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Getting Published—Sources and Resources

3:00-3:30 p.m.  Friday  July 20, July 27  Scarfe 155

Want to get an article published?  Learn how to find potential journals for your work.  Find out about Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities, Ulrich’s Periodical Directory, Directory of Open Access Journals, and browse UBC online journals and indexes and databases and use Summon to explore articles published in our UBC Library journals. 

cIRcle UBC’s Institutional Repository

3:30–4:00 p.m.  Friday  July 20, July 27  Scarfe 155

All you want to know about cIRcle our UBC Institutional Repository!  Would you like to have your academic work searched by Google Scholar? Or have your work archived in the UBC Library?  Then come to this session to find out what cIRcle is, what it contains, how you can contribute and what permissions are required to submit your presentations, articles and reports. 

Zotero 101

10:00-10:30 a.m.  Tuesday July 24   Scarfe 155

What can bibliographic citation management software do?  Which program should I use?  Learn about Zotero a free open source citation management tool.  Bring your laptops (optional) & your questions.

Education News Update: B.C. Teachers Vote

Read the latest news on the B.C. Teacher’s labour dispute and walkout  from The Vancouver Sun online news source. 

Full article here.

Original source article here.

By Kim Nursall and The Canadian Press, THE CANADIAN PRESS June 29, 2012

© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun

Why Reading Matters

Check out the Education Library’s new addition to the dvd collection: Why Reading Matters. A BBC 4 Production.

“Science writer Rita Carter tells the story of how modern neuroscience has revealed that reading, something most of us take for granted, unlocks remarkable powers. Carter explains how the classic novel Wuthering Heights allows us to step inside other minds and understand the world from different points of view, and she wonders whether the new digital revolution could threaten the values of classic reading.”

 ~text from the publisher’s website. Publisher’s information here.
 

UBC Library Holdings information here.