Over 200 guests joined History Professor, John English, and University President, David Johnston, at FED Hall on November 11 for Waterloo’s official book launch for volume two of English’s Trudeau biography entitled Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000. [full article - Book Launch] 26 Nov 2009
Instructors sometimes ask what the advantages are to using the eReserves aspect of the Course Reserves service instead of using course packs, or instead of putting readings or links directly into UW-ACE. There are four points to consider when making a decision on which service to use. [full article - Course Reserves] 26 Nov 2009

The Library recently initiated a subscription to History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HSTM). [full article - HSTM] 26 Nov 2009
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Need a translation you can rely on? Check out the Oxford Language Dictionaries Online (OLDO) for bilingual English translation dictionaries in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. [full article - Oxford] 26 Nov 2009

Marquis Who’s Who Biographies are now accessible in LexisNexis Academic. [full article - Who's Who] 26 Nov 2009


To accommodate students preparing for exams, the Library will be extending its hours from November 29 to December 22 for the exam period. The DC Exam Study Zone will also be in effect at the Davis Centre Library during this time. [full article - Extended Hours] 26 Nov 2009
A favourite database for many, ARTstor includes over a million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. It is continually expanding and has recently added over 1,400 images of works from the Modern Museum of Art’s (MoMA) permanent collection. [full article - ARTstor] 26 Nov 2009
Ever visited the Map Library? If so, you'll know that the staff there can help with even the most complex mapping and GIS questions.

View the Map Library’s newest video to see how no question is too big (or small!) for their reference service. [full article - Map Library] 26 Nov 2009