Posted on: September 6, 2023
TRU Library has recently launched a secure research data repository for TRU faculty, students, and staff through Borealis: https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/tru What is Borealis? Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository, is a bilingual, multi-disciplinary, secure, Canadian research data repository, supported by academic libraries and research institutions across Canada. Borealis supports open discovery, management, sharing, and preservation of Canadian…
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Posted on: August 24, 2023
Starting September 5th, 2023 laptops can be borrowed for the entire semester from the TRU Library. Seventy laptops are available on a first come first served basis with no renewals (i.e. they can only be borrowed for one semester during the academic year). For the Fall 2023 term, laptops must be returned on or before…
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Posted on: August 4, 2023
Two new librarians recently joined TRU Library as Research and Instruction Librarians in two-year limited term positions. Stirling Prentice began as a Research and Instruction Librarian on April 3, 2023 with a contract until March 31, 2025. He has a Master of Library and Information Science (University of Western Ontario, 2009), Master of Arts in…
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Posted on: July 13, 2023
Dr. Benjamin Mitchell is the new Williams Lake Campus Librarian at Thompson Rivers University. Ben joins us as a tenure track bipartite assistant librarian. Ben is a librarian, educator, public historian, and scholar. They have a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from York University (2016); a Master of Arts in the History and Philosophy…
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Posted on: April 3, 2023
Recently the TRU Library added the Proquest Dissertation and Theses Global database to its collection of online electronic resources. The search interface provides keyword, subject, title, and author searching of 5 million North American dissertations and theses. Over 250,000 new records are added to the database each year. Dissertations and theses from depositing universities are…
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Posted on: March 31, 2023
Recently the TRU Library added the Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities journal packages to its collection of online electronic resources. This collection of nearly 1500 journal titles enhances full-text journal access to a range of disciplines including: • Arts & Humanities• Business, Management & Economics• Criminology & Law• Education• Geography, Planning, Urban &…
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Posted on: March 14, 2023
The TRU Library is excited to be hosting the 18th annual TRU Undergraduate Research & Innovation Conference March 20-24, 2023. The conference is an opportunity for TRU undergraduate students from any year of study to share their work from any program on campus. This year students are sharing work from Biology, Chemistry, Computing Science, Engineering,…
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Posted on: February 1, 2023
TRU Undergraduate Students: Share Your Research! The TRU Library is once again pleased to be a partner in hosting the 18th annual TRU Undergraduate Research and Innovation Conference which will take place March 20-24, 2023. The conference is an opportunity for TRU undergraduate students from any year of study to share their work from any…
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Posted on: November 24, 2022
Recently the TRU Library acquired O’Reilly for Higher Education (OHE). You can access this extensive database of resources by going to the Library’s A-Z Database listing and browsing to the letter O. For more information about searching and using the database, contact the TRU Library.
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Posted on: November 10, 2022
Library Services will be closed November 10th, 2022, from 5:00pm – 9:00pm due to a planned network outage across campus. Library Services will be closed November 11th, 2022, for Remembrance Day. Student Study Spaces on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th floors remain open from 7:30am – 12:00pm. Regular Library Service Hours resume Saturday, November 12,…
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