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When there is a green circle at the top left corner, library staff is available to help you right now! (Ask Us Hours)
Use the curved arrow icon to "pop" the whole chat box out to a separate window that you can make larger.
Use the envelope icon to email yourself the entire chat history for later use.
When the service is offline, there are other ways to get help:
To check Dell or Chromebook availability:
Call the Library Service Desk (902-566-0583) or message us using our AskUs Chat Service
Robertson Library provides students with different printing and scanning options
3D Printing - The Library's 3D printing is no longer available at this time, email 3dlibrary@upei.ca for questions.
Black & White Single sided $0.10, Double sided $0.16
Colour Single sided $0.20
Use your CampusCard to pay for printing.Ask staff for help.
Save to a USB stick or
send to an email address.
Scanning is free.
PEI Collection & University Archives |
Digital Collections |
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Find PEI-related books, etc.
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The University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, whose office is located in the UASC reading area, may also be available to assist you (appointment recommended -- 566-0536 Simon Lloyd slloyd@upei.ca). Appointments with UASC staff for visits outside of scheduled hours and for in-depth reference consultations may be arranged. |
If you would like to contribute to the development of the Robertson Library's digital collections (which are freely available to all) please visit our Gift page or contact Donald Moses (dmoses@upei.ca, 902-566-0460). These collections have been digitized by UPEI Robertson Library staff. For commercially published digital collections (e.g. ebooks), see Find Books and More. |
Check out our 2022 Library Tour! Discover the study spaces and services and resources available at the Library.
Our 2022 Library Tour is also available in Bengali, French, Hindi, Mandarin, and Persian.
Group Study Rooms: 260-261 (in Collaboratory), upstairs: 306, 330, 341-350
Group size: 2-8 people (306 can hold larger groups, ask at the Service Desk)
Time per use: 3-hour block
Individual Study Rooms: 331-336 (yellow rooms)
Time per use: 3-hour block
Research Study Rooms: 320-327
Note: Research rooms are not bookable; please ask at the Service Desk, you will need your UPEI Campus Card to sign out the key
Time per use: 3-hour block
Find an appropriate study zone, for yourself or a group, if the study rooms are unavailable.
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Library Hours
USAC and V-Ref hours available at library.upei.ca/hours
May 23 Victoria Day CLOSED
July 1 Canada Day CLOSED
August 19 Gold Cup and Saucer CLOSED
Most of the library's full text journal platforms (publisher sites and aggregators) offer a "table of contents alert" service to send you an email with their own latest table of contents. Ask library staff for assistance.
JournalTOCs - free service providing table of contents email alerts for over 24,000 journals including all of the major academic journal publishers.
EBSCOHost, PubMed, and Proquest allow you to set up search strategies as alerts, to email you when new articles arrive in their databases matching your search.
All three also allow you to create Journal TOC alerts, although publisher sites are usually better for those. Ask library staff for assistance.
Selection Tools and Book Reviews:
Amazon.com provides links to book reviews from such sources as New York Review of Books and New York Times Book Review.
Academia Book Releases - a monthly online magazine of academic titles and information - from Baker & Taylor.
Canadian Book Review Annual - "most comprehensive collection of authoritative reviews of English-language trade, scholarly, and reference books published in Canada each year."
Meetings/Conference Announcement Lists - part of the University of Waterloo's Scholarly Societies Project - links to announcement lists of upcoming meetings and conferences compiled by scholarly societies.