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Spotlight on SpringerLink

Posted on Oct 30, 2012 by csylka
SpringerLink is a multidisciplinary database of full text publications published by Springer. It provides access to over 2,700 ejournals  and more than 55,000 ebooks, as well as reference works, monographic series and lecture notes. Disciplines covered include Business & Economics, Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science, Behavioral Science, and Professional & Applied Computing.There are over 5,000 […]


Warc (World Advertising Research Center)

Posted on Jul 19, 2012 by csylka
The David Lam Library has subscribed to Warc (formerly the World Advertising Research Center), a marketing database.  UBC researchers now have access to Advertising expenditure data from 80 global markets, a comparison of global media costs and ad spending forecasts for 12 key countries, as well as a wide range of media usage statistics and […]


U Minnesota provides database of open textbooks

Posted on May 16, 2012 by janwallace
The University of Minnesota has provided an online database of peer-reviewed, open textbooks. The textbooks are reviewed by instructors at UMinn at other universities. Open textbooks are complete textbooks released under a Creative Commons, or similar, license. Instructors can customize open textbooks to fit their course needs by remixing, editing, and adding their own content. Students can […]


McGraw-Hill ebook library

Posted on Apr 25, 2012 by csylka
The David Lam Library recently subscribed to three years of access to three modules from McGraw-Hill’s ebook library Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (30 titles) Finance & Investing (134 titles) Leadership & Management (99 titles) Many of the books are useful as introductory texts. Users can read full-text content online, as content cannot be downloaded.  […]


UBC Library Home Page Design Survey

Posted on Apr 12, 2012 by csylka
The main UBC Library Homepage provides access to library-wide services and collections, including the catalogue, online databases and journals, and many local digitization projects.UBC Library wants to ensure that students and researchers can use this page to easily find their way to relevant, high quality content.  In order to improve its homepage design the Library […]


Three new transportation-related research guides

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 by csylka
Three new transportation-related research guides have been added to the David Lam Library website. David Lam librarians designed these guides to provide researchers and students with credible starting points for researching transportation related topics. The guides identify relevant books and media, article sources, databases, industry associations, government agencies, and scholarly resources.  They also include tips […]


Current Awareness for Business Researchers Workshop: March 8

Posted on Feb 21, 2012 by lindsayu
Are you looking for additional ways to keep current with the latest literature in your field?  Did you know that you can set up alerts within many resources available through the library that will notify you about new content in your research area? In support of Celebrate Research Week, the David Lam Library is offering […]


International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) – Trial Access

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 by lindsayu
UBC Library is running a trial of the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS):http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1814 IBSS “includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 […]


Business Expert Press collection

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 by csylka
The David Lam Library recently purchased access to the Business Expert Press Digital Libraries e-book collection. This collection of over 150 practical and concise e-books on diverse business topics, such as supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy includes introductory textbooks for entry-level students, and numerous sources […]


Films on Demand: a database of high-quality streaming videos now available

Posted on Jan 09, 2012 by csylka
Films can be used effectively in classrooms to illustrate concepts, to spark debates and to frame discussions. UBC Library has recently purchased access to Films on Demand, a database of over 7,300 high quality streaming video titles suitable for both undergraduate and graduate level courses in a variety of disciplines within the arts, humanities, medicine, […]