Forestry Research Help
Need help? Please don't hesitate to contact me.
Helen Brown, Librarian
Email | Book an Appointment During Office Hours
For quick research help, you can also contact Woodward Library via email and in-person, or use the AskAway chat service.
GIS and Map Help
Need help? Please don't hesitate to contact me.
Evan Thornberry, Geographic Information Systems Librarian
For quick research help related to maps or GIS, you can also contact library.gis@ubc.ca, or form more in-depth help request a virtual consultation.
Logistics
UBC Library Website
CWL vs. UBCcard
- Campus Wide Login (CWL) - My Library account, off campus access to e-resources, Document Delivery, and InterLibrary Loan
- UBCcard - your library card to borrow books, and can use it to access use services such as Document Delivery and InterLibrary Loan using the barcode and PIN
Useful Services
- Document Delivery - order articles and books between campuses (e.g. UBC Okanagan Library)
- Interlibrary Loan - orders articles and books not available at UBC Library
- AskAway - chat reference service
Short Presentation Material
Library Branch Websites
- Woodward Library - Forestry, Land & Food Systems, Science, Engineering, Health
- Koerner Library - Humanities & Social Sciences, GIS & Data services, Research Commons
- Other libraries of interest - David Lam (Business), Law, Xwi7xwa (First Nations House of Learning), UBC Okanagan (Kelowna)
Related Research Guides
To see all research guides created by UBC Library: guides.library.ubc.ca
Workshops & Events
Find workshops and events for GIS, citation management, and other related topics in the Library Events Calendar. Use the Categories feature to filter your results for a certain topic. Events are added to the calendar regularly so check back often for updated content! Below are links to currently to a selection of scheduled workshops:
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Choosing a Citation Management Tool and Migrating from RefWorks (September 12 & 19)Workshop on citation management basics and how to transition from RefWorks to another tool.
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Science Literacy Week (September 19-25)– more info coming very soon!Annual event focusing on science and science literacy. This year's theme is Math.
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Literature Reviews: Mapping the Scholarly Conversation (September 22)This workshop introduces the typical structure of literature reviews, while accounting for variation in communicative purposes, audiences, and disciplinarity. Participants will write or revise a section of a literature review during dedicated writing time.
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Python for ArcGIS - Working with ArcGIS Notebooks (September 23)This workshop introduces you to using Python code in a Jupyter Notebook, an open source web application that enables you to create and share documents that contain rich text, equations and multimedia, alongside executable code and visualization of analysis outputs.
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Climate Action Week (Sept 23-29) - more info coming very soon!The theme of this first UBC Library Climate Action Week is inspired by UBC's Climate Action Plan 2030, the Zero Emission University initiative, and all of the research, education, and outreach from UBC students, staff, and faculty to decrease scope 3 emissions.
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Finding and Using Open Education Resources (October 26)This workshop walk you through some strategies for finding open content to adapt or include within your learning resources, as well as best practices for attribution.
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What format to choose to save your data (November 4)This workshop will cover all these aspects starting from the very basic file formats and ending with scalable scientific dataset formats.
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GIS Day! (Nov 16) - more info to come!GIS Day is an annual worldwide celebration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology and community.
Additional workshops from UBC Library's Research Commons published for asynchronous learning can be found here: ubc-library-rc.github.io