Posted on: July 28, 2025
More Time, More Space: Brown Family House of Learning Library Prepare to dive deeper into your studies! All four floors of the Brown Family House of Learning Library will now be open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Sunday! That’s significantly more time for you to utilize our popular third-floor study pods, carrels, and…
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Posted on: August 25, 2025
Many OA journals require authors to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover publishing costs that are typically funded through subscriptions. Learn more about grant opportunities and discounts available!
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Posted on: August 19, 2025
TRUSpace is Thompson Rivers University’s institutional repository, offering open access to faculty research, student theses, Indigenous language resources, and more. With thousands of items across 23 collections, it’s a rich resource for learning, teaching, and discovery. Ready to share your work or explore TRU’s scholarly and creative output? Start with TRUSpace.
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Posted on: August 12, 2025
TRU Library offers Borealis—a secure platform to store, share, and preserve your research data. Available to TRU faculty, students, and staff.
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Posted on: April 23, 2025
What is Covidence? The newest addition to the library’s suite of online tools and databases supporting TRU research is Covidence. Covidence was established in 2014 by Veritas Health Innovation Ltd., an Australian company. It is a not-for-profit web-based software and workflow platform (SaaS) that simplifies aggregating research articles gathered from multiple sources and creating systematic…
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Posted on: April 7, 2025
Welcome to the future of seamless library access at Thompson Rivers University! If you’ve ever found yourself juggling multiple passwords just to access journal articles or e-books, the library’s new single sign-on service, OpenAthens, is here to change the game. Why OpenAthens? OpenAthens offers a simpler, smarter way to connect to library-licensed resources. Whether you’re…
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Posted on: March 10, 2025
Canadian Newsstream, available through the Database A-Z list and integrated into the library’s Discovery Search, is an essential resource for anyone researching Canadian topics. With its extensive collection of newspapers, diverse content sources, and powerful search features, it provides full-text access to current and historical news content. Whether you are a student or faculty member,…
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Posted on: March 3, 2025
We are excited to announce the addition of Emerald Journals Limited to our library’s database offerings! Emerald Publishing Limited is a renowned scholarly publisher specializing in academic journals and books across various disciplines, including social sciences, management, business, education, health, science, engineering, and technology. With Emerald, you can access high-quality journal articles on a wide…
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Posted on: February 28, 2025
We are pleased to announce that TRU Library will soon offer access to Covidence, a tool designed to streamline and enhance conducting systematic reviews. Covidence is renowned for its user-friendly interface and powerful features that significantly reduce the time and effort required to manage systematic reviews While we are eagerly anticipating the launch of Covidence,…
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Posted on: February 24, 2025
Until earlier this year, keeping books out of the landfill was tricky. They were not accepted as part of the Recycle BC program and not all books were accepted by second-hand stores or used bookstores. When the City of Kamloops secured Planet Earth Recycling as a provider of book recycling services for Kamloops residents, the…
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