New Resources at Mount Allison Libraries
The Mount Allison Libraries have introduced a variety of new resources and research tools for the 2011-2012 academic year. Below you will find a list of some these new resources. Please feel free to explore!
Birds of North America Online
BNAO provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada and includes audio and video files to aid in research, study, and identification. (Off Campus access).
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online provides access to Oxford's bilingual language dictionaries including Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, with additional study materials.
New ProQuest Database Platform
ProQuest databases have now migrated to a new platform while maintaining access to the same journals, magazines and news sources that were available in the old platform.
WorldCat Local
WorldCat Local is a new discovery tool available at Mount Allison. For more information about WorldCat Local, see the write up in the section below.
Video Tutorials
The library has produced a series of video tutorials providing introductions to various aspects of library research.
New Journal and Database Trials
The library's database trials page has been updated with new resources.
The Mount Allison Libraries is now offering a new way to search for books, articles and more at the Mount Allison Libraries and beyond!
WorldCat Local is a discovery tool that will allow you to search for books, e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers, videos and DVDs, musical recordings and government publications available in the Mount Allison Library and in Libraries around the world.
It will also allow you to search for articles in many, but not all, Mount Allison Library Databases and Indexes.
Though not a replacement for the Library Catalogue (which will continue to offer search functionality not available in WorldCat), this new tool will introduce new features such as simultaneous book and article searching. It will also enable user-generated tagging and reviewing, and offer a citation tool that generates citations in a variety of styles (including MLA, APA and Chicago).
Interested in helping us test WorldCat Local? Try it out here and let us know what you think! For more information, please ask a Librarian or read the "draft" version of our WorldCat Local Quick Facts page. Additional information is provided on the About WorldCat page.
Alternative library discovery tools are also available:
Library Catalogue
Search the Library's collections of books, e-books, A-V materials, course reserve material and more (for more details, see About the Library Catalogue).
Indexes and Databases
Search for articles and reviews in journals, magazines and newspapers
Archives Description Database
Search for University archival records & records of individuals, organizations and community groups in Sackville and the greater Chignecto Region