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Canadian Film Day: April 21, 2021

Mark your calendars!

Join the University of Toronto Libraries Media Commons Archives on Wednesday 21 April 2021 from 12:00-2:30 pm for a special National Canadian Film Day screening of the exhilarating concert film Across This Land with Stompin’ Tom Connors. Released in 1973, this recently restored Canadian gem documents an intimate concert by Stompin’ Tom Connors and others at the historic Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. We’ll follow the screening of this rare film with a Q&A with Jacques Jean, the film’s editor, and Greg Dunning, son of the film’s producer, John Dunning. 

To join us, please register in advance to receive your Zoom link: https://bit.ly/398dNPA

Happy Birthday Toronto: Album of Historical Drawings and Sketches of Toronto and Surrounding Areas

To mark the occasion of Toronto's 187th birthday on March 6, 2021, PJ Carefoote, Head, Rare Books and Special Collections, has written about an extraordinary album of watercolours acquired by the Fisher Library which provides a contemporaneous view of Toronto and southern Ontario that stands in stark contrast to its photographic counterpart.

Request scanned journal articles (Scan & Deliver Service)

Library users can now request scanned copies of print journal articles held by some U of T libraries.

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Robarts Architectural Tour

Take an architectural tour of Robarts Library!

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Audio Cine

Watch hundreds of films from major studios including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstones Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Tristar Pictures, Universal Studios Canada and MGM Studios.

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Fisher Library Blog

Through the Revolving Door: The Fisher Library Blog

Library Research Skills Workshops

Library Skills Series

Learn library skills at your own pace and get CCR credit!

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Looking for study space on campus?

Looking for study space on campus?

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How does my garden grow?

Visit the Fisher Libraray's How does my garden grow? virtual exhibit

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Coursera for U of T

U of T students have full access to the Coursera catalogue of MOOC courses, including completion certification. Register before October 31 for the fall term.

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Researching COVID-19? Take a crash course in navigating the evidence

A new online learning module to help you better understand the ever-evolving evidence for COVID-19 research

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NVivo is now available at UofT for free to all researchers, staff, and students

NVivo 12 is now available to U of T faculty, staff, and students at no cost.  NVivo software, designed to help researchers organize, code, and analyze qualitative and mixed methods research data  is now available to U of T faculty, staff, and students at

NVivo software, available for download in both Windows and Mac versions, is designed to help researchers organize, code, and analyze qualitative and mixed methods research data. To obtain the NVivo license key, fill out the form here.

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Uof T Dataverse is a repository for your research data: Deposit data, documentation, and code

Dataverse is the University of Toronto's institutional repository for publishing and sharing your research data. You can upload your research datasets, files, and code.

Why use Dataverse?

  • A journal has asked you to share your data
  • You teach a class and want to share data for lectures or assignments
  • You want a single place to house your lab/research team's data
  • You just graduated! You want to make your thesis/dissertation data available
  • You want colleagues/other researchers to build on your research by sharing your data

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Paths of Glory The General James Wolfe Manuscript Collection

The Fisher Library is privileged to be the custodian of the single most important archive of Wolfe manuscript records in the world. This collection is of exceptional cultural and historical importance for all Canadians and is now online.