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Sarah Polkinghorne

New ebook collection: University of Toronto Press

March 22, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornenew

Hi everyone, happy to let you know that we now have perpetual unlimited simultaneous access to the University of Toronto Press’s ebooks from 2014-present. This is a frontlist agreement, which means that new UTP ebooks will continue to be added as soon as they are published. The UTP ebooks reside on […]

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[Input please] Do you have questions for CSU?

March 19, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghorneuncategorized

Hello everyone — the CSU librarians are planning a session for Spring Training, which we will offer on two different dates. We have updates to share, but we also know that you may have questions, or suggestions for important topics. Please help us create the most relevant and timely session […]

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Hark! New Bloomsbury collections in Art, Design, Food Studies, Drama

March 13, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornenew

Hi all, happy to let you know that we’ve purchased three new collections from publisher Bloomsbury. We earnestly encourage you to take a look. Each is an ebook collection, but also more than that, filled with interrelated visual material, reference works, interactive timelines, and more. Please explore and consider incorporating into […]

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Key reads on what happened between UC and Elsevier

March 7, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghorneuncategorized

Everyone, you may be interested in familiarizing yourself with the UC/Elsevier situation. It’s being discussed widely, and was referenced in the Library Council meeting this morning. The University of California recently announced that it will not renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. One of the central reasons (I’m paraphrasing) was that Elsevier wanted to […]

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New! Five Oxford Handbooks Online subject collections

February 7, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornenew

We’re delighted to let you know that we’ve purchased five subject collections in Oxford Handbooks Online: History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. The platform is in the databases A-Z list, and the Handbooks appear in the catalogue. Please spend some time with this exciting new resource and consider incorporating it into your […]

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