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The Library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 11. Happy Thanksgiving!

On the occasion of the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, the Robertson Library extends an open invitation to the campus and Island communities to visit, and reflect upon, the Aboriginal Survivors for Healing display in our main lobby, paying tribute to the Mi’kmaw children taken from their homes in Epekwitk

September 30 has been designated the official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

 A massive collection of historical ("primary source") documents from Adam Matthew.

Access AM Explorer now.

This extended free trial runs through December 10. Please email your comments to mbelvadi@upei.ca . We are especially interested to hear which classes you found this to be useful for.

Taking online and in-person classes at #UPEI in the same day? We can help!  We have four Online Rooms you can reserve in advance. Log in with your UPEI username/password to create a reservation. These rooms are designated for UPEI students taking online courses and needing a space equipped with a computer to synchronously participate in their online course.  Each iMac has a built-in mic and webcam. You will need to provide your own headphones - USB or standard headphone jack.

If you need help getting connected to UPEI's new wireless service, drop by the Library to get help.

Support is available in the Pit from 10:00am-12:00noon and in the Library in the afternoon from 2:00pm-3:00pm

More information about connecting to eduroam is available from https://upei.ca/wifi 

​Are you planning a systematic review, scoping review, or other comprehensive review project? Interested in getting Covidence for your review? Click here!

Join us in reading & discussing the national best-seller, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by award-winning author, journalist, & activist, Desmond Cole.

Robertson Library now offers the Human Kinetics Library, a comprehensive digital platform dedicated to the research, teaching, and understanding of the kinesiology and exercise science disciplines. Our subscripiton includes access to the Core Collection, which incudes a 2021 update.

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DEC 18, 2023 - DEC 22, 2023

In celebration of Open Education Week 2021, which is an annual celebration of achievements in Open Education worldwide, the Robertson Library is excited to announce a new initiative, Faculty Textbook Champions! 

Due to changes on the backend of the Library's website, you may experience trouble accessing some databases.  You may see this message:

To fix this problem, try these solutions:

Patrons may experience problems signing into their EBSCO accounts. For instance when trying to sign into your CINAHL accounts, the following error message is displayed “A System Problem has Occurred. To begin a new session, please login again".

The Library joins with the rest of the University community in acknowledging, with sadness, the death of the University's first President -- and our Library's founder -- Dr. Ronald J. (Ron) Baker.

Use your UPEI username and password to log in to the library catalogue.

The National Film Board of Canada has gathered together a collection of films by award-winning Black filmmakers, creators, and allies of the Black community, detailing a rich history to better understand the present.

Thanksgiving Day (Monday, October 12th) hours are noon - 6 pm.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Not sure where to start with your first or second (or tenth) research paper? 
Have a question about a specific part of the research or writing process? 

Check out the Library’s new “Start Your Research Paper Here” guide. 

Click through the different categories to find information and tips on all stages of completing a research paper, from picking a topic, to finding articles, to writing and grammar!

October is Mi’kmaq History Month, a time to promote awareness of Mi’kmaq treaties, history, culture, and heritage.

Orange Shirt Day, September 30th, "is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind." 

Congratulations to the Class of 2023! We wish you all the best in the future!

The Reverend Doctor Joseph Charles Cheverie — fondly known to generations of Islanders as “Father Charlie” — passed away in late August 2019. In reflecting on his legacy — at this University and beyond — the Library’s University Archives & Special Collections unit realized that one measure of his impact can be seen through several of our digital collections.

If you need to return items that you have borrowed from the library then click here.

Changes to services due to COVID-19.

Links to authoritative sources of information about COVID-19, local, international, and scholarly.

https://library.upei.ca/covid-19-coronavirus-information-resources

Image credit: CDC / Alissa Eckert, Dan Higgins; public domain

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) scholarly resources

Join us in the Library on Tuesday, Mar. 10 at noon for a performance by guitar duo, UPEI music students Matt Kays & Matt McNally. All are welcome to this free event.

Check out our Freedom to Read Week book display. Take a pic with your favourite challenged or banned book.

Rescheduled to Monday, March 2nd, Robertson Library, Room 235 @ 6pm. Doors open @ 5:30pm. Co-sponsored by the Library, UPEI Student Diversity Office, BIPOC USHR, & the Hive.

All are welcome to our screening of the documentary “Athropocene: The Human Epoch,” followed by a discussion led by the UPEI students.

Our new lobby display takes a look at the big news on-campus 45 years ago --  a brand-new Library!

Celebrate I Read Canadian Day! Visit our display of Canadian literature. Check out a book (or a few) from our gift-wrapped selection as your blind date or choose your own.

 Mid-semester Break Hours: Tuesday - Thursday, 8am-10pm; Friday, 8am-8pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, 10am-11pm.

Tuesday, Feb. 11th, 11 am - 1 pm. Postcards are FREE - and we will mail your postcard for FREE! Robertson Library, Main Level. All are welcome!

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of International Development Week. Check out our display in the foyer of the Library.

Wednesday, February 5th, Robertson Library, Room 312. Doors open at 5:30 pm, documentary starts at 6:00 pm. Free admission. Co-sponsored by WUSC UPEI and the Library.
 

Sign up for a free Escape Room experience! Open to all UPEI students, faculty, and staff.

Take a library tour in January to learn about your library's services and resources. Tours leave from the Service Desk and last 30-40 minutes. Additional tour scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31 at 2 pm.

RefWorks has now released its support of APA 7th Edition, which was published in October.

Update December 17, 2019: DOIs should have ONLY the DOI itself in the data field - the style will add the https://doi.org/ for you. It won't strip out anything so you need to remove it if you've added it.

Also it will not adjust title case for you so you need to do this yourself in your citation records.

Take a time-out, relax, and have fun in the Stress Free Zone! Play a game, colour, get crafty, smile for a selfie fashion shoot, get creative with Lego, or just unwind in our beloved bean bag chairs.

Support the UPEI Campus Food Bank and reduce your library fines! Donate non-perishable food items and we'll deduct $2. per item from your library fines.

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has been working on a new version of PubMed since March 2019.

Nov. 30 - Dec. 13: Monday-Friday, 8 am-11 pm; Saturday, 8 am-8 pm; Sunday, 10 am-11 pm. Saturday, Dec 14, 8 am-5 pm.
Good luck with your exams!

Robertson Library celebrates International Education Week (IEW), November 18th - 22nd!

The Library, WUSC UPEI, & the Rotaract Club of UPEI invite you to attend a free screening of the documentary The Staging Post. Wed., Nov. 20. Room 312 of the Library. 6 pm. All are welcome!

 Visit our Veterans' Week and Remembrance display in the lobby of the Library. Material will be on display until Saturday, November 16th.