EBSCOhost’s user interface will be updated on April 23rd.
EBSCOhost is one of the library’s most-used database platforms for article and ebook content. The interface for all our EBSCOhost subscriptions will be migrated over the course of several days, starting on April 23rd.
Links to preview the new interface are available on the library website for all the EBSCOhost databases.
If you have created guides showing your students how to use the EBSCO databases, you will need to update them.
If you have permanent links to articles or ebook content, your links should redirect to the same content on the new interface. However, EBSCO advises that updating the links using the new interface is the best practice. Please see the directions for linking to ebooks and full text articles in the new interface.
AI Insights: The new interface will have a generative AI feature that summarizes several key insights from eligible articles.
For more information about the new interface’s features, please see this Quick Start Guide.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Allison Richardson, E-Resources Librarian.
Generative AI research tools are popping up everywhere in the information landscape, including in library research databases.
New GenAI tools will become available in some of library’s most-used database platforms, including EBSCOhost, on April 23. A GenAI tool is already available in the Statista database.
In Brief:
KPU Library has provided screenshots and more detailed descriptions of these tools in our new guide, Generative Artificial Intelligence in Library Research.
This concise, student-focused guide covers additional topics such as using GenAI in academic research and the social and environmental impacts of GenAI. KPU Library will document additional GenAI tools as they become available in more library research databases and will continue to update the guide with new information and additional topics as GenAI evolves.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Allison Richardson, E-Resources Librarian.
Digital Camera Available Borrow!
Do you have a photography or video assignment? Do you need something better than your smartphone camera? We have recently acquired a Digital Mirrorless Camera that will take your images/videos to the next level! It is beginner-friendly and has fully automatic features, but also allows for full creative control for those who want it.
See here for further information. Due to limited supplies, advance booking is highly recommended. A brief orientation session with an AV Technician is required before first use.
Click here to request this equipment.
Other digital cameras available:
Need motivation to get through the semester? Are you catching up on assignments before the end of the semester? Just need to focus or destress? Join together with your fellow students and let’s fight procrastination together!
Join us once again for KPU Library’s Long Night Against Procrastination and get started with your research, studying, and writing, while enjoying FREE food, coffee, and tea!
At Long Night Against Procrastination, you’ll find:
Writing, studying, and research support from KPU Librarians
Learning Centre Tutors
Relaxing and fun activities like video games, board games, colouring, and more!
Booths from our friends and colleagues from the KSA, KPU International, and Academic Integrity and more!
End of semester assignments and exams can be overwhelming and stressful. Come destress with KPU Library!
At KPU Library Café, relax with a cup of free tea, coffee, or hot chocolate, and flex your creativity with some crafts and board games. Drop by anytime during the event.
Details:
KPU Langley Library
March 31
11:00 to 1:00 pm
KPU Richmond Library
April 2
12:00 to 2:00 pm
Light Therapy Lamps Available to Borrow!
Do the "winter blues" get you down? Need a little extra light in your life? We have some powerful and portable Light Therapy Lamps that may help.
See here for further information and contact us about availability.
To view other equipment available to borrow, please visit our Guide.
Enterprise, the Library catalogue, will have a patch installed on March 18 at 7:00am. The patch will increase security and there will be no significant changes to how Enterprise looks and works.
The catalogue, My Library Account, and the ability to place holds, will be unavailable for 2 to 6 hours. Workflows, Summon, and our databases will not be affected during this time. If you would like to search, please use Summon during this time.
Questions? Ask Us using any of our remote contact options or in-person at our service desks.
Growing your own food plants and saving the seed to reuse year after year is the original infinite loot hack!
'Seed libraries' have sprung up all over the world to grow and connect the community of gardeners and seed-savers. Seed libraries let you "borrow" seeds for free, asking only that at the end of the season, if your plants grew successfully, you save some seed and return it to the library to replenish its collection.
The Kwantlen Seed Library lives at at KPU Langley, but it's taking the show on the road to Surrey (March 25) and Richmond (March 26) for Sustainable Development Goals Month! Come by the campus library between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to check out the seeds, meet our seed-obsessed librarians, and get lots more info about growing your own food.
March 25, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Surrey Library, near the Research Help Desk
March 26, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Richmond Library
When citing sources from your Moodle course site, you need to ask:
If the material was created by someone else and is simply reposted, you would:
If the material was created by your instructor, use the following template to cite it:
Author, A. (year). Title of work [And description of form, if needed] OR [Description of work in brackets if no title is available]. Moodle. URL for sign-in page (or a full URL if your instructor wants you to use this)
Example:
Adler, N. (2025). Indigenous short stories from Turtle Island [PowerPoint slides]. Moodle. https://courses.moodle.kpu.ca/login/index.php
For more information, check out our APA online guide.
On March 8 from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm, our library systems are undergoing maintenance. During this time you will not be able to view or access My Library Account or place holds in the Library catalogue.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Questions? Ask Us using any of our remote contact options or in-person at our service desks.