Chronicle of Higher Education site license

We now have a campus wide site license for The Chronicle of Higher Education. The proxied link to the journal is located on the UFV Journals List.

Among the web site highlights are:

• the web site which is updated throughout the day with the latest news in academe
  
• text from the current print edition, posted every Monday morning;
  
• access to all premium, subscriber-only content;
  
• a searchable archive of previously published content;
  
• commentary and essays from the weekly magazine, The Chronicle Review;
  
• all the data from the annual Almanac and other special, single-topic reports are in easy-to-search databases; and
  
• expanded news coverage of higher-education events and people from around the world.

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Problems reported with Google Chrome

We are receiving some phone calls from students experiencing problems using the Google Chrome browser. These problems include inability to view full text articles and problems with RefWorks. If you are having similar problems, try using the latest versions of Firefox or Internet Explorer.

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Social Sciences journal backfile added to ScienceDirect

Backfiles has been added for over 150 social sciences journals in ScienceDirect. This provides a greater depth of coverage for important scholarly journals in many subject areas, including geography, social work, education, criminology, psychology and communications.
List of Titles.

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Philosopher's Index now on Ebscohost platform

Philosopher's Index is now available on the Ebscohost platform.

The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an anthology, and book reviews.
The Philosopher's Index monitors over 680 journals from more than 540 countries and is updated quarterly.

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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text

We have just upgraded to the new full text version of Criminal Justice Abstracts.
From the publisher's website:
"This resource includes bibliographic records and full text covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology. The increasing globalization of criminology is reflected in Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text’s coverage of hundreds of journals from around the world.

Covering All Areas of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text contains more than 300,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline.

Full-Text Resources Offered
This resource includes full text for more than 200 magazines and journals as well full text books & monographs."

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New issue of Library Connections published!

Check out the June issue of Library Connections, the library's newsletter.

Inside this issue:

• Staff profile: UFV's iron librarian: Brenda Philip
• Abbotsford campus library's "face-lift" news.
• Library, Libiry, Librsey … It’s All Good
• Spotlight on the Curriculum Lab
• Summer Reading: staff picks
• 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders

We welcome your feedback and ideas for future articles.

Canada Post Strike and the Library

As you may have heard, the Canada Post strike has eveolved from a rolling strike to a full-fledged lockout. Several library services have been affected by the strike, chief among them interlibrary loans and services to students at a distance.

The library has a backup plan in place to get materials from other libraries and to deliver materials to students at a distance.

So, please, continue to place your requests, and we'll continue to do our best to get the materials for you and to you.