Congratulations to you, University of Alberta graduate!

You’re ready to hit up the real world with your brain full of academic wonder, but what happens when someone tries to challenge your knowledge base once you’ve left U of A’s bunny-frolicked campus grounds? Which academic resources can you use as an alumni to solidify your arguments?

Fear not! Your University of Alberta Libraries have got your back!

The first thing you can do is stop by the ONEcard office to get your Alumni card, which will also act as your library card. Your Alumni library access allows you to borrow up to 30 books, periodicals, or other specialized materials from any of our U of A libraries. Additionally, your Alumni ONEcard will score you some other great perks.

Join us on-campus to do your research and pick up a temporary CCID so that you can dive into our full suite of electronic databases. If you’re an armchair academic and would like to search databases from your couch, sign up to access our Alumni e-resources or check out open access sources such as ERA or the Directory of Open Access Journals.

No matter what your alumni library needs are, our fantastic library staff are available to help you. Just Ask Us or stop by any of our library locations and chat with our folks in person!

Photo Credit: Lane Anderson. Katelynn Cook, '18 BSc, celebrates her success at Augustana in front of iconic Founders' Hall.

UAlberta Libraries are dedicated to helping every student excel in scholarship and knowledge. For more than 100 years, we have been a trusted and fully-inclusive unit dedicated to “uplifting the whole people”. During this season of hope and renewal, we hope that you will partner with us as we continue to equip students with the necessary tools for critical thinking and lifelong learning.

When you choose to support Libraries, you are making a choice to uplift knowledge and support learning opportunities that yield positive results for our students, our province and our nation. Please join us in serving as a nexus between people and information, guiding students on a path to greatness that promotes new scholarship, research, ideas and innovation.

From everyone at Libraries, it is a pleasure to extend the season's best to those we so deeply appreciate. We hope you will join us this holiday season in “uplifting the whole people”! 

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Tuesday, December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On that day, 28 years ago, 14 women at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered simply because they were women studying at a post-secondary institution.

Participate at a memorial event held in the Students' Union Building (SUB stage) December 6th at Noon. You may wish to attend as an opportunity to reflect on the problem of violence against women in our society and consider concrete actions leading toward the elimination of such violence in the future.

For more information about The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, click here:

http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/vaw-vff/remembrance-commemoration-en.htm

The University of Alberta Libraries is introducing a sharing campaign called "Share the Space" to remind everyone using library spaces to be mindful and courteous of others using the library. Sharing is at the heart of what we do in the library, as the collection and spaces are here for all to use. The library has a community expectations policy that includes the expectation that library users will "respect the comfort and safety of fellow library users and library staff." To ensure that everyone enjoys their library experience we ask for you to consider these key aspects when you spend time in the library:In most areas of the libraries you are welcome to bring your food and drinks with you. Feel free to grab a coffee or bring snacks for your study session. Just remember to take away any garbage with you and ensure you leave behind a clean space for the next user.
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