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Reference Universe is a unique database that provides searchable access to UNB Libraries’ collection of reference materials, both online and on the shelf.
Reference Universe searches through the tables of contents and the indexes from over 20,000 dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, and other reference materials, and connects you to relevant articles through:

• Links to Quest (the library catalogue)
• Links to full-text online reference entries

Search Reference Universe:

By default, only materials available at UNB Libraries are included in your search results. To search beyond UNB Libraries, be sure to select “Non-Local Holdings Only.” Your search results will include both online and print materials.

Online…

You can easily identify online materials by noting the “e-source” symbol. In the example above, click on “Link to 1 Article Title,” then click on the “e-link” for the article you wish to view.

On the shelf…

Click on the title to connect to UNB Libraries’ Quest catalogue in order to find out exactly where the book is located.

Reference Universe also returns a list of article titles and/or index entries related to your search. Click “View Article Title” or “View Index Entries.”

Check out more Reference Materials in UNB Libraries’ collection!

For more help, visit or call the HIL Research Help Desk (453-3546), email, or Ask Us.

CREDO Reference gives you content from hundreds of reference books covering every major subject. There are over 3 million entries, 200,000+ images (art, diagrams, maps and photos), and over 100,000 audio pronunciation files and sound clips. The content is enriched by a network of cross-reference links that cut across topics and titles to give you accurate, contextual results.

Find rich content for a variety of academic disciplines:

• Art and Music
• Business
• Geography
• History
• Law
• Literature and Language
• Medicine
• Religion
• Science

Four Ways to Search CREDO Reference:

Keyword Search

Use a Keyword Search on the entire Credo Collection.

Find a Book

Browse through UNB Libraries’ Credo title list with the Find a Book option.

Advanced Search

Narrow your focus with the Advanced Search.

Concept Map

Visualize your topic with the Concept Map.

Need more help? Consult the more comprehensive User Guide to Credo Reference.

Check out more Reference Materials in UNB Libraries’ collection!

For more help, visit or call the HIL Research Help Desk (453-3546), email, or Ask Us.

Blackwell Reference Online is a collection of over 360 e-books in the humanities and social sciences. Full-text, searchable titles include:

• Blackwell’s Handbook and Companion series, which offer essay-length critical overviews of key topics in classics, history, literature, psychology, sociology and other subject areas.
• Major multi-volume reference works, including the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Encyclopedia of Sociology, and others.
• A selection of dictionaries and concise companions, for definitions and quick facts.

Blackwell Reference Online offers three easy ways to find materials on your topic:

Search

Your results will list all matching entries ordered by relevance. Click on the title to view. Citation information is included at the end of each entry.

Browse

To find an e-book title of interest to you, browse major subject areas.

Explore

Discover titles and essays by selecting a subject, place, period, or person.

Check out more Reference Materials in UNB Libraries’ collection!

For more help, visit or call the HIL Research Help Desk (453-3546), email, or Ask Us.

Oxford Reference Online brings language and subject reference works into a cross-searchable resource. The Premium Collection offers a huge range of fully-indexed, extensively linked, up-to-date, and cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions series.

Oxford Reference Online offers multiple ways to search for relevant material:

Phrase Searching

You can search for an exact phrase by enclosing it in double quotation marks (e.g. “bury my heart”).

Multiple Term Searching

If you enter more than one search term, the search engine will look first for all of your search terms in entry headings and other key elements of an entry (e.g. variant forms or section headings). If no matches are found there, the search engine will look for your search terms in the full text of the entries.

Wildcards

Use wildcards to widen the scope of your search. Wildcards are special characters that match any character or sequence of characters. For instance, an asterisk () stands for zero or more characters (it can represent single numbers or letters, several characters, even whole words). Thus, a search for car* might find carnal, cardamom, Caribbean, carminative, while *car might find Madagascar, verificar, buffet car, and Wilde, Oscar.If you search for car* at a global level—across all subjects and books—in the Oxford Reference Online database, you may get more results than expected. In this case, restrict your search to a particular subject or book, or try an Advanced Search instead.

Check out more Reference Materials in UNB Libraries’ collection!

For more help, visit or call the HIL Research Help Desk (453-3546), email, or Ask Us.

All books in our continuing used book sale have been reduced to just $1 each. There is a wide variety of subject matter.

The book sale area is located in the basement of the Harriet Irving Library, directly opposite the bathrooms.

The sale has been extended until January 8, 2012. Please pay for the books at the Commons Service Desk.

At the start of the new year, all St. Thomas University faculty and staff members are invited to attend the 2012 Library Showcase of resources and services, this year co-sponsored for the first time by UNB Libraries and the St. Thomas University Research Office.  Tailored specifically to STU, Library staff from the Harriet Irving Library will focus on resources and services most relevant to research and teaching in the social sciences, humanities, and professions.

Our half-day schedule includes short sessions on such topics as the evolving UNB WorldCat catalogue, using data and geospatial information, the Library on your mobile device, subject guides and Moodle, and various specific liberal arts, legal, and book review resources.  Of course, there will be door prizes, and morning refreshments and lunch are on us.  For more information, please contact:

Barry Cull at HIL  (bcull@unb.ca; 458-7057) or Danielle Connell (dconnell@stu.ca; 452-0647) at the Research Office.

Date: Thursday, January 5, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Place: Milham Room (Rm. 100), Harriet Irving Library

Registration: Email: dconnell@stu.ca