News @ UNB Libraries

Fun with GIS Software: Mapping Your Research

Date: 31 January 2015, 10am – 4pm

Location: Harriet Irving Library, Rm. 112 (Learning Lab)

Instructor: Siobhan Hanratty (hanratty@unb.ca)

Have you ever wanted to map your data, but weren’t sure where to start? If so this workshop is for you. UNB Libraries Data/GIS Librarian, Siobhan Hanratty, will introduce you to some basic concepts which will help you on your way. During this workshop you will explore sources of geospatial data and decide which is best suited to your needs; download and clip/extract/select your geography; join your own numeric data to the geospatial data; and visualize your newly joined datasets according to your needs.

During this workshop you will be provided with data; however, time and circumstances permitting, you may have an opportunity to work with your own data, so feel free to bring it along.

Space is limited, and regsitration is required. The workshop is free of charge to students, faculty and staff of UNB, and is intended for the absolute beginner. No experience with GIS software necessary!

To register, please contact hanratty@unb.ca.

Access more than 7,000 films through our new streaming video resource, KANOPY!

Search the film collections to find material related to your research interests, teaching material that could be used in the classroom and/or linked within Desire2Learn or Moodle, or material for personal interest.

Distributors

Kanopy provides access to thousands of films from a wide range of distributors, including Criterion Collection/Janus Films, First Run Features, Green Planet Films, BBCActive, HBO, PBS, Cliofilm, and many others. Check out the full list of suppliers.

Database Features

• More than 7,000 streaming videos
• Films cover a wide range of subject areas
• Flexible searching options–by keyword, title, exact phrase
• Refine searches with the Boolean operator AND
• Filter searches by category, producer, year of production, etc.
• Intuitive search interface suggests related videos with pop-up synopses of films
• Create a personal account to post reviews of film, manage playlists, and link to other accounts
• Embed films or clips in Desire2Learn or Moodle
• Instruction Manual to access the Playlist and Clip Creation Tool
• Playlists can be shared, edited, or deleted
• Unlimited simultaneous users

Subject Areas

• The Arts
• Business/Training
• Health
• Media/Communication
• Sciences
• Humanities
• Education (K-12)
• Charleston Virtual Film Festival

Sample Academic Disciplines & Topics

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Film Studies
• Geography
• History (Ancient, Modern, Military)
• Literature (Writers & Writing)
• Music
• Visual Art
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Religion
• Philosophy
• Human Rights
• International, Social & Political Affairs
• Global Studies
• European/Baltic Studies
• Gender/Race/Class Studies
• Jewish Studies
• African Studies
• Latin American Studies
• North American Studies

Sciences

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Sustainability & Environmental Sciences

Professions

• Business
• Journalism
• Law
• Nursing
• Education (K-12, Teacher Education Development)

If you would like more information about Kanopy, please contact Marc Bragdon, Film Librarian at UNB Fredericton, (506-458-7741). Find additional film streaming databases in UNB Libraries’ Guide to Film Studies.

For additional help with using UNB Libraries’ resources, consult our online Research Help pages or contact the help desk of any library at UNB.

You can also Ask Us for help by email, by Instant Message, or by Text (506.800.9044).

Thursday, January 22, 2015
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Milham Room (Room #100)
Harriet Irving Library
UNB Fredericton Campus

This session includes a brief overview of the UNB Copyright Guidelines and provides an opportunity for Staff and Faculty to ask specific or general questions about distributing content to students in the classroom or online.

Copyright sessions with an emphasis on the needs of course instructors continue to be offered periodically. Additional sessions will be added in response to demand. Please let us know if you or your department or faculty has an interest in having an additional session scheduled.

For further information about copyright issues or sessions, please see Copyright at UNB or contact Josh Dickison (447-3378).

UNB Libraries is pleased to announce the purchase of an online premium subscription to the Financial Times via FT.com!

Find current full-text articles from the Financial Times and the latest international business, finance, economic and political news, analysis, data, and tools, plus RSS feeds.

View a scanned image of today’s Financial Times.

Access is IP-authenticated. Coverage extends from November 28, 2005 until the current date. The database is updated daily (except Sunday).

To ensure access to the premium features of the FT website, faculty/students can sign up for an individual account using a valid UNB/STU email address. Users can also view the Financial Times on mobile devices by downloading the appropriate FT apps.

If you would like more information about the online premium subscription to the Financial Times, please contact Leanne Wells, Business Librarian at UNB Fredericton, (506-447-3075) or Linda Hansen, Business Librarian at UNB Saint John, (506-648-5700); for more resources relevant to studies in Business, please consult UNB Libraries’ Business Subject Guides.

For help with using UNB Libraries’ resources, consult our online Research Help pages or contact the help desk of any library at UNB.

You can also Ask Us for help by email, by Instant Message, or by Text.

How well do you know your library? You can help UNB Libraries improve our communications strategy!

Your Libraries are committed to supporting students, faculty, and staff in their learning, research and teaching. To ensure that the university community is well informed of our resources, services, and events, we are undertaking a full communications evaluation.

We want to continue to build on our strengths. We are always looking for ways to improve and develop. During this process an external firm, MediaStyle, will assess all aspects of our communications. This process will result in strategic information that will allow us to improve our communications.

As a user of the UNB Libraries, we are soliciting your valuable opinion. We hope that you will take the time to provide us with feedback. This information will feed into a series of recommendations for how we can improve our communications even further.

Please follow this link to our survey: //www.surveymonkey.com/s/UNBLibraries

Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions; you can contact our Librarian Intern at Laura.Corscadden@unb.ca. We are hoping to wrap up the survey process by January 9, 2015.

Please enter your email at the end of the survey to be entered into the draw for an iTunes card.  Thank you in advance for your participation!

An online language learning program, Mango teaches practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. Each lesson incorporates interactive tools and rich imagery to keep users engaged.

Learn to speak 63 languages!

For native English speakers, Mango offers interactive instruction to learn 63 languages:

Arabic (Egyptian, Iraqi, Levantine, MSA), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Finnish, French, French (Canadian), German, Greek (Ancient & Koine), Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Malay, Malayalam, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish (Latin America & Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Yiddish.

Learn to speak English!

For those whose first language is not English, Mango offers interactive instruction to learn English in 17 languages:

Arabic (Egyptian & MSA), Armenian, Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Specialty Courses

Mango also offers a number of specialty courses; of particular academic interest are those in religious and scholarly languages, including Greek (Ancient), Greek (Koine), Latin, and Biblical Hebrew.

Highlights

• Bite-sized, integrated learning of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation in an intuitive and contextual way
• Cultural insights to communicate appropriately in different contexts
• Ease-of-use and convenience: available anywhere at any time
• Personalized learning at your own pace
• User account keeps track of your progress

Features

• Animated, interactive learning: Learn through conversations
• Goal-based learning: Chapters align with conversational and grammatical goals
• Relevant learning materials: Learn words and phrases used in everyday conversation
• Cultural insights: Relevant culture notes help you connect with a new way of life
• Grammar insights: Specific grammatical issues are clarified
• Memory-building exercises: tips, tests, and quizzes
• Pronunciation helpers: Phonetic spelling helps your pronunciation
• Voice comparison tool: Record your speech to compare with native speakers to tune your accent!
• Semantic colour mapping: See the relationships between your native language and target language
• Explanation of understood and literal meanings
• Online Mango: Online access from any computer, anywhere, at any time. No CDs, DVDs, downloads, or installations required.
• Mobile Mango: Full apps for iOS and Android mobile devices–over 60 language courses in the palm of your hand!
• Support offered by online FAQs, by telephone (9am-6pm) and by email (support@mangolanguage.com)

If you would like more information about Mango, please watch this instructional video or contact Linda Roulston, Electronic Licensing Librarian at UNB Fredericton, (506-451-6879).

For additional help with using UNB Libraries’ resources, contact the help desk of any library at UNB or consult our online Research Help pages.

You can also Ask Us for help by email, by Instant Message, or by Text (506.800.9044).