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Scholars Portal has recently added its 20 millionth article to its ejournal interface! Scholars Portal Ejournals provides students, faculty and researchers at Ontario’s universities easy access to scholarly articles on a wide range of academic subjects through a bilingual search interface.
For help searching Scholars Portal, or any other databases available through the Library, please visit the Reference Desk on the main floor, or try AskON chat reference.
In celebration of International Open Access Week 2010 (October 18 – 24), the Library invites you to join us for the following webcast on open access.
A Critical Theory of the Open: A Dialogue Between John Willinsky and
Andrew Feenberg, is a free webcast sponsored by the Simon Fraser
University Library and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries
(CARL). This webcast will explore, in dialogue, issues surrounding the concept of open access.
The webcast will be shown on Thursday October 21, 2010, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm (11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time) in LIB489, on the 4th floor of the Library. If you are not able to join us, you can view it at:
http://tlcentre.sfu.ca/broadcast/.
Theft is a problem, so please do not leave your belongings unattended. In particular, laptops are a valuable commodity on campus. Security regularly caution users who leave their belongings unattended, but with so many new students on campus who may not realize that theft can happen, its important for you to be vigilant at all times. If you need to leave your workspace, please take your belongings with you.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Looking for study space? Check out the Where to Study directory in the lobby, and also look for them on the stack floors. This directory gives you suggestions on where to go in the Library depending on what kind of study space you need. If you are looking for study space, please consult the guide first to make sure you are in the right place, so that you will not disturb others.
The Library has floors which are designated for silent study (10th floor), quiet study (6, 7 and 9), and some which allow for group discussion (4 and 8). You can also book a group study room online.
If you need to access a computer, floors 2 and 3 have the most workstations available. For quiet work with a computer, please use the lab on the 6th floor. Laptop loans are also available from the Circulation Desk.
Happy studying!
The Library’s catalogue lists all the books, e-books, journals, DVDs, videos and electronic resources that are available from the Library. It can be searched by author, title, keyword, subject and call number.
If you are having
trouble finding a free computer on the main floor of the Library, there are an additional 25 new PCs located in the lab on the 6th floor (LIB667A). These computers provide access to the Internet and the same software as the computers on the main floor.
Missed the library tours during Orientation Week? Want to explore on your own?
No problem! Download an 10-minute audio tour of the main floor designed to help get you ready for September. Learn about many of the services and supports available to you at the Library that will help you succeed at the university level.
Listen to music from the Smithsonian Global Sound collection on your internet-enabled smart phone or mobile device.
By clicking on the “send to mobile” 
icon when you search the Global Sound collection, you will get the option to send the url for the recording to your phone via QR code, mobile friendly url or by text-message. The shortened url will work for 48 hours off-campus.
Check the Global Sound site for more information.
