, data, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, GIS, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Journals, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Maps and Atlases, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies, Workshops | Comments Off on Graduate Student Workshops in a Day: Wednesday, February 22
February 13th, 2012 by tombritt | Comments Off on Spatial Aspects of Health Research at February GIS Users Group Meeting
Spatial aspects of health research will be the theme of this month’s UBC GIS Users Group meeting. We will have three presenters, each giving a brief description of their use of GIS and mapping in health research. If there’s time, we’ll follow with a general discussion about the use of GIS technology and data in health research.
Event details:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
3:00 – 4:00pm
Koerner Library, Level 2, Room 216
Presentations:
“Three Projects Applying GIS in Public Health: Mapping Local Social Barriers to Sexual Health Clinics in Two Rural Communities, Provincial Emergency/Hormonal Contraceptive Use Trough Time, and National Abortion Travel Patterns.”
Anthony Smith, Human Early Learning Partnership Knowledge Translation Team
“Neighbourhood Environment in Waterloo Region: Patterns of Transportation and Health”
Josh van Loon, School of Community and Regional Planning Active Transportation Lab
“Spatial Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Canada: Examining the Role of Air Pollution and Neighborhood Deprivation”
Perry Hystad, PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health
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