Did you know that UBC Library has thousands of full online copies of their most popular books? At Xwi7xwa, we have some of the most popular/circulating materials available online for students & faculty to access, as well as streaming videos through McIntyre Media.
If you need help finding resources or alternative resources to a print materials you can’t access right now, please email us at xwi7xwa.library@ubc.ca and a librarian will email you back with some options!
How to Find Online Materials through the catalog:
Option 1:
Through this link to the UBC Library catalogue, you can search specifically for materials that are available online. The image below is where the link will take you.
Under the “Filter by Date/Location/Format/Language,” select “Location: Online” to view items that will be available in their full format online. You can type in a specific title, keywords, authors, or subjects and see what comes up.
Option 2:
A way to view if a specific material that the Library owns in print is also available online by clicking on the title in the item record.
In the above example, you can see the title is printed twice. Click on the second title listed; this one is a clickable link.
Clicking on the title will lead you to a page much like the one above. There are three types of records: a record of the book at Xwi7xwa, at other UBC library locations, and the copy available online. Click on the option that says “Status, Library Location: ONLINE”
Either option will lead you to a page like the example in the below image:
Once here, select the orange “Online Access” button on the right side of the screen. This will take you to the online ebook.
Helpful Hints for Keyword Searches through Summon
- Use quotation marks to search for a phrase.
- Example: “First Nations”
- Use a question mark to truncate a term to search for words with the same stem.
- Example: Aborig? retrieves Aboriginal, Aboriginals, Aborigine, etc.
- Use “AND” in searches will allow you to limit your results even farther.
- example: “first nations” AND “residential schools” will only show you results with both those phrases in them. This works for more than just two as well
- Use “OR” to find phrases that could be interchangeable to make the search wider
- example: “first nations” OR “indigenous” OR “aboriginal”
- Combine “AND” and “OR”
- example: “first nations” OR “indigenous” OR “aboriginal” AND “residential schools”
How to Find Streaming Videos:
Option 1:
UBC Library uses a platform called McIntyre Media to stream videos we’ve subscribed to.
- Search the phrase “Mcintyre media” in simple search and filter the results to Online OR click this link.
- Select any of the titles on the list to see their record.
- Under Actions on the right hand side click Online to gain access to 165 titles
Check out this post from Xwi7xwa last year for some video recommendations.
Option 2:
Head onto the simple search of the catalogue and the page below will pop up
Under “Filter by Date/Location/Format/Language,”select “Location: ONLINE'” and put in your search term(s).
Once you are taken to your search results, you will want to add an additional filter from the left side column.
Add the filter “Format: Videorecording” to be able to view online videos. Some of these will be from McIntyre Media, but some will not. It depends on what search terms were used.
Option 3:
UBC Library has a research guide all about online film and media that you can access.
Looking for non-academic films to take your mind off your coursework? Check out this database UBC has access to until April 20th!
Featured Online Books & Resources:
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (also available online) gives the reader many of the ways that Indigenous resistance has stopped natural resource extraction. From tar sands to pipelines, Indigenous resistance has pushed against colonization and the dispossession of land. This book not only examines the relationship between Indigenous peoples and natural resources, but ways to push back against settler-colonialism as a whole.
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith explores the ways in which imperils is embedded in the disciplines of knowledge, and argues that the decolonization of research methods will help reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.
First Wives Club: Coast Salish Style by Lee Maracle is a collection of short stories provides revealing glimpses into the life experiences of an Aboriginal woman, a university professor, an activist and a single mother in the lower mainland of B.C.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer uses matter-of-fact responses to over 120 questions, both thoughtful and outrageous, modern and historical, Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist Anton Treuer gives a frank, funny, and sometimes personal tour of “what’s up with Indians, anyway?”
C̓äsna7äm, The City Before The City directed and produced by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (also available online) looks at the story of the land UBC and Vancouver sits on before it became Vancouver and UBC. This documentary specifically looks at the 200 day vigil the Musqueam people to halt a condo development that unearthed ancestral remains.
Need more help finding resources? Email us at xwi7xwa.library@ubc.ca!