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New Library Hours & Enhanced Services for Fall 2025!
More Time, More Space: Brown Family House of Learning Library Prepare to dive deeper into your studies! All four floors of the Brown Family House of Learning Library will now be open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Sunday! That’s significantly more time for you to utilize our popular third-floor study pods, carrels, and...
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Discover Covidence at the TRU Library
What is Covidence? The newest addition to the library’s suite of online tools and databases supporting TRU research is Covidence. Covidence was established in 2014 by Veritas Health Innovation Ltd., an Australian company. It is a not-for-profit web-based software and workflow platform (SaaS) that simplifies aggregating research articles gathered from multiple sources and creating systematic...
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Unlocking knowledge: Simplifying library access with OpenAthens
Welcome to the future of seamless library access at Thompson Rivers University! If you’ve ever found yourself juggling multiple passwords just to access journal articles or e-books, the library’s new single sign-on service, OpenAthens, is here to change the game. Why OpenAthens? OpenAthens offers a simpler, smarter way to connect to library-licensed resources. Whether you’re...
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