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When the service is offline, there are other ways to get help:
call the Service Desk 566-0583 during library open hours
walk up to the Service Desk in person in the library,
make an appointment with a subject librarian
email to reference@upei.ca
read the appropriate subject guide
view one of our online tutorials

Search

Most popular search tools:

OneSearch
Academic Search Complete
Business Source Complete
CAB (Veterinary)
Canada Commons

CBCA (Canadian)
CINAHL (Nursing)
Compendex (Engineering)
ERIC (Education)
Gale Power Search

Google Scholar for UPEI
Government Docs
Newsbank
PsycINFO (Psychology)
PubMed for UPEI (BioMed)
Scopus

How to Choose a Search Tool (Database)

Alphabetical List of All Databases
List of databases by subject

Search Tools by Subject

Computers
Computers

Borrowing Laptops
To check PC availability, visit here: PC laptops
Your Laptop
Access the Wireless Network
Laptop Printing
Borrowable computer accessories and peripherals

More information about computers
Print/Scan
Print/Scan

Robertson Library provides students with different printing and scanning options
PRINTING
B&W: Single $0.10, Double $0.16
Colour: Single $0.20, Double $0.40*
Paying for Printing
Printers Available
Laptop/Mac Mini Printing
SCANNING FREE
Ask staff for help
You can save scans to USB or send them to an email
Scanning Options & Tips
Scanners Available

PEI Collections

PEI Collections

PEI Collection & University Archives

Digital Collections

PEI Collection

Find PEI-related books, etc.

(Searches the Catalogue, limited to PEI collection)

University Archives
PEI Periodical Articles Database (PEI PAD)
Island Newspapers
- Eureka
- IslandNewspapers.ca

Learn more about the PEI Collection & University Archives.

Island Archives
BookLives
Bowing Down Home
Island Lives
Island Magazine
IslandVoices
IslandImagined
IslandNarratives
IslandNewspapers

IslandScholar
PEI Legislative Documents Online
Prince of Wales Digital Archive
The Red & White
Saint Dunstan's University Archive
Telling Island Stories
UPEI Digital Herbarium
UPEI Magazine
PEI Postcards

The Acting University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, whose office is located in the UASC reading area, will also be pleased to assist you.

If you would like to contribute to the development of the Robertson Library's digital collections (which are freely available to all) please visit our Gift page or contact the University Librarian (university-librarian@upei.ca, 902-566-0460).

These collections have been digitized by UPEI Robertson Library staff. For commercially published digital collections (e.g. ebooks), see Find Books and More.

Tours/Tutorials
Tours/Tutorials

View our full list of videos and other tutorials

Tours
Check out our 2025 Video Library Tour! Discover the study spaces and services and resources available at the Library.
Our 2025 Video Library Tour is also available in French, Japanese, and Urdu.
To book an individual or group Library tour, please email instruction@upei.ca to schedule a time.
Book a Space
Book a Space

Book a Space Now
Group and individual study rooms are available for quietly studying or working on assignments.
Group Study Rooms: 261 (in Collaboratory, downstairs); Rooms upstairs: 306, 330, 341-350
Group size: 2-8 people (306 can hold larger groups, ask at the Service Desk)
Time per use: 3-hour block
Individual Study Rooms: 331-336 (yellow rooms)
Time per use: 3-hour block
Online Study Rooms: 320, 321, 326, & 327 (need to reserve using the Room Reservations website)
You will need your UPEI Campus Card to sign out the key
Time per use: 3-hour block
Research Study Rooms: 322-325
Note: Research rooms are not bookable; please ask at the Service Desk, you will need your UPEI Campus Card to sign out the key
Time per use: 3-hour block
Book a Room Now
Most group study rooms are equipped with computer
LCD Panel Displays: 4 group study rooms (346, 347, 349, 350) are equipped with LCD wall-mounted panel displays.
White Boards: most group study rooms are equipped with white boards
Most group rooms will accommodate up to 6 persons
Study rooms are no longer locked, leaving personal material unattended is at the student's own risk
Study rooms are not soundproofed. Groups using these rooms are asked to please close doors and keep conversations at a considerate noise level
Please clean up as you leave - there is no housekeeping service between bookings
Find an appropriate study zone, for yourself or a group, if the study rooms are unavailable.
Subject Guides
Subject Guides

Citation guides - APA, MLA, CSE, Chicago/Turabian
Writing Centre guide
Applied Climate Change and Adaptation
Applied Human Sciences
Asian Studies
Biology
Business Administration
Canadian Politics
Career Exploration
Catholic Studies
Chemistry
Cleantech Leadership & Transformation
Classics
Diversity and Social Justice Studies (DSJS)
Economics
Education
Engineering
English
Environmental Studies
Fine Arts
History
Indigenous Studies (including Mi'kmaq)
Island Studies
Kinesiology
Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Modern Languages
Music
Nursing
Paramedicine
PEI Collection and UPEI Archives
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology/Anthropology
Systematic, Scoping, and Other Reviews
Theatre Studies
Veterinary Medicine
FAQ/Hours
FAQ

Hot topics this week: Wireless configuration; Printing

Find books on a topic - see also the subject guide for your topic

Find books on the shelves (also video: how to use a Call Number)

Checkout and renewal of print books

Ebooks

Find articles on a topic - see also the subject guide for your topic

Peer-reviewed articles

Reading an article citation

Floor plans

Quiet

Group

Printing

Scanning

Workstations

Laptops you can check out

Your laptop in the library:

wireless network

laptop printing

Multimedia - DVDs, videos, etc.

Borrowable Equipment

4 Ways to get help

AskUs online chat

Appointments with subject librarians

Get material not available at the Library

OneSearch - the mega search for books, articles, and more

Subject guides - tips for your discipline

RefWorks - how to manage your bibliography citations

Google Scholar

Mission/History

Staff

Organization

Visiting from off-campus

Reserves (for students)

Faculty

Alumni

How to find more information on this website

Use All Search to keyword search (e.g. "lost and found")

Use the Site Index to browse all page titles (excludes Databases and Reserves)

Use the list of links at the "footer" of every page including this one

Robertson Library Hours
September 2 - December 7, 2025
Day
Library Hours
Ask Us Chat
Monday - Thursday
8am - 11pm
9am - 10pm
Friday
8am - 8pm
9am - 7pm
Saturday
10am - 5pm
11am - 4pm
Sunday
12pm - 11pm
1pm - 10pm
Holiday Closures
Sept 30
Truth & Reconciliation Day
Oct 13
Thanksgiving Day
Nov 11
Remembrance Day
Reduced Hours
Oct 14 - 17
Mid-semester break
8am - 7pm
edit

Sun: 12:00 pm-11:00 pm

Subject Guides

Citation guides - APA, MLA, CSE, Chicago/Turabian

Writing Centre guide

Applied Climate Change and Adaptation
Applied Human Sciences
Asian Studies
Biology
Business Administration
Canadian Politics
Career Exploration
Catholic Studies
Chemistry
Cleantech, Leadership, and Transformation
Classics
Diversity and Social Justice Studies (DSJS)

Economics
Education
Engineering
English
Environmental Studies
Fine Arts
History
Indigenous Studies (including Mi'kmaq)
Island Studies
Kinesiology
Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Modern Languages
Music

Nursing
Paramedicine
PEI Collection and UPEI Archives
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology/Anthropology
Systematic, Scoping, and Other Reviews
Theatre Studies
Veterinary Medicine

Language Not specified

About the Library

Site Index
Strategic Plan 2023-2026
Library History
Contact
Library Staff
News
Donations
Policies
Visitors
Organization
Floor Plans
Hours
Feedback

Students

MyUPEI
Student Email
Moodle

Using the Library

Printing
Study Rooms
Quiet Areas
Zones Map
Book a Study Room
Reserves
Wireless Access
Scanning/Copying
Forms
Borrow/Renew/Return
Residence/Off-Campus Access
Computers | Laptops
Equipment for Checkout
Multimedia/ Collaboratory
Language Lab
Graduate Student Services
Faculty Services
Alumni Services
Community Services
Accessibility

Research Help

OneSearch
Zotero/RefWorks
Journal Titles
Interlibrary Loan
Catalogue
Find Books
Find Articles
Databases
Subject Guides
Subject Librarians
Systematic, Scoping, and Other Reviews
Ask Us Live Help
Tours, Tutorials, Quizzes
Citing Sources
Copyright Info
PEI Collection

PEI Collections

PEI Collection
University Archives

Digital Collections

BookLives
Bowing Down Home
IslandScholar
Island Archives
Island Lives
IslandVoices
IslandImagined
IslandNarratives
IslandNewspapers
Kindred Spaces
PEI Documents Online
PEI Postcards

Projects and Institutes

Virtual Research Environments
Research Data Management
Islandora
LMMI
Pressbooks - OER publishing platform

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