Can’t find the movie you want on Netflix? Try Criterion on Demand!

UFV students, faculty, and staff now have access to the Criterion on Demand database, which is a streaming video collection of more than 1500 feature films including classics, new releases, literary adaptations, documentaries and more. It also provides access to more than 1100 French titles and approximately 135 foreign language films with English subtitles. 

Users can also access a collection of short film clips from popular movies, and character themed guides that contain group activities, related quotes, and reflective questions. 

 

 

You may search the films by Genre in Criterion on Demand, or search the titles in our Library Catalogue.

Please note that these films are for personal, non-commercial and educational or research viewing only and cannot be shown at public events or student film nights.

 

 

Posted by MT

Select and Collect Service

Remember books? We are happy to announce our Select and Collect service.

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For complete details on Select and Collect, visit our libguide: https://libguides.ufv.ca/selectandcollect

What: A curbside-like service to borrow items from the Abbotsford and Chilliwack Libraries.

When: Abbotsford:  Monday-Thursday, 12 PM to 4PM.  Chilliwack: Monday-Thursday, 1 PM to 4 PM. (Please wait until you receive an email from us confirming that your items are ready.) 

Where: Abbotsford and Chilliwack campus libraries. Park your car (for free) and come to the library entrance. Please follow signage and floor markings.

Who: This is available to current UFV students, faculty, and staff and to UFV alumni.

How long: Regular loan periods will apply.

How: Use the UFV Library catalogue to search for items and use the Place Hold button to place a request. https://library.ufv.ca/books-dvds/. You will need to use your student number and library PIN number to place a hold.

You will receive an email when your items are ready.

If you do not see a Hold button, that means that the item type is not available via this service.  

Items from the following collections can be requested:

Stacks collection  (STACKS)

English Language Learning collection  (ELL)

Curriculum collection (CURRIC).  The loan period will be 7 days.

Just Received and In-Process Items 

The following collections are not included in the Select and Collect Service:

DVDs - UFV faculty can request them via an email to circabb@ufv.ca and arrange for pickup.

COURSE RESERVES - print course reserve readings are not being made available at this time.

PERIODICALS - We will scan and email you single articles from our print collection of journals and magazines. Use the form located here.

REFERENCE - We will scan and email you single articles from our print collection of reference books. Use the form located here.

Note: For the safety of our users and library employees, our libraries are currently closed. Please remember that in addition to the Select and Collect service, the library has many online resources. These include e-books, articles (journal, magazine, newspaper), and streaming video.

Updated Jan. 4, 2021 pw

 

New - Digital Theater +

Did you know we subscribe toDigital Theatre+, a performing arts education platform with live performances of theatre, ballet, opera and classical music, interviews, study guides, concise introductions to theatre topics and much more?

WHAT CAN YOU FIND IN DIGITAL THEATRE+?

80+ Study Guides accompanying curricula mapped plays, written by leading academics to help students get to grip with dramatic texts.

330+ HD recordings of hundreds of live captured performances across theatre, ballet, opera and classical music.

220+ Interviews with actors, directors, and backstage crew providing an often unseen insight into the workings of a theatre and what it takes to stage a play.

Relationship maps, plot summaries, theme and context analysis, glossaries and much, much more.

Posted by Patti Wilson

Academic Video Online trial

August 5, 2020

Our trial for Academic Video Online has now ended.

Looking for more streaming video content? We have trial access to Proquest's Academic Video Online from now until July 27th. 

 

Academic Video Online includes a variety of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations. It  delivers almost 62,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, criminology, film, health, history, literature, and more.

Specialized collections include:

American History in Video

Art and Architecture in Video
BBC Landmark Collection

Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video

Counseling and Therapy in Video

Environmental Studies in Video
PBS Video Collection

Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video

Theatre in Video
World History in Video

plus more.

Please try it out and let us know what you think!

For tips on using AVON, check out Proquest's LibGuide.

Posted by Patti Wilson

Book drops are open

Despite the UFV libraries being closed for the foreseeable future, our book drops remain open at both campuses. As we are quarantining books and do not have library staff regularly on campus, there will be a delay in processing your books. So, do not worry if you have returned books and they still show on your account!

o   Chilliwack book drop: Outside south entrance of A Building 
o   Abbotsford book drop: Outside north entrance of G Building

posted by Brenda

RESOLVED - EBSCO Databases Down

Update, 4:08 pm.
The situation below has been resolved.

There is a service outage with our EBSCO vendor. This is affecting all our EBSCO research databases, our FIND IT Discovery Service, our Books & DVD's catalogue and the Journals List.

The vendor is aware of the problem and is working on it.

In the meantime, databases from vendors such as Gale and Proquest are still working. You can also search our Classic catalogue for our books and DVD titles.

Posted by Patti Wilson, 11:23 am.