Posted on: October 26, 2012
What would you think of a public institution that actively supports an industry that’s bleeding it of money? Universities and journal publishers are locked in just that type of relationship, an open-access forum concluded. The recent rise of open-access journals could challenge the power of the commercial academic-journal publishers, such as Elsevier, Sage and Springer…
Read morePosted on: September 29, 2012
Canadian Newsstand, CBCA, Sociological Abstracts and other ProQuest databases are back in operation following a weekend disruption. The databases had been unavailable during the weekend until Sunday 30 Sept. at 7 a.m. while ProQuest performed scheduled system maintenance. The Library regrets this inconvenience and thanks you for your patience.
Read morePosted on: September 24, 2012
Students and faculty can once again place requests for interlibrary loans. The system was out of commission for several days, during which the “request” function was not working. TRU librarians worked with partner agencies to resolve issues and conduct maintenance. The Library thanks users for their patience during this time. The interlibrary loan (ILL) system…
Read morePosted on: September 17, 2012
The TRU Library’s interlibrary loan (ILL) system will be performing temporary scheduled maintenance on the evening of Monday, September 17 and the morning of Tuesday, September 18. ILL requesting will not be available during this period.
Read morePosted on: September 13, 2012
Please be advised that ARTstor will be performing temporary scheduled maintenance on Saturday, September 15 between 7 pm and 11 pm Pacific Time. Access to the ARTstor Digital Library will be temporarily suspended during this time.
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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,…
Read morePosted on: August 31, 2012
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,…
Read morePosted on: August 31, 2012
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…
Read morePosted on: August 31, 2012
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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