By Law Library on October 20, 2026
LAW LIBRARY level 3: HV9960.C2 C75 2025
J.V. Roberts, ed, Criminal Justice in Canada: A Reader, 7th ed (Emond, 2025).
LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3240 .A34 2026
C. Szurlej, ed, Human Rights: Principles and Practice in Canada and Internationally (Emond, …
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By Tara Stephens-Kyte on October 20, 2026
Gavel CC 0 Four Major Publishers Named in U.S. Federal Lawsuit A recent U.S. whistleblower lawsuit involving publishers and article processing charges is drawing a lot of attention in the open access and scholarly publishing communities. In late July 2026, Retraction Watch, a well-known and respected blog in the scientific and academic communities, published a […]
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By holly pickering on October 15, 2026
As of October 14, 2026, SAE Mobilus has rate limited UBC’s access due to excessive downloading of over 100 articles. We are investigating. Please remember that most resources have limits on what can be downloaded during one session. Almost all vendors have internal benchmarks that make allowances for reasonable use – usually what a person […]
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By Michaela Chan on October 15, 2026
When Pedestal was launched in September 1969 by the Vancouver Women’s Caucus (VWC), it was Canada’s first feminist periodical. VWC emerged from the New Left student-led political movement at Simon Fraser University in the late 60s, a culture that valued direct action, anti-authoritarianism, and social non-conformity and promoted causes like civil rights, Black Power, gay […]
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By Law Library on October 13, 2026
LAW LIBRARY level 3: JL484 .H658 2025 Canada, Foreign Interference Commission, Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions: Final Report V. 1-7 (Foreign Interference Commission, 2025). Online acce…
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By Law Library on October 6, 2026
LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE1065 .C65 2026 M.G. Condon, J.P. Sarra, S.P. Bradley, R. Yaldan & A. Anand, Securities Law in Canada: Foundations, Policy, and Practice, 4th ed (Emond Montgomery Publications, 2026). LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF39…
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By ryan regier on October 6, 2026
Users are currently are unable to access Refinitiv. https://guides.library.ubc.ca/az/refinitiv-workspace
Users are seeing a “missing_parameters” or “Error loading Layout data” when logging in.
EResources is investigating!
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By Vanessa Choy on October 6, 2026
Illustration by Vicki Hamilton, courtesy of Pixabay What are Persistent Identifiers? A persistent identifier (PID) is a unique code that identifies and links an entity (a person, place, or thing) across global digital infrastructures. PIDs are important to digital repositories like cIRcle because they support long-term identification and accessibility, directing a user to a source […]
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