Issue 187: Week of Monday, January 22, 2024 – Sunday, January 28, 2024

Digital Research Alliance of Canada Federation Humanities and Social Sciences Winter Series 2024

Original Communication – Digital Research Alliance of Canada: Jan. 24, 2024
The Digital Research Alliance of Canada Federation will be offering an introductory digital research tools webinar series for humanities, arts and social sciences researchers from February 12th – February 16th.

Additions to University of Toronto Library Collections

Original Communication – Collection Development Department: Jan. 26, 2024

The library has acquired the following resources:

History Vault: Bexar Archives collection includes documents from the governments of Spain and Mexico from 1717 to 1836 that detail military, civilian, and political life of the Spanish province of Texas and Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas. Of interest to those researching the military, civilian, and political aspects of life in colonial Texas during the Spanish and Mexican periods.

Planet.com is a leading provider of Earth observing satellite imagery. This powerful resource offers unprecedented insights into our changing planet. While we have subscribed to this platform since 2021, in 2023 our bundle was upgraded to include the high-resolution (0.5-0.7m) SkySat image archive, in addition to near-daily 3-metre PlanetScope satellite imagery. Interested users must request an account through the Map & Data Library.

Environmental Issues Online brings together multimedia materials around key environmental challenges, including climate change, water/air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, agriculture, deforestation and more from the 20th and 21st centuries. Content is drawn from discipline perspectives including Anthropology, Diplomacy, Ecology, Economics, Geography, History, Law, Medicine, Politics & Policy, Sociology, and Photography. Of interest to scholars in environmental studies and science, botany, anthropology, sociology, climate change, public policy, and political science.