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Happy Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 10th!

UPEI and Robertson Library will be closed on September 19 to observe Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Tours start Wed., Sep. 7th and are available throughout the month. Limit of 5 per tour. Be sure to book early!

The library will be closed on Friday, Aug. 19 (Gold Cup & Saucer Day)

Robertson Library will be closed on Friday, August 19, Gold Cup & Saucer Day.
Library hours are available at https://library.upei.ca/hours
For more information on the Gold Cup Parade, visit https://goldcupparade.ca/ or on Old Home Week activities, including the Gold Cup & Saucer Race, visit www.oldhomeweekpei.com

The upgrade is scheduled for 8 AM on Wednesday, August 17. We anticipate it will take an hour or less. During the upgrade off-campus users will not be able to access the Library's subscription databases and other subscription services. This will not impact the catalogue itself but will impact following the full text links to licensed e-books and videos from catalogue records.

Celebrate the diversity of gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression.

Celebrate the cultural diversity in Canada!

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day to recognize & celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures, and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit, & Métis peoples. 

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, a time to reflect on the many achievements & contributions that Canadians of Asian heritage have made and continue to make to Canadian society.

Masks will become mandatory in the Robertson Library effective August 25.

Congratulations to the Class of 2022! We wish you all the best in the future!

Honouring Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Robertson Library will be open for extended hours from April 9th to 26th. NOTE: Special Easter weekend hours, April 15th to 18th. Good luck with your exams!

Visit our Freedom To Read Week book display. Check out a selection of books that have been challenged in Canada in recent decades.

Happy Islander Day, Monday, February 21!

Award-winning author of The Skin We're In:  A Year of Black Resistance and Power.  Wednesday, March 2nd at 7 pm. Register online for this free event.  All are welcome! 

IDW 2022 aims to inform, inspire and involve Canadians in Canada’s international development efforts.

February is Black History Month. Celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities.

Join Bell Let's Talk Day campaign to raise awareness about mental health care, and end the stigma around mental illness.

The Library will be open Monday-Friday from 8 am-6 pm (virtual reference service 9 am-8 pm) and Saturday-Sunday from 10 am-5 pm (virtual reference service 11 am-4 pm).

Interested in world cultures, present or historical?

The library has two databases on "free trial" through February 28,2022.

Both include recent as well as primary historical full text descriptions of peoples/cultures around the world.

eHRAF Archaeology

focuses on in-depth descriptive documents of archaeological traditions from around the world. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level.

The library will be open extended hours during the exam period, Dec. 10-20  library.upei.ca/hours

Wear white ribbons on December 6 to raise awareness about violence against women and children. 

Happy fall, it's dark outside!  Need some light? From 10 am - 2 pm on Monday, November 22nd, UPEI students can pop into the Robertson Library LINC to try a light therapy lamp for 15 minutes.  Make sure to sign up for your time slot in advance.  

The Library will be closed on Remembrance Day, a day to remember & honour those who have served Canada in times of war, military conflict & peace. Veterans' Week Nov. 5th-11th. Nov. 8th is National Aboriginal Veterans' Day.

If you are a student looking for other spaces where you can participate in your online class, the Registrar's Office has prepared a list of rooms on campus and their availability during the Fall 2021 semester. These are not bookable rooms, but rooms that don't have classes running in them at the times specified.

If you are wondering where a building is on campus, view the Campus Map.

October 1 is Treaty Day and the start of Mi’kmaq History Month.

The Library will be closed on Monday, Oct. 11. Happy Thanksgiving!

On the occasion of the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, the Robertson Library extends an open invitation to the campus and Island communities to visit, and reflect upon, the Aboriginal Survivors for Healing display in our main lobby, paying tribute to the Mi’kmaw children taken from their homes in Epekwitk

September 30 has been designated the official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

 A massive collection of historical ("primary source") documents from Adam Matthew.

Access AM Explorer now.

This extended free trial runs through December 10. Please email your comments to mbelvadi@upei.ca . We are especially interested to hear which classes you found this to be useful for.

Taking online and in-person classes at #UPEI in the same day? We can help!  We have four Online Rooms you can reserve in advance. Log in with your UPEI username/password to create a reservation. These rooms are designated for UPEI students taking online courses and needing a space equipped with a computer to synchronously participate in their online course.  Each iMac has a built-in mic and webcam. You will need to provide your own headphones - USB or standard headphone jack.

If you need help getting connected to UPEI's new wireless service, drop by the Library to get help.

Support is available in the Pit from 10:00am-12:00noon and in the Library in the afternoon from 2:00pm-3:00pm

More information about connecting to eduroam is available from https://upei.ca/wifi 

​Are you planning a systematic review, scoping review, or other comprehensive review project? Interested in getting Covidence for your review? Click here!

Join us in reading & discussing the national best-seller, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by award-winning author, journalist, & activist, Desmond Cole.

Robertson Library now offers the Human Kinetics Library, a comprehensive digital platform dedicated to the research, teaching, and understanding of the kinesiology and exercise science disciplines. Our subscripiton includes access to the Core Collection, which incudes a 2021 update.

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DEC 18, 2023 - DEC 22, 2023

In celebration of Open Education Week 2021, which is an annual celebration of achievements in Open Education worldwide, the Robertson Library is excited to announce a new initiative, Faculty Textbook Champions! 

Due to changes on the backend of the Library's website, you may experience trouble accessing some databases.  You may see this message:

To fix this problem, try these solutions:

Patrons may experience problems signing into their EBSCO accounts. For instance when trying to sign into your CINAHL accounts, the following error message is displayed “A System Problem has Occurred. To begin a new session, please login again".

The Library joins with the rest of the University community in acknowledging, with sadness, the death of the University's first President -- and our Library's founder -- Dr. Ronald J. (Ron) Baker.

Use your UPEI username and password to log in to the library catalogue.

The National Film Board of Canada has gathered together a collection of films by award-winning Black filmmakers, creators, and allies of the Black community, detailing a rich history to better understand the present.

Thanksgiving Day (Monday, October 12th) hours are noon - 6 pm.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Not sure where to start with your first or second (or tenth) research paper? 
Have a question about a specific part of the research or writing process? 

Check out the Library’s new “Start Your Research Paper Here” guide. 

Click through the different categories to find information and tips on all stages of completing a research paper, from picking a topic, to finding articles, to writing and grammar!

October is Mi’kmaq History Month, a time to promote awareness of Mi’kmaq treaties, history, culture, and heritage.