News @ UNB Libraries

UNB Libraries and the Department of English invite students, staff and faculty to their International Film History Series that is being held on Thursday evenings during the Winter term.

Screenings take place in the Milham Room (Room 100) in the Harriet Irving Library Learning Commons. Showtime is 6:00 PM. Admission is free.

The schedule for the term is as follows:

Frederico Fellini
January 15 – La Dolce Vita
January 22 – 8 1/2
January 29 – Satyricon* (* this screening will be in Tilley Hall 205)

Abbas Kiarostami
February 5 – 10 on Ten
February 12 – Through the Olive Trees
February 19 – Wind Will Carry Us
February 26 – Ten

Wong Kar-Wai
March 12 – Ashes of Time Redux
March 19 – My Blueberry Nights
March 26 – In the Mood for Love
April 2 – 2046

Want to know how Wikipedia holds up in the academic world?

Sign up for Wikipedia Showdown on February 19 and find out who’s left standing as our librarians pit Wikipedia against the online reference resources available from UNB Libraries.

For details and to register, go to the Cool Tools website at:
//www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html

You’re invited to a session that will give you insights about how Google thinks, uses fuzzy logic and its various tools and shortcuts.  You’ll also discover how to eliminate useless hits from your Google searches plus ways of keeping track of what you find.

Sign up for a Googleosophy session on either Feb. 16 or Feb. 17 at:
//www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html

Ever wonder what law-related resources are available for UNB and STU students?  Sign up now for an introductory session on February 12 at 2:30pm.

For details and to register, go to the Cool Tools website at:
//www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html

Sign up now for a “Finding Journal Articles” session and get hands-on assistance to help you find your way through the maze of research databases and journals available at UNB Libraries.

Register for sessions on either Feb. 9 or Feb. 10 at: //www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html

You’re invited to a hands-on session that covers all the basics for searching the new web interface to SciFinder.

SciFinder’s cool new interface searches Chemical Abstracts plus other key chemistry databases. Faculty and students can also create personal accounts that will enable searching from any web-connected PC on or off-campus.

Sign up and discover tips and tricks for using SciFinder on either Feb. 2 or Feb. 3 at:
//www.lib.unb.ca/instruction/CoolTools.html