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    • view one of our online tutorials
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    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
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    • 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.

     

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    Subject Guides

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    • PEI Collection and UPEI Archives
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    • Psychology
    • Religious Studies
    • Sociology/Anthropology
    • Systematic, Scoping, and Other Reviews
    • Theatre Studies
    • Veterinary Medicine
  • FAQ/Hours

    FAQ

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