With the stress of finals, papers, and term project due dates taking over our lives these days, it’s important to take care of yourself and take breaks. Explore these resources from UBC Library to help you de-stress.
Celebrate!
Celebrate Souvankham Thammavongsa’s recent Giller Prize win! We have the winning short story collection How to Pronounce Knife on order, but in the mean time you can check out her other books in UBC Library’s collections. You can request these materials for pickup at Koerner Library with the UBC Library Get It service.
Sounds to Chill Out To
UBC Library has access to many streaming music and spoken word services that are a perfect backdrop for some relaxation time.
The Classical Music Library provides access to over 60,000 racks, including recordings from early music to contemporary from the world’s greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Vox and many more.
We have several Naxos online libraries for all musical tastes, including Naxos Music for classical music, Naxos Jazz, Naxos World, and Naxos Spoken Word.
Or if you feel like being whisked away to a live performance, explore the Berliner-Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall and its offerings of live performances.
Daydream
Imagine living in architectural masterpieces with the audiovisual tours of buildings on OnArchitecture.
Or go window shopping and check out amazing outfits on the Berg Fashion Library or in the Vogue Archives.
Read Other (Historical) People’s Mail
Immerse yourself in other people’s lives. UBC Library has several databases that collect together materials like broadsides, letters, diaries, and other materials that provide intimate insights into people’s everyday lives across history.
Every Day Life and Women in America contains primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History, Duke University and The New York Public Library around various subjects including politics, gender, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health and pastimes. The collection is especially rich in conduct of life and domestic-management literature.
British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries extends back to the 1500s, and shows readers how diaries have been used and have evolved.
Spanning more than 300 years, North American Women’s Letters and Diaries is the largest electronic collection of women’s diaries and correspondence ever assembled.
With more than 100,000 pages of personal narratives including letters, diaries, pamphlets, and oral histories, North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories provides a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada.
Or hear stories of others’ travel in Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History,a collection of women’s travel diaries and correspondence from The Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Great Reads and Views
There’s no better escape than curling up with a good book, tv show, or film.
Check out UBC Library’s Great Reads Collection, leisure reading materials including literary classics, fiction and non-fiction bestsellers and more!
UBC Library provides access to several streaming services through which you can watch movies, tv shows, and other audiovisual materials. Read all about them and connect through our Streaming Media at UBC Research Guide.
