UBC Library subscribes to hundreds of online resources to support research across the disciplines at UBC. There are several databases that Anthropologists and Archaeologists might choose, depending on the area of focus. The main database for the discipline is Anthropology Plus. Web Of Science’s Social Science Citation Index is strong in archaeology. Graduate students love the fulltext of dissertations available through Proquest Theses and Dissertations.
Until now, there was no way to search all three of these at once. Now you can! Introducing MetaLib, a new search tool that enables you to search multiple databases simultaneously.
If you’re interested in exploring this tool, come to a library session Introducing MetaLib this Wednesday, September 26 from 1-2pm in Koerner 217. In this session, we’ll give you an overview of MetaLib and show you how you can use it to search across a set of pre-defined databases in a broad area like Newspapers, select databases from a specific specific subject area such as Anthropology and Archaeology, or create your own set of databases to search.
Register for the session here, and try out MetaLib beforehand here.