New Films on Demand Apps for Apple and Android

Our Films on Demand streaming video content can now be accessed using  new apps for Apple and Android mobile devices. Films on Demand  delivers thousands of educational videos in all subject areas. UFV subscribes to the Master Academic Collection and Trade and Technical Education Collection.  FOD has just added a new Entertainment collection of over 600 films to our Master Academic collection. It is a great place to watch movie versions of classic literature you may be studying, as well as other entertaining films.

Before downloading the app, you'll need to create your own account.
Connect to Films on Demand Master Academic Collection.
Click on Your Profile and then on New User? Sign Up.

You will need your username and password to connect the app to our UFV subscription for FOD.

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Posted April 8, 2020 by Patti Wilson

Library Services Updates

March 10, 2022

The UFV Library is open to all users

• UFV Library hours 

Mask Policy

• As of March 11, wearing a mask will become a personal choice in all indoor public spaces on all UFV campuses. More information for students is available in the Return to Campus Summary - Students document.

Food and Drink Policy 

• Covered drinks are allowed. No food of any kind is permitted.

 Security Warnings

• Please watch your valuables while visiting the library. Thefts do occur.
• Log off from a public computer, even if leaving it for only a few minutes. Incidents of unauthorized use under another student's account have occurred recently.

Borrowing and Returning Items

• You can sign out materials, pay fines, and return books at the service counter. More details are available here.
• If the book or DVD you want is checked out, you can place a hold on it.
• You may return items inside the library during opening hours or use our exterior book drops. 
• Chilliwack: Outside south entrance of A building
• Abbotsford: Outside north entrance of G building
• Fine payments may be made in person or by credit card over the phone. 
• If you have long-overdue items from the UFV Library, please return them or contact the library. Students’ ability to register for classes, get a transcript, or to graduate could be impacted if you have overdue items. 

Library Cards

• Your Campus card is your library card. You can get your card from the Campus Card office.
  

Off Campus Access to Library Resources

• Many of our best library resources are available online. Check here for details.

Computer Access and Study Spaces

• Study spaces and computers are now open for drop-in use in the UFV Libraries.
  
  

Chilliwack Computer lab A1202 hours (as of Sept. 13th, 2021)
Monday to Thursday	8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday	8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday	8:00 am – 5:00 pm

 

• You can access computer lab software remotely, from off campus.
• More details on building openings and hours
• More details on Computer Lab hours at UFV

Where Can I Do My Online Course?

• UFV has set aside space for students to participate in an on-line class while they are on the Abbotsford and Chilliwack campuses.
• Students should be aware that the UFV provided computers are not equipped with cameras, so plan to bring your phone if you need to be seen or communicate other than through the Chat option. Headphones will normally be required, and you are asked to be respectful of those around you when speaking to your on-line classmates.
• Abbotsford 
• D 221 (computer equipped room) 8:30 am – 9:00 pm  Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays; 8:30 am to 2 pm Tuesdays; 8:30 am  - 11:00 am Wednesdays
• K 153 (classroom, supply your own device) 8:30 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Friday
•  Chilliwack 
• A 1202 (computer equipped room) 8:30 am to 8:30 pm, Monday to Thursday.  8:30 am to 4:30 pm Fridays

Group Work

• Do you need to get together with a group? Students now have access to a Zoom account through UFV.  "Zoom is a secure video conferencing platform that allows participants to collaborate, share screens, and conduct group activities from nearly any device."
• You can also book a group study room in the library

Reference Services

• You can ask questions and get help using the services listed below.
• Visit our service desk in person on either campus.
• AskAway online chat reference service.  
  
• Email reference services:  Email your library research questions to a UFV librarian. We will get back to you within 24 hours.
• Request an appointment:  you can request an online appointment with a reference librarian to get help with your research.  Please give us 3 days lead time.

Interlibrary Loans

• Interlibrary Loans services for journal articles and print books are fully operational. 

Course Reserves

• Course Reserves are available in the UFV Libraries
• If you require the course textbook, please contact the UFV bookstore. 

Faculty Support

• Library staff can help digitize course readings or media resources to put into Blackboard courses. Our intake forms are available here.
• Faculty may contact their  liaison librarian for assistance locating resources and creating virtual reading lists for online courses.
  
• Consult our Open Educational Resources LibGuide for help locating OER resources.
• The UFV Bookstore supports faculty and students with course textbooks. Please see their website for details on accessing print and electronic textbooks.

Online Library Assignments and Tutorials

• We have a number of online tutorials, videos and LibGuides. 
• Looking for help creating a bibliography? We have a new LibGuide on Using EndNote.
• For more help, consult our UFV Student Library Orientation LibGuide.

Updated: March 10, 2022

Enjoy the library at home with our digital collections

Updated September 14, 2021

As many of UFV's courses are either fully or partially online, we'd like to remind students and faculty of the digital resources you can access from off campus.

How to connect to our resources from home:

1. Click on the link to the resource you want.
2. If you are off campus, you will be taken to a login page. Enter your UFV credentials and click submit

• Students: student number and myUFV password
• Employees: employee login and network password.

EBooks
We now have hundreds of thousands of ebooks available from a wide variety of academic publishers. All the titles are listed in our Books & DVD's catalogue.
You can limit your search results to ebooks by using the Resource Type limiter of "ebook" in the left hand column.

Online Journals, Magazines, Newspapers
Locate online articles using our Articles & Databases resources.  You can do a broad, multidisciplinary search using our Find Articles box, or choose a subject specific research database.

 If you don't initially see a link to the full text, be sure to check the "Full Text Finder" link as well.

Flipster

Read popular magazines cover to cover with our new Flipster platform. Titles include BC Business, Discover, New Yorker, American Scientist, ArtNews, Canadian Geographic, Point of View, Aesthetica, Motor Trend, Communication Arts, Room, New York Review of Books, and National Geographic.

Streaming Video
Our streaming video titles are listed in the Books & DVD's catalogue. You may also wish to browse the major collections we have from:
Films on Demand  - Educational films in all subject areas. There are new mobile apps for FOD.
National Film Board Campus - Documentaries, animated films, educational films from the NFB

Can-Core Academic Video - Canadian videos on a wide variety of topics, including Indigenous issues, health, mental health, the environment and much more.
Curio (CBC) - Canadian news and documentary content from the CBC

Criterion on Demand - Classic and modern feature films

Digital Theatre + - Live theatre performances

Docuseek - High quality documentaries, with an emphasis on social issues, the environment and social justice.

Sage Video - Nursing, Social Work, and Research Methods content

For more see our Full list of our streaming video databases.
Looking for Open Access video content?  Here are some suggestions.

Reference Books
To find authoritative overviews and background information on topics, consult our major reference collections, including:
Sage Knowledge
AccessScience
Oxford Reference Online

Remote Reference Services
You can ask for help using our email or chat reference services.  

Updated September 14, 2021 PW

Family Day Closure

Both libraries will be closed on Monday, February 17th for Family Day. AskAway, our virtual reference service, will also be closed. However, all our online library resources will be available for your use on Monday.

See our full schedule here.

Posted by Brenda

Find Open Access Articles for free

If you are looking for open access journal articles, try out these simple and effective tools.

Unpaywall

Download the free browser extension for Firefox or Chrome.  When you search for articles in databases or in Google Scholar, click on the article title. When an Open Access version of an article is available from a publisher, repository or other legitimate source, a green padlock icon appears on the right side.

 Open Access Button

The Open Access Button is a free tool that allows you to find free, legal articles with just a click. You can search by article title, URL, DOI or citation to locate an open access version of a known article you are trying to locate.

Open Access App in the Find It Discovery Service

We have added an Open Access (Unpaywall) app to our Find it Discovery Service. Click on it to retrieve an Open Access version of an article.  See the example below.

Updated by Patti Wilson, April 27, 2020

Changes to Kanopy

Kanopy is a streaming video collection with a mix of movie, documentary and educational titles. Once a title has been viewed 4 times, it triggers a one year lease for $150. Starting in January 2020, we have curated our collection to a narrower group of titles. Kanopy streaming videos will be available to view from Media Education Foundation, Criterion Collection, Psychotherapy.net and the Documentaries subject package. All title requests outside these collections will be mediated by UFV Library staff. Mediated requests will only be accepted from UFV faculty for course purposes.

For questions, please contact Patti Wilson at loc. 4277.

Example of mediated request form: