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IM Help @ HIL

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Need online research help? Add HIL’s Research Help Desk to your IM contacts for easy access to Help Desk expertise:

AIM: hilreference
Google Talk: hilreference@gmail.com
MSN: hilref@hotmail.com
Yahoo: hilref@ymail.com

Or use HIL’s new IM widget on their web page:

//www.lib.unb.ca/reference/LIVE_IM.html

SciFinder Scholar Sessions – Oct. 27 & 28

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The Science & Forestry Library is offering a session about SciFinder Scholar (the search software used to access Chemical Abstracts) on Monday, October 27 from 1:30 – 3:30pm in Geology 106.

This hands-on session will cover the basics of searching Chemical Abstracts, the CAS Registry and CAS reacts databases. The session will also provide an introduction to structure searching.  

There will be a repeat of the session on Tuesday, October 28 from 9:00 – 11:00 am in Geology 106.

As space is limited, pre-registration is required at //training.unb.ca and sessions are identified as Sci-Lib02 or Sci-Lib03.

Should you have questions about these sessions or using SciFinder Scholar, please contact Francesca Holyoke in the Science and Forestry Library at holyoke@unb.ca or 453-4965.

Eileen Wallace Collection Closed For Renovations ~ Oct. 14 – 16

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The Nan Gregg Room on the 4th floor of HIL,  home of the Eileen Wallace Children’s Literature Collection, will be closed from Tuesday October 14th-Thursday October 16th for the installation of new carpet.
Anyone requiring materials from the collection during this time should contact the Curator, Sue Fisher, in the adjacent office.  Sue can also be reached at sfisher@unb.ca, and 452-6044.

Thanksgiving Day Hours

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All library patrons please note the following changes to our hours during the Thanksgiving Day holiday (Monday, October 13):

Engineering Library

     1:00pm – 11:00 pm

Harriet Irving Library

    1:00pm – 11:00 pm

Science & Forestry Library

    8:00am – 11:00 pm

Gerard V. LaForest Law Library

    CLOSED

Ward Chipman Library (UNBSJ)

    1:00pm – 9:00 pm

For full details regarding Fall hours in our libraries, please click here.

Fall Film Series – Thursday Evenings

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UNB Libraries invites students, faculty and staff to our Fall Film Series beginning Thursday, October 2 and running subsequent Thursdays for six weeks (until November 6).

The library offers you a selection of lesser known and challenging films from our film collection.  Viewings will take place on Thursday evenings at 7:30 in the Milham Room (Room 100) at Harriet Irving Library’s Learning Commons. Refreshments are welcome.  Admission is free.

To view the schedule please click here:  fallfilmseries2 

Writing Centre Evening Hours

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UNB Libraries is pleased to announce that UNB’s Writing and Study Skills Centre is offering a drop-in evening service for students in HIL’s Learning Commons beginning Tuesday evening, Sept. 23 until Dec. 4.

The drop-in service will be available on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00-10:00pm in the Research Consultation Office (Room 116) in the Learning Commons.

For further details about UNB’s Writing and Study Skills Centre, please go to their website: //extend.unb.ca/wss/