Category Archives: General

Changes at UNB Libraries, Summer 2019

Posted on Friday, May 10th, 2019 at 10:23 AM by Monica Fitzpatrick in Announcement, collections, Facilities, Featured, General, Hours and Closures, Physical Spaces.

Several areas of UNB Libraries are undergoing changes this Summer. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience as we work to transform our space.

HARRIET IRVING LIBRARY


The 3rd floor of the HIL will be closed due to construction, starting in May 2019. Collections previously housed on this floor have been relocated:

UNB Archives & Special Collections is closed for re-organization and construction as it increases its storage capacity, allowing for the growth of historical research collections. All reference services are suspended from 1 May to 31 August, 2019. This includes use of the Archives reading room, access to archival holdings, and digital reproduction requests.  Contact: archives@unb.ca, or call 506-453-4748.

SCIENCE & FORESTRY LIBRARY

The Science & Forestry Library in the IUC Complex will operate under limited access to library users this summer between Sunday, April 28th – Monday, September 2rd. Books and other items may be requested for pick-up, but the Library will not be open for general use (i.e. study space, use of computer terminals, etc.) during Summer 2019. We are taking actions to ensure continuity of service to the Science & Forestry Library community.

Access to the Collection:

    • Books, journals and other materials can be requested for pick-up during this period. Requested items, including document delivery, may be picked up at the Harriet Irving Library: Use the  “request item” button within the UNB WorldCat catalogue, Email CIRCHI@unb.ca, or call 506-453-4756.
    • Should you wish to browse materials, please request access to the library by email or phone (see above for contact information) and you will be able to access the shelves and retrieve your items.

Reference Service:

    • For students, staff or faculty who require reference assistance, please use our Ask Us service. Library staff are available by instant message, text, email, phone or in person.

Physical Space:

    • The library will not be available for use during this period, but space is available at the Engineering & Computer Science Library and the Harriet Irving Library (including an air-conditioned first floor).
    • Complete UNB libraries hours

New e-resource: EMBASE biomedical answers

Posted on Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 at 13:05 PM by Monica Fitzpatrick in e-Resources, Featured, General.

Attention Nursing students and Faculty! The database EMBASE, a major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing international journals, is now available at UNB Libraries.

• Over 32 million records, including MEDLINE titles
• Over 8,500 journals from over 95 countries, including MEDLINE titles
• Over 2,900 indexed journals unique to Embase
• Over 1.5 million records added yearly, with an average of over 6,000 each day
• Over 2.4 million conference abstracts indexed from more than 7,000 conferences dating from 2009
• Full-text indexing of drug, disease and medical device data

Early Modern Maritime Recipes Project Launch

Posted on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019 at 11:09 AM by UNB Libraries in Events, General.

Please join UNB Libraries for the launch of the Early Modern Maritime Recipes project on Thursday, April 11, at 3:30 in the Milham Room (Room #100) of the Harriet Irving Library.

Led by Dr. Edith Snook (UNB) and Dr. Lyn Bennett (Dalhousie), and developed in partnership with UNB Libraries, Early Modern Maritime Recipes is a database that collects recipes circulating before 1800 in print and manuscript in the area now defined as Canada’s Maritime provinces. Dr. Snook, Dr. Bennett, and James MacKenzie (UNB Libraries) will introduce the EMMR database and its images, transcriptions, and essays.  This research was undertaken with funding support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, UNB Libraries, and Dalhousie Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

All are welcome and light refreshments will be served

United Nations iLibrary

Posted on Friday, March 29th, 2019 at 14:43 PM by Monica Fitzpatrick in General.

For a comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the United Nations, access the UN iLibrary.

Themes include Agriculture Rural Development and Forestry, Children and Youth, Democracy and Governance, Disarmament, Drugs, Crime and Terrorism, Economic and Social Development, Environment and Climate Change, Human Rights and Refugees, Human Settlements and Urban Issues, International Law and Justice, International Trade and Finance, Migration, Natural Resources, Water and Energy, Peacekeeping and Security, Population and Demography, Public Health, Transportation and Public Safety, United Nations, and Women and Gender Issues.

OECD iLibrary

Posted on Friday, March 29th, 2019 at 14:32 PM by Monica Fitzpatrick in General.

(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

UNB Libraries is now providing access to OECD iLibrary. This online library features its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. OECD Books and Papers covers all OECD’s published (ISBN/ISSN) monographs, journals, statistical annuals and periodicals available online in 17 subject themes. The main texts are accessed as PDFs, whilst related tables are in XLS, PDF or HTML.OECD Statistics provides online access to all OECD’s published data, irrespective of format. It includes the dynamic interactive databases, as well as the statistical annuals and periodicals in PDF format, and their related tables in XLS, PDF and HTML.