Category Archives: Databases

Times of India Archive: Now on Trial!

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

“On The Bombay Screens This Week; Action & Thrills In Metro’s Canadian Melodrama ‘River’s End’” -The Times of India 25 Jul 1941 Read the movie review -and more- in the Times of India Historical Newspaper trial. Trial on till August … Continue reading →

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Chrome Browser: Not Supported By EBSCOhost Databases

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

The Chrome browser from Google may be growing in popularity, but many vendors still only support the old standbys: Internet Explorer & Firefox (with some Safari). EBSCOHost databases, for example, do not support Chrome. You can read their thoughts here. … Continue reading →

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World eBook Fair: Free eBooks Till August 4th.

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

“World eBook Fair: July 4th to August 4th 2011. Download Your Selections from (6,500,000+ PDF eBooks) Six Million eBooks Titles.” So says the World eBook Fair website. They also say… “The collections include light and heavy reading materials, more reference … Continue reading →

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Engineering Village (Compendex): Site Down

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

**Engineering Village is back** The Engineering Village site is down. As this is a long weekend in the U.S., it may take a while to come back. Contact Science & Engineering for alternate resources. Stay tuned for updates.

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AskAway: Now Embedded in EbscoHOST Databases

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Looking around in “Academic Search Complete” or some other EbscoHOST database and suddenly need the help of a Librarian? Well, now you can get it. At the search result level within EbscoHOST databases (or at the article level, if you … Continue reading →

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Wiley Online Library *DOWN*

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

**Wiley Online Library is back online** Looks like the Wiley Online Library site has crashed. Hopefully, not for long. No ejournal access to Wiley titles at the moment.

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Two Video Databases on Trial: A Mini DOXA Fest?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Two video databases on trial from Alexander Street Press… just in time for DOXA! Filmakers Library Online is a collection of award-winning documentaries from a broad range of research interests – race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global … Continue reading →

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New Resource: Native American Archives

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

“[The] Native American Archives collection provides more than 1.8 million pages of original historical documents pertaining to Native American history and life from the 18th through the 20th century. The collection is made possible in collaboration with the National Archives … Continue reading →

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Two New eResources for Music and Urban Landscape Lovers

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lorne Madgett

Two recent resources have been added to the Library’s list of Indexes & Databases: Music Online is a portal which provides access to all of UBC library’s Alexander Street Press music databases: Classical Music Library, Classical Reference Library, Classical Scores … Continue reading →

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ProQuest Acquires CIS & UPA from LexisNexis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Kat

Several months ago, ProQuest acquired the acclaimed Congressional Information Service (CIS®) and University Publications of America (UPA) product lines from LexisNexis.  You can read more about this in the press release. UBC Library subscribes  to two collections involved in the … Continue reading →

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