The CIW Canadian Index of Wellbeing was released yesterday. It measures the overall well being of Canada. According to their press release, since 1994, the starting point for the CIW, Canada’s well being has seen an overall improvement of 11 percent, paling in comparison to the 31 per cent growth in the country’s GDP over [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Reference’
How are Canadians really doing?
Posted in Just published, New Web Site, Statistics, tagged Canada, Films/Videos, Reference on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Green Society reference series now online
Posted in Library News, Trials, tagged Reference on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All of the titles from the SAGE reference series on Green Society online collection are now accessible through a trial that has been set up by the Library. The trial for this product is now closed.
Copyright, fair dealing and you
Posted in Carleton News, How To, Library News, tagged Reference on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Carleton University is no longer operating under a photocopying license with Access Copyright. This decision has significantly changed the playing field for the provision of teaching materials such as class handouts, library course reserves, and coursepacks. The University has adopted the Fair Dealing Policy developed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). [...]
New Intellectual Property (IP) Database
Posted in New Databases, tagged Reference on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new database which profiles the intellectual property (IP) experiences of inventors, creators, entrepreneurs, and researchers. This tool aims to promote a better understanding of how IP is created and protected, and how inventors, creators and society at large benefit from the IP system. The IP Advantage database is a fully searchable one-stop gateway to [...]
Are you using RefWorks?
Posted in How To, tagged How To, Reference on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
RefWorks is a web-based tool that lets you create, manage, and format bibliographies and papers. It helps you keep organized and saves you time! It can easily create bibliographies in a wide variety of styles (such as APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) It can also format in-text citations. It’s great collaborative tool that allows students and [...]
Database trial to Women’s Collection
Posted in Library News, tagged Reference on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Library has set up a trial to The Gerritsen Collection – Women’s History Online, 1543-1945. This is a collection of more than 4,700 books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women’s rights with materials from continental Europe, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, [...]
Welcome to my new blog
Posted in Geography & Environmental Studies, tagged New Books, Podcasts, Reference, Theses on July 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This is somewhat of an experiment to help me disseminate CU library information to you in a quick and easy format. I’ll not only be able to share new books titles with you but also connect you with videos, podcasts, book reviews, theses, library news and interesting web links…. …. and it’s better than email [...]
