News archive - February 2018

Monday, February 26, 2018

Discover Waterloo Digital Library

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It has been said that ‘those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.’ University of Waterloo Library wants to save you from that fate, by opening up Waterloo’s history to the world.

The Waterloo Digital Library (WDL) is a new online repository for preserving and sharing select items from our unique special and archival collections, with Waterloo researchers and beyond.

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Understanding Fair Dealing

Fair dealing is an exception in the Copyright Act that allows for the use of copyright-protected works for specific purposes, such as education and research, as long as the use is fair. Knowing how to use fair dealing and judge fairness can be challenging. Check out Copyright@Waterloo for resources to help you understand copyright and the fair dealing exception, including:

Friday, February 9, 2018

Try our new and improved research databases page

The Library has just launched a sleek new research databases page.

This easy-to-use tool allows you to discover scholarly journal articles, news and magazine articles, citations, dissertations, standards, primary sources and more! You can browse this collection by department/program or database title.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Library Ambassadors are good for your (mental) health

The work done by University of Waterloo's Library Ambassadors was celebrated in the latest issue of Voices: Topics in Canadian Librarianship which was focused on "mental health training, experiences, and programming in public, academic, and special libraries."

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Library renovation update

Goose wearing hardhat

We're still hammering away at the renovations in Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries. When can you expect to see the finished product?

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