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Have a topic in mind but don't know where to look for it? Start here to search the majority of UBC Library's collections.
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Know what you want but not where to find it? Search the catalogue for books, e-books, journals, music, movies and more.
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Looking for indexes and databases (subject-specific article search engines), articles or direct article citations? Find them here.
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Wondering if you can get access to a journal? Search here for print journals, e-journals, newspapers and magazines.
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Need to find articles for a project and don't know where to start? Search here for subject-specific guides to help with your research.
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Have required reading for a course? Search here to find what's been reserved by your instructor, either online or in print.
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Looking for a UBC thesis or dissertation? Search our database of academic work written by the UBC community, or find raw data sets.
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Interested in history or genealogy? Search UBC's unique collections of digitized photographs, audio-visual recordings, manuscripts and more.
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Summon is a search engine that provides a single starting point to find the majority of UBC Library's collections - including books, ebooks, scholarly journals and articles, newspaper articles, dissertations and theses, videos, images, maps, manuscripts, music scores, digitized items and more.
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Books & Media
Find e-books, government reports, newspapers, CDs, DVDs, maps, musical scores, microforms and more in the UBC Library Catalogue. Search for books and other resources in campus Reading Rooms, audiovisual materials in UBC Archives and selected subject-specific bibliographies of local interest in UBC Bibliographies.
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Indexes, Databases & Articles
Indexes and databases contain articles from scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, conference proceedings, etc., and in some cases, include chapters of books. Most indexes include the full text of some or all of the articles they index. Follow the links or UBC eLink to full text online or print copies, where available.
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Use this search when you want to access a specific article index or database.
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Use this search when you are looking for a specific article or a general topic.
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Journals
This collection contains print and microform journals, newspapers and magazines held in various Library branches and e-resources to which the Library subscribes (some access is restricted, others are open to all). This includes e-journals held at publishers' sites, e-journal collections (e.g. JSTOR) and e-journals indexed in our full-text article indexes.
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Research Guides
Research Guides are designed to provide students with information and links to resources (articles, books, databases, websites) that are helpful for researching topics and completing assignments.
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Browse Research Guides by Library Branch
Course Materials
Course reserve materials leave the library on short term loans (e.g. 2 hours, 1 day, 3 days). Instructors place items on course reserve to be sure that each student in a course has access to the materials.
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UBC Research
cIRcle is the University of British Columbia's digital repository for research and teaching materials created by the UBC academic community and its partners. Materials in cIRcle are openly accessible to anyone on the web, and will continue to be preserved for future generations.
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Looking for data sets?
- Search Abacus for data sets collected by UBC and other BC institutions.
- Visit the Data Services page for more.
UBC Digital Collections
Digital Collections provides an overview of the digital resources created and maintained by UBC Library. Collectively they document a diverse range of people and places, activities and events, and serve as an important online resource for historians, genealogists, and other researchers, as well as the public at large.
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