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Get started right: Leverage library resources for academic success in your first-year!

Get started right: Leverage library resources for academic success in your first-year!

By: Chloe Nyugen We’ve all been there before: overwhelmed, excited and confused all at once as a first-year student. Between adjusting to a new campus, figuring out how to balance academics, and making new friends, it can be a lot. But trust me, using the library and accessing essential resources early on can make a […]

How International Student, Simranjit Singh, Found His Community at York University Libraries

How International Student, Simranjit Singh, Found His Community at York University Libraries

By: Parveen Singh Like many other international students, when Simranjit Singh was looking for opportunities to further his education in 2020, he stumbled upon Seneca @ York. As an Arts and Science student, he immersed himself in not only Seneca College’s community but also the Keele campus’ larger community and didn’t shy away from the thousands […]

Sign-Up for the Open Education Training Program - Begins November 2022

Sign-Up for the Open Education Training Program - Begins November 2022

In summer 2020, York University Libraries worked with the Open Education Steering Committee to launch a four-week mini-course on Open Education for Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) project leads. This course was designed to help AIF leads fulfill the open educational resources (OER) component of their AIF contract.  Stephanie Quail, scholarly communications librarian, Hilary Barlow, W.P. Scott […]

York University Libraries Top 10

York University Libraries Top 10

Don’t know where to start with your assignment? Chat, Zoom or meet with us in person 1-on-1 help starting your research  Friendly staff to help you find the best articles, books, data and more Need to get together with your group? A variety of spaces to meet your needs Bookable group study rooms Quiet study […]

Omni: Pickup Anywhere Now Available

Omni: Pickup Anywhere Now Available

A Pickup Anywhere service is now available in Omni. With this new service, you’ll be able to choose any one of the 16 Omni partner institutions across Ontario to pick up books that you request. Doing a co-op in London for the summer and need a book for your online course? Request it and choose Western’s Weldon […]

YFile: Libraries celebrate undergraduate changemakers at Research Fair and Art Walk

YFile: Libraries celebrate undergraduate changemakers at Research Fair and Art Walk

Nearly 40 posters and eight pieces of artwork from more than 60 students were highlighted at the ninth annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Art Walk, which took place online on March 10. One of the most anticipated and uplifting events of the academic year, the Undergraduate Research Fair and Art Walk honours student researchers and provides […]

YFile: Students encouraged to apply for York's annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Art Walk

YFile: Students encouraged to apply for York's annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Art Walk

The ninth Undergraduate Research Fair and Art Walk will take place on March 10, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., online. Applications for participation in the annual multidisciplinary exhibition are now open to student applicants. The fair’s organizing committee is calling on York instructors to encourage students to apply. Support from instructors is instrumental in giving students the […]