Posted on: August 31, 2012
The TRU Library is unveiling Summon, its new search interface. To celebrate the launch of this powerful cross-disciplinary search tool, the librarians are hosting an Open House and hope you will join them. Come and take a look at how Summon can be incorporated into both faculty and student research. Try Summon out for yourself,…
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Drop by any Library branch September 4-7 and enter to win an Art of Research prize pack! What’s in an Art of Research prize pack? The board game Pictionary for when your study group needs to unwind; sidewalk chalk for creative expression; a Crayola Dry Erase Board set; and an Etch a Sketch (perhaps for…
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The TRU Library has changed its database offerings to reflect both utilization patterns and content availability. The Library continuously evaluates resources to ensure that funds and resources are allocated as effectively as possible. A recent analysis of usage statistics revealed extremely low use of the following EBSCOhost databases: Art Index, Applied Science & Technological Index,…
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TRU Library has launched a new search interface that will transform how research is conducted on and off campus. The Summon search interface is the “default” search box on the Library’s homepage. But the catalogue and article databases are just a click away, via “tabs”. The Library has introduced Summon, a combined search interface that…
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The Library has canceled its subscription to the multidisciplinary PAIS International database. Most of the information accessed via PAIS can be found elsewhere using the following Library databases: JSTOR, Sociological Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index and Academic Search Complete. The decision to discontinue PAIS (Public Affairs Information Services) was based on an analysis of data…
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