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Getting to know your library

Getting to know your library

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Using Times Digital Archive

The Times Digital Archive includes 200 years of news coverage from The Times (London), making it one of the more useful places to find primary sources for historical research. This video shows you…

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OCR Tricks & Hacks

Optical character recognition helps us find information in historical newspaper databases, but it doesn’t always work perfectly. This video shows what to watch out for, and what you can do to…

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ContextSpecificTerminology

Context-specific terms are very useful when searching historical newspaper databases. This video examines using terms that may be considered archaic now, but are relevant and useful when searching…

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Using the Burney Newspapers Collection

This video shows how to use the Advanced Search function in the 17th & 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection. It also looks at some of the database tools available. To skip to another…

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BurneyNewspapersGeo-Authentication

A British Columbia IP address is necessary for anyone accessing the Burney Newspapers Collection through the BC Electronic Library Network’s “Points to the Past” portal. This video…

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Using Times Digital Archive

The Times Digital Archive includes 200 years of news coverage from The Times (London), making it one of the more useful places to find primary sources for historical research. This video shows you…

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OCR Tricks and Hacks

Optical character recognition helps us find information in historical newspaper databases, but it doesn’t always work perfectly. This video shows what to watch out for, and what you can do to…

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Using Context Specific Terminology

Context-specific terms are very useful when searching historical newspaper databases. This video examines using terms that may be considered archaic now, but are relevant and useful when searching…

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Using the Burney Newspapers Collection

This video shows how to use the Advanced Search function in the 17th & 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection. It also looks at some of the database tools available. To skip to another…

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Burney Newspapers Collection: Access & Geo-Authentication

A British Columbia IP address is necessary for anyone accessing the Burney Newspapers Collection through the BC Electronic Library Network’s “Points to the Past” portal. This video…

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Accessing content behind a paywall on Google Scholar

This video shows you how to access content behind a paywall on Google Scholar.

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Finding Books/Ebooks: COVID-19 & Opioid Public Health Emergency

This tutorial shows you how to find books/ebooks on the topic of COVID-19 & Opioid Public Health Emergency

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Finding Articles COVID-19 & Opioid Public Health Emergency

This tutorial shows you how to find articles on the topic of COVID-19 & Opioid Public Health Emergency

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Searching Government of Canada Publications

This tutorial looks at finding Government of Canada publications

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EndNote - Importing References from ScienceDirect

This video shows you how to import references from ScienceDirect to EndNote

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