Do you speak Google?

How many times a day do you use Google for simple information or documentary research?

Check out our new guide designed to help you to use this everyday tool more efficiently. Discover how to use operators, how to set up an alert in Google Scholar, or how to connect from Google Books references to your affiliated library catalogue.

Just remember that despite its powerful engine, Google is not the best solution to all your questions. The Library offers multiple other tools you can use for your research, all of which are more respectful of your privacy.


Illustration by Reagan Ilunga, shared under license CC0.

Le DVD est mort, vive la VOD ?

The Library recently started offering its first video-on-demand : « State 194 », by Dan Stetton, a documentary film for professor Riccardo Bocco’s course Screening the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

The shift from DVD to digital access causes more problems and thoughts than you might imagine, as explained by our multimedia librarian Pierre-André Fink.

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