Government Publications
World Bank launches new open access Digital Collection
A great new open access resource provides access to all the World Development Reports since 1978. Users can set up an individual account for bookmarking reports, saving chapters, and making notes, etc. The press release below provides further information: “A new online, open access, collection of all World Development Reports since 1978 was launched today […]
Keeping Up-to-Date with New Research – RSS and more
Save valuable research time! Online research resources offer an array of tools to help you stay current in your field. In this workshop you’ll learn how to set up email alerts and RSS feeds to: be notified when new articles and dissertations are published on your topic receive Table of Contents for the latest issue […]
UBC GIS Users Group to meet monthly in UBC Library
This month, the UBC Library will begin hosting meetings of the newly-rekindled UBC GIS Users Group. This group will be a gathering of students, researchers, faculty and staff on campus who work in some way with, or are interested in, geographical information systems (or science) (GIS). The meetings will be held monthly on the last […]
Interested in Census data?
There has been a lot of coverage in the news recently about the demise of the long-form census. Interested to see what questions are asked on the long census form? You can take a look at the long form questionnaire here. The Census of Canada Profile Tables are good to find information about particular places. […]
Congressional Quarterly
A new subscription to US government information from Congressional Quarterly is now available. Check it out at http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1682. Included: online subscription to CQ Weekly, floor votes, congressional transcripts, and committee coverage.
