Please click HERE to see the opening hours for the Main Library during this period.

The Faculty of Social Sciences has agreed to a trial subscription to Henry Stewart Talks, a company out of the UK that provides access to online materials primarily presentations.

The Marketing and Management Collection includes over 600 specially prepared audio-visual lectures, organized into 54 comprehensive series and delivered by a) principals, managers and advisors from the business world and b) leading academics. It makes available a wide range of detailed, practical knowledge on subjects as diverse as Change Management, Business Ethics, Consumer Behaviour, Bargaining and Negotiations, Business Continuity and Risk Management, Government Debt Management, Practical Pricing and Revenue Management, Managing and Leading People, Human Resource Management and Export Marketing to name just a few.

To access the collection click here.

The University of the West Indies has been approved for the trial subscription to The Biomedical & Life Sciences collection.  This collection of specially prepared animated audio visual presentations with synchronized narration by world leading scientists is keeping researchers informed throughout the world.  The collection is organized into comprehensive series, regularly updated and growing with over 1,000 talks.

To access click here.

RMA is the most respected source of objective, unbiased information on issues of importance to credit risk professionals. For over 92 years, RMA’s Annual Statement Studies® has been the industry standard for comparison financial data. Material contained in today’s Annual Statement Studies was first published in the March 1919 issue of the Federal Reserve Bulletin. For full details click  here.

 

"It began with a frustrated blogpost by a distinguished mathematician.  Tim Gowers and his colleagues had been grumbling among themselves for several years about the rising costs of academic journals."

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The Campus Registrar's Office has published the following document:
UWI plagiarism Accountability Statement to be submitted by students. 
Students may access the document by clicking here.

Ebscohost introduces WilsonWeb.

We're excited to announce that the transition of WilsonWeb to EBSCOhost has been completed.  With effect from February 1, 2012 the following resources will be accessed from Ebscohost.

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective: 1908-1981 (H.W. Wilson)
OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson)

The Main Library has new fines for overdue items.  Please click here for details.Overdue-Fines.


Important Notice on Payment of Overdue Library Fines

All library users are asked to note that all overdue items must be returned and fines cleared before February 23, 2012.

Failure to do so will result in all fines being calculated at the new rate.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) makes a giant leap toward open access of UWI’s extensive information resources with the launch of its new single virtual university library space (UWIlinC) on Tuesday, October 4, 2011.

 

MAIN LIBRARY

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

BAG ROOM REGULATIONS

 

ALL BAGS MUST BE DEPOSITED WITH THE ATTENDANT IN THE BAG ROOM PRIOR TO ENTERING THE LIBRARY.

A NUMBERED TICKETED SYSTEM WILL BE USED TO MANAGE THE STORAGE OF BAGS. ONE COPY OF THE NUMBERED TICKET WILL BE ATTACHED TO YOUR BAG, THE DUPLICATE WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE YOUR BAG YOU WILL NEED TO PRESENT THE DUPLICATE COPY OF THE TICKET TO THE ATTENDANT.

 

THERE WILL BE A REPLACEMENT FEE OF $5.00 FOR ANY LOST TICKET. IF YOU LOSE YOUR TICKET YOU WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE CONTENTS OF YOUR BAG TO A SECURITY OFFICER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RETRIEVE IT.

ALL WALLETS/CHANGE PURSES, CELL PHONES AND ANY OTHER VALUABLE ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED FROM BAGS BEFORE THEY ARE HANDED TO THE ATTENDANT. THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR THE LOSS OF VALUABLES LEFT IN BAGS.

ALL BAGS MUST BE RE-CLAIMED BY 10.50PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND 9.50 ON SUNDAYS.

The Main Library welcomes Orley Jones to the Systems Unit.  Orley has worked at a number of academic libraries in the USA and we look forward to his association with the Main Library and his contribution to the work of the Systems Unit.