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The first release of census data begins February 8th, 2012 with the population and dwelling counts.

Check out 2011 Census!

The Macpherson Neighbourhood Map was created in 2005 by Grades 1 and 2 students of Macpherson Elementary as part of a school-wide ArtsSmarts grant project which allows professional artists to come into the schools to work with children on curriculum-based art projects.

The map shows Macpherson Elementary, located on Newtown Road, and the neighbourhood around it.  With the artist, Elizabeth Tucker (and parent volunteers), the children, in separate groups, walked around a section of the neighbourhood and took pictures of the houses, buildings, landmarks, and other cultural features they thought were important.  They were asked to make a pencil sketch of the house or building depicted in the photos they had collected.  With the artist’s assistance a fabric reproduction was created with iron-on backing which was then pressed onto the background fabric to create the map.  The children were delighted to add trees, cars, traffic lights and signs which truly showed their interest in accurately depicting their neighbourhood.

The map had been displayed in the hallway outside of the school office since its completion in 2005.  With the closure of the school in June of 2011, it has found a new home in the Map Room.

The Spanish Embassy & UNB Fredericton’s Culture & Language Studies Department present the award-winning Spanish drama !Ay Carmela! (1990) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm, at the Milham Room (Room 100), Harriet Irving Library, UNB Fredericton.

This now classic award-winning Spanish film by director Carlos Saura features Paulino and Carmela (actress Carmen Maura), husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. Critics call this film “a sentimental, emotional and intimate chronicle about the Spanish civil war.”

The film runs 102 minutes and is presented in Spanish with English subtitles. It will be briefly introduced by Dr. Sophie M. Lavoie, Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Language Studies at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton campus).

The Spanish Film Series is brought to you by the Spanish Section of the Department of Culture and Language Studies at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, with support from the Spanish Embassy’s Cultural Office.

Free admission to the film and free parking. All welcome.

Please join us!

Are you:

• A student of Art History?
• Interested in the artworks of ancient Egypt, Greece, or Rome?
• Curious about the architecture in a particular country or geographic region?
• Looking for images related to a general topic of study?

Check out ArtStor!

• Digital library with over one million images relevant to topics in the arts, humanities, and sciences
• Collections include contributions from highly regarded museums, artists, photographers, libraries, archives, and scholars
• Images are organized by geography, collection, and subject area, making it easy to browse for images that are relevant to your interests
• Citations for images can be exported directly into RefWorks

RefWorks is a tool for tracking the sources used in your research and assignments. This session, intended for new users, is a practical tutorial to learn how to use the product. We’ll show you how to create and manage an account, import citations from research databases, and add references to your paper in the citation style of your choice.

For undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff.

There are no fees associated with this course; however, you must pre-register for one of the following sessions:

Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 2:00pm (session runs until 3:30pm)

Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:00am (session runs until 11:30am)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 6:00pm (session runs until 7:30pm)

 Location: Harriet Irving Library, Learning Lab (Room 112), UNB Fredericton Campus

If you have any questions, please contact Alicia McLaughlin (amclaugh@unb.ca or 453-4749).

Another day, another mystery photograph.  This time, from the E.S. Davison Collection.  We’re pretty sure this groundhog is telling these folks that spring is coming.

Groundhog predicting the weather, from the E.S. Davison Collection

Hopefully Shubenacadie Sam says the same thing!

World Politics Review is a daily online publication and resource for foreign policy professionals and readers with a serious interest in international politics and foreign affairs. Its original articles are written by a network of more than 400 contributors from around the world, including subject-matter experts from journalism, research organizations, academia, government and elsewhere.

This database currently has thousands of articles in its archives, and produces more than 75,000 words of original content per month.

World Politics Review covers topics of key relevance to foreign policy, international politics and foreign affairs. These include the following:

• Aid and Development
• Crime
• Culture
• Defense and Military
• Domestic Politics
• Economics and Business
• Homeland Security
• Human Rights
• International Law
• Political Theory
• Public Diplomacy and Propaganda
• Terrorism
• U.S. Foreign Policy
• War and Conflict
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• And many more...

This trial expires - February 29, 2012

Access

1. Link to -
   http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=wpr

Please Note: This trial is limited to current Memorial faculty, staff, and students.  If you are accessing this product from off-campus, you will be prompted for your User ID and PIN. For more information, go to our Off-campus guide.

go.unb.ca/studentsucccess

UNB’s Student Affairs and Services has partnered with UNB Libraries to offer free, one-hour walk-in workshops that can make your studies and your life a lot easier.

If you’re struggling to keep up, don’t put off getting the support you need.  Browse through the list of workshops.

We offer a new workshop twice each week during the winter term, at the same convenient location;

• Tuesdays 6:30-7:30pm OR Thursdays 11:45am-12:45pm
• Harriet Irving Library, Milham Room (Rm 100)

Choose the time that’s convenient for you.  Bring a friend, grab a coffee, and learn the secrets of student success!

Managing Your Money – It’s Easier Than You Think

Create a financial plan. Develop a budget. Learn tips for managing and expenses and debt, and funding your education. We’ll show you how!

• Tues., Jan. 10 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Jan.12 @ 11:45 am

Planning Your Career and Your Education

Start now! Connect to the resources that can help you find your career path. Learn where to look for jobs. Practice networking and discover how to make a great first impression.

• Tues., Jan. 17 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Jan. 19 @ 11:45 am

Critical Creativity and Problem Solving

University is more than memorizing facts and figures. Learn how to analyze and evaluate concepts and arguments using puzzles, paradoxes, and exercises.

• Tues., Jan. 24 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Jan. 26 @ 11:45 am

Research: Using Databases to Find the Right Sources

Locate and evaluate books, journal articles and other sources using the library databases. Learn how to predict a publication’s usefulness to your project.

• Tues., Jan. 31 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Feb. 2 @ 11:45 am

Unlocking the Secret to Great Group Work

Discover your personality type and the role you prefer within a group. Learn how to make your group welcoming, fun, and effective.

• Tues., Feb. 7 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Feb. 9 @ 11:45 am

Relationships Dos and Don’ts

Good communication skills are key to good relationships. Learn about active listening, conflict resolution and sexy ways to request consent.

• Tues., Feb. 14 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Feb. 16 @ 11:45 am

Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle under Stress

Managing deadlines and expectations can be stressful. But you don’t have to sacrifice sleep, exercise, eating or even time with friends to get the results you want. Get tips for balancing work and play to stay healthy and be uber productive.

• Tues., Feb. 21 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Feb. 23 @ 11:45 am

Beyond Cramming: Long-Term Learning

Time is on your side. Learn the limitations of cramming and the value of deep learning to improving your study habits and exam results.

• Tues., Feb. 28 @ 6:30 pm or Thurs., Mar. 1 @ 11:45 am

Like you, we’re all crossing our fingers that a strike can still be avoided. But the good news is that either way, libraries.dal.ca is your “fifth library” and it’s open 24/7 regardless of where you are. So if you do get stuck at home, we can still help you get a lot of your work done. Some useful features:

Live Help–chat with a librarian from our homepage

RefWorks–login to your account or create one

Advanced Search–Search for books, articles, databases and more

Writing & Style Guides–all the major ones link from this page

Document Delivery–fill out our online form or use Novanet Express

The Multicultural Association of Fredericton (MCAF) is pleased to collaborate with the New Brunswick African Association (NBAA) to present Black History Month celebrations honouring the achievements and contributions of Canadians of African descent as leaders in the struggle for inclusion and equality.  The public is encouraged to take part in the series of Black History Month activities organized throughout the month of February to create a collective voice to eliminate racial discrimination, embrace diversity and build an inclusive community.  Among the diverse activities organized in celebration of Black history month, a series of short and feature length documentary films, that can only scratch the surface of such a rich and multi-layered culture, will be held on Thursday evenings at the Harriet Irving Library (HIL), UNBF. The film series, co-sponsored by UNB Libraries, begins February 2nd and ends February 23rd.  Showings are free to the public and start at 7:00pm nightly in Room 100 (Milham room) of the HIL.

Schedule:
February 2: The little black school house
February 9: Remember Africville
February 16: Black Mother Black Daughter
February 23: Black Hands: Trial of the Arsonist Slave

Please feel free to drop by and browse the diverse selection of books on display in front of the Research Help Desk.

We’re always working to make searching for stuff easier for you. As of this week, we’ve added two new functionalities to our WorldCat Local interface:

• Availability. This option is shown under each brief citation in the initial display. Click on it to see both the shelf location and the availability of your item.
• Under ‘Libraries to Search’ we’ve added the ability to specify each of the four Dalhousie Libraries. Note that this feature limits to the print holdings of each library and all the electronic resources available at Dal (there is currently no way to search for just electronic resources at one specific library).

Hope you find this helpful! We’re continuing to refine the WCL interface so watch for more new features in the coming months.

Register for one or more of the online workshops offered by the Mount Library. Topics include:

• Feb 8: Introduction to Library Resources
  
• Feb 15: Using RefWorks for Bibliographies, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
• Feb 22: Using Google Scholar and Finding Quality Resources from the Internet, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
• Feb 29: Effective Journal Article Searching, 6:00-7:00 p.m.

These instructional sessions are designed for distance students but all are welcome! Sessions will be held via Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing, and are in an online format only.

Visit the Mount Saint Vincent University Library website.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the
Sexton Library
Do you have a favourite Engineering, Architecture or Planning library resource?

A positive Sexton Library experience you would like to share with us?

Tell us what you love about the Sexton Library for a chance to win a Valentine gift pack.

Come by to fill out your ballot or email us (sexton.library@dal.ca)

Winner will be announced on Tuesday, February 14th.

**Contest open to students only**

Friday February 3 is Munro Day (thank you George!) All of the Dal Libraries will be OPEN on Munro Day, but our hours vary:

KILLAM LIBRARY: Regular hours
8 am – midnight

KELLOGG lIBRARY
9 am – 7 pm

LAW LIBRARY
9 am – 4:30 pm

SEXTON lIBRARY: Regular hours
8 am – 9 pm

Dalhousie Libraries hours page

Where should I look for articles?

What does peer-reviewed mean?

Can I use an encyclopedia for research?

Research for Real: Using Databases to Find the Right Sources

Locate and evaluate books, journal articles, and other sources using the library databases. Learn how to predict a publication’s usefulness to your project.

Bring a friend, grab a coffee, and learn the secrets of student success!

Choose the time that’s convenient for you:

Tuesday, January 31st @ 6:30pm OR

Thursday, February 2nd @ 11:45am

Harriet Irving Library, Milham Room (Rm 100)

UNB’s Student Affairs and Services has partnered with UNB Libraries to offer free, one-hour walk-in workshops that can make your studies and your life a lot easier.

If you’re struggling to keep up, don’t put off getting the support you need.  Browse through the list of workshops.

January 30 - February 10, 2012.
Reduce or clear your library fines at participating Novanet Libraries — with food! Novanet libraries will reduce your fine by $2 for every non-perishable item donated (maximum of $20). Donations will be given to Feed Nova Scotia. Please contact the Library for further details.

Visit the Mount Saint Vincent University Library website.

From the vault: a bizarre photo of three people holding what looks like a stingray.

We know nothing about the photograph except that it was taken by Gilbert Kempton.  We also think it needs a hilarious caption!  Help us out by posting your suggestions here, or on our Facebook page.

RIPM was established in 1980 to provide access to eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-century periodical literature dealing with music. The Dal Libraries are now offering a 30-day trial of RIPM’s new interface for the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950), as well as the full-text Online Archive of Music Periodicals. The trial runs until February 26.

Explore RIPM and let us know how you like this music resource by posting comments here!