Pre-July 2008

UNB Libraries is testing a new discovery tool (called SingleSearch) in our library Subject Guides during the 2006/2007 academic year.

This summer UNB Libraries approved a new Cell Phone policy that comes into effect on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006.

We ask all patrons to please take a few minutes to review the new policy at:

//www.lib.unb.ca/about/policies/cellphones.html

Thank you for your cooperation.

We are pleased to announce that the front entrance to Harriet Irving Library (HIL) is now open.

Another big and very visible change outside our front doors is the brand new access ramp. Special thanks to UNB

The entire staff of UNB Libraries would like to extend a warm welcome to our new and returning students.

We have made some changes to our libraries over the summer. We have also added some new resources to assist with your research and study.

Drop by to see us and get the scoop on the latest resources and services for a successful academic year.

You are invited to take part in the upcoming CaSTA conference 2006 to be held at UNB from October 11-15, 2006.

The conference will bring together Computer Science and Humanities Computing researchers to share their work on the central issues driving current scholarly research on the linguistic, visual, and aural manifestations of text.

UNB Libraries is pleased to announce that full-text electronic access is now available to The Globe and Mail newspaper. Database coverage extends from 1999 -current.

In an effort to improve patron accessibility to our electronic newspaper content, UNB Libraries has also added a new e-Newspapers page.

UNB Libraries is pleased to announce that we have acquired two new Canadian full-text e-Book Collections from ebrary. They are:

Over the summer, UNB Libraries upgraded our subscription from EBSCO’s Academic Search Elite database to their Academic Search Premier product. This switch will double the number of full-text titles available to our campus communities.

Patrons should note that content for Academic Search Premier will now include:

All UNB and STU faculty are invited to attend the annual UNB Libraries’ Faculty Institute on August 23 from 9 am to 1 pm in the McPhedran Room (Room 102) of MacLaggan Hall, 33 Dineen Drive.

Archives & Special Collections (5th floor) in the Harriet Irving Library wish to advise patrons that their service hours will change to:

Tuesday, August 8 – Friday, September 1, 2006 NOON – 4:00 PM

Regular hours from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. will resume on Tuesday, September 5, 2006.