Welcome to UBC

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Welcome to UBC
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UBC Library

• One of the largest academic libraries in Canada
• Branches and divisions of UBC Library at
  locations on campus and off

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Campus Libraries
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Each focusses on a subject or discipline

• Woodward - medicine, nursing, dentistry,
  biology, botany, etc.
• Koerner - humanities and social sciences
• MacMillan - forestry and agriculture

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One card for all libraries UBCcard
Get your UBCcard at the Bookstore.
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Especially for Grad Students

• Hundreds of databases
• Thousands of journals in online and in print
• Interlibrary loan (free!) of materials UBC
  Library doesnt have
• Training sessions
• Subject specialist librarians

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Hundreds of Databases, including

• Medline, Biosis, CINAHL
• Web of Science (complete file)
• PsycInfo, MLA Bibliography, LLBA
• INSPEC, Compendex, Chemical Abstracts
• CAB Abstracts, Agricola

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To see a list,
See the whole list.
www.library.ubc.ca
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Thousands of journals in full text online (and in
print!)
www.library.ubc.ca
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Interlibrary loan
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Training sessions for Grad Students

• Current Awareness Tools
• Research in Sciences
• Research in Humanities/Social Sciences
• Weblogs
• Endnote
• Literature Reviews

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Register online
From the library homepage at www.library.ubc.ca,
choose Instruction.
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Subject Specialist Librarians
Librarians at UBC specialize in research and
resources for a particular subject area.
Theres a librarian to help you with searching
for information for your literature review/
thesis/ project.
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Find your librarian . . .
On the homepage, at www.library.ub.ca, choose
then Subject Librarians