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Top Story: The Evolution of Scholars Portal

Scholars Portal has evolved from a huge database of full-text e-journals to become the prime gateway to an ever-expanding range of online resources and services, allowing you to search, connect, manage and initiate interlibrary loan requests.
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research and teaching

Research Competencies and the Curriculum
Here are some suggestions for collaborating with librarians to embed information literacy concepts into the curriculum.
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Integrating Library Resources into Moodle Course Pages
Let us help you integrate an array of electronic resources into your Moodle course pages.
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Dates and Reminders

» POSTPONED: YorkWrites reception. New date to be announced shortly.

» see the list of fall term Research Frontiers Series courses and workshops

» RACER interlibrary loan update

» Consult your departmental liaison librarian, who addresses the library-related needs (around research, teaching, and collections) of faculty and graduate students

» Read about new gifts to Archives and Special Collections

» Have a librarian provide an information literacy workshop or lecture for your class.
Be sure to book at least 2 weeks in advance

» Find out about how LibX can bring your library to the desktop!

» Read about a prestigious award won by a Frost librarian

» Placing materials on reserve: use the form on the Libraries website to submit new requests for reserves and to alert library staff to remove unneeded reserves

 

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collections

Cited Reference Searching
Cited reference searching is often underexploited. Recently, new tools have expanded the power of this kind of searching.
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New Online Collections
Find out about the newest additions to the Libraries' online electronic collections.
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services

The Scholarly Communications Initiative
The ScholCom Initiative keeps the York community up to date on
services such as creative commons licenses and lists of open-access friendly publishers.

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The Learning Commons Gathers Steam
Six months into the pilot project, the Learning Commons and its associated services are gaining momentum.
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About the Libraries

YORKwrites Celebrates Authors' Achievements
Attend the YORKwrites reception on November 5 to celebrate the many publications and other creations of York's authors, creators and innovators.
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York to the Power of 50: Named Library Study Carrels
On the occasion of her retirement, Elizabeth Dolan's York colleagues named study carrels to recognize her contributions to York University.

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YULibrary News is a publication of the York University Libraries - send questions or comments to M.Robertson, Associate University Librarian, Information Services.