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When the service is offline, there are other ways to get help:
call the Service Desk 566-0583 during library open hours
walk up to the Service Desk in person in the library,
make an appointment with a subject librarian
email to reference@upei.ca
read the appropriate subject guide
view one of our online tutorials

Search

Most popular search tools:

OneSearch
Academic Search Complete
Business Source Complete
CAB (Veterinary) via EBSCO or CAB Direct
Canada Commons

CBCA (Canadian)
CINAHL (Nursing)
Compendex (Engineering)
ERIC (Education)
Gale Power Search

Google Scholar for UPEI
Government Docs
Newsbank
PsycINFO (Psychology)
PubMed for UPEI (BioMed)
Scopus

How to Choose a Search Tool (Database)

Alphabetical List of All Databases
List of databases by subject

Search Tools by Subject

Computers
Computers

Borrowing Laptops
To check PC or Chromebook availability:
PC laptops
Chromebook laptops
Your Laptop
Access the Wireless Network
Laptop Printing
More information about computers
Print/Scan
Print/Scan

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.
Printing
Black & White Single sided $0.10, Double sided $0.16
Colour Single sided $0.20
Use your CampusCard to pay for printing.
Paying for Printing
Printers Available
Laptop/Mac Mini Printing
CampusCard Account
PowerPoint Printing Tips
Scanning
Ask staff for help.
Save to a USB stick or
send to an email address.
Scanning is free.
Scanning Options and Tips
Scanners Available
Digitization services

PEI Collections

PEI Collections

PEI Collection & University Archives

Digital Collections

PEI Collection

Find PEI-related books, etc.

(Searches the Catalogue, limited to PEI collection)

University Archives
PEI Periodical Articles Database (PEI PAD)
Island Newspapers
- Eureka
- IslandNewspapers.ca

Learn more about the PEI Collection & University Archives.

Island Archives
BookLives
Bowing Down Home
Island Lives
Island Magazine
IslandVoices
IslandImagined
IslandNarratives
IslandNewspapers

IslandScholar
PEI Legislative Documents Online
Prince of Wales Digital Archive
The Red & White
Saint Dunstan's University Archive
Telling Island Stories
UPEI Digital Herbarium
UPEI Magazine
PEI Postcards

The Acting University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, whose office is located in the UASC reading area, will also be pleased to assist you.

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.

Tours/Tutorials
Tours/Tutorials

View our full list of videos and other tutorials

Tours
Check out our 2024 Video Library Tour! Discover the study spaces and services and resources available at the Library.
Our 2024 Video Library Tour is also available in French and Cantonese.
Book a Space
Book a Space

Book a Space Now
Group and individual study rooms are available for quietly studying or working on assignments.
Group Study Rooms: 261 (in Collaboratory, downstairs); Rooms 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
Online Study Rooms: 320, 321, 326, & 327 (need to reserve using the Room Reservations website)
You will need your UPEI Campus Card to sign out the key
Time per use: 3-hour block
Research Study Rooms: 322-325
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
Book a Room Now
Most group study rooms are equipped with computer
LCD Panel Displays: 4 group study rooms (346, 347, 349, 350) are equipped with LCD wall-mounted panel displays.
White Boards: most group study rooms are equipped with white boards
Most group rooms will accommodate up to 6 persons
Study rooms are no longer locked, leaving personal material unattended is at the student's own risk
Study rooms are not soundproofed. Groups using these rooms are asked to please close doors and keep conversations at a considerate noise level
Please clean up as you leave - there is no housekeeping service between bookings
Find an appropriate study zone, for yourself or a group, if the study rooms are unavailable.
Subject Guides
Subject Guides

Citation guides - APA, MLA, CSE, Chicago/Turabian
Writing Centre guide
Applied Human Sciences
Asian Studies
Biology
Business Administration
Canadian Politics
Career Exploration
Catholic Studies
Chemistry
Classics
Diversity and Social Justice Studies (DSJS)
Economics
Education
Engineering
English
Environmental Studies
Fine Arts
History
Indigenous Studies (including Mi'kmaq)
Island Studies
Kinesiology
Mathematical and Computational Sciences
Modern Languages
Music
Nursing
Paramedicine
PEI Collection and UPEI Archives
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Sociology/Anthropology
Systematic, Scoping, and Other Reviews
Theatre Studies
Veterinary Medicine

FAQ

Hot topics this week: Wireless configuration; Printing

Find books on a topic - see also the subject guide for your topic
Find books on the shelves (also video: how to use a Call Number)
Checkout and renewal of print books
Ebooks

Find articles on a topic - see also the subject guide for your topic
Peer-reviewed articles
Reading an article citation

Floor plans
Quiet
Group

Printing
Scanning
Workstations
Laptops you can check out
Your laptop in the library:
- wireless network
- laptop printing
Multimedia - DVDs, videos, etc.
3D printing

4 Ways to get help
AskUs online chat
Appointments with subject librarians
Get material not available at the Library

OneSearch - the mega search for books, articles, and more
Subject guides - tips for your discipline
RefWorks - how to manage your bibliography citations
Google Scholar

Mission/History
Staff
Organization
Visiting from off-campus

Reserves (for students)
Faculty
Alumni
How to find more information on this website
- Use All Search to keyword search (e.g. "lost and found")
- Use the Site Index to browse all page titles (excludes Databases and Reserves)
- Use the list of links at the "footer" of every page including this one

WINTER 2024
ROBERTSON LIBRARY HOURS
Service Desk: 902-566-0583

Winter Break
Dec. 19 - Jan. 1	Open	Virtual Reference
Dec. 19 - 20 \| THUR, FRI	8am - 5pm	9am - 4pm
Dec. 21 - 22 \| SAT, SUN	CLOSED	CLOSED
Dec. 23 \| MON	8am - 5pm	9am - 4pm
Dec. 24 - Jan.1	CLOSED	CLOSED
Jan. 2 - Jan. 3	Open	Virtual Reference
THUR - FRI	8am - 5pm	9am - 4pm

Winter Semester
Jan. 4 - Feb. 16	Open	Virtual Reference
MON - THUR	8am - 11pm	9am - 10pm
FRI	8am - 8pm	9am - 7pm
SAT	10am - 5pm	11am - 4pm
SUN	noon - 11pm	1pm - 10pm

Reading Week
TUES - FRI	Open	Virtual Reference
Feb. 18 - Feb. 22	8am - 5pm	9am - 4pm

Mon: 8:00 am-5:00 pm

Gratitude : an intellectual history

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Book Link

Gratitude : an intellectual history

Subjects

Catholic Studies

Religious Studies

About the Library

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PEI Collection

PEI Collections

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University Archives

Digital Collections

BookLives
Bowing Down Home
IslandScholar
Island Archives
Island Lives
IslandVoices
IslandImagined
IslandNarratives
IslandNewspapers
Kindred Spaces
PEI Documents Online
PEI Postcards

Projects and Institutes

Virtual Research Environments
Research Data Management
Islandora
LMMI
Digitization Services and Facility
Pressbooks - publishing platform

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