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Opening hours during the semester break

During the semester break, opening hours for LTB 1115 will be as follows:

  • Saturday, May 7: closed
  • Monday, May 9 to Friday, May 13: 8AM to 5PM
  • Saturday, May 14: open

Summer semester starts May 16. Review, with SGA, of the usage during the past semester will determine opening hours during the Summer semester.

New resources at the USF Poly and FIPR Institute libraries

Here are the latest arrivals for the month of April. As always, Polytechnic circulating and children’s books are located in the New Books shelves in the back of the room. DVDs are shelved immediately to their proper stacks at the Front Desk. To note, the FIPR Institute Library has not received any new books or reports this month. However, they are now subscribing to a new journal in both print and electronic format on biofuels.

DVDs

    SOCIAL SCIENCES (includes business, commerce, economics, finance, sociology and criminology)

  • Tarnation [videorecording] / produced by Jonathan Caouette, Stephen Winter ; written by Jonathan Caouette ; directed by Jonathan Caouette. [U.S.] : Wellspring Media, c2004.
    HV697 .T37 2005

Books

    PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION

  • Personal brands: manage your life with talent and turn it into a unique experience / Roberto Alvarez del Blanco ; [foreword by David A. Aaker. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
    BF697.5 .S44 A45 2010
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES (includes business, commerce, economics, finance, sociology and criminology)

  • @ is for activism : dissent, resistance and rebellion in a digital culture / Joss Hands. London ; New York, NY : Pluto, 2011.
    HM851 .H3496 2011
  • Preventing crowd violence / edited by Tamara D. Madensen, Johannes Knutsson. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011.
    HV6474 .P74 2011
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • Nationalism : theory, ideology, history / Anthony D. Smith. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010.
    JC311 .S5392 2010
  • EDUCATION

  • Academically adrift : limited learning on college campuses / Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011.
    LA227.4 .A78 2011
  • Teaching 2030 : what we must do for our students and our public schools : now and in the future / Barnett Berry and the TeacherSolutions 2030 Team, Jennifer Barnett ... [at al.]. New York : Teachers College Press ; Washington, D.C. : NEA Professional Library, c2011.
    LB1025.3 .B4735 2011
  • How teachers become leaders : learning from practice and research / Ann Lieberman, Linda D. Friedrich, [editors]. New York : Teachers College Press, c2010.
    LB1028 .H638 2010
  • Make me a story : teaching writing through digital storytelling / Lisa C. Miller ; foreword by Linda Rief. Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers, c2010.
    LB1042 .M46 2010
  • Envisioning knowledge : building literacy in the academic disciplines / Judith A. Langer. New York : Teachers College Press, c2011.
    LC149 .L225 2011
  • Biography-driven culturally responsive teaching / Socorro Herrera ; foreword by Edmund T. Hamann. New York : Teachers College Press, c2010.
    LC3731 .H476 2010
  • Tier 3 of the RTI model : problem solving through a case study approach / Sawyer Hunley, Kathy McNamara. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2010.
    LC4802 .T54 2010
  • MEDICINE

  • Human-centered design of e-health technologies : concepts, methods and applications / Martina Ziefle, Carsten Rocker, [editors]. Hershey PA : Medical Information Science Reference, c2011.
    R858 .H865 2011
  • TECHNOLOGY

  • Energy in the 21st century / John R. Fanchi ; with Christopher J. Fanchi. Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2011.
    TJ163.2 .F35 2011

Children’s books

  • The war to end all wars : World War I / by Russell Freedman. Boston [Mass.] : Clarion Books, 2010.
    D522.7 .F74 2010
  • Annexed / Sharon Dogar. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
    PR6104.O43 A56 2010
  • Time you let me in : 25 poets under 25 / selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. New York : Greenwillow Books, c2010.
    PS617 .T56 2009
  • The firefly letters: a suffragette’s journey to Cuba / Margarita Engle. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
    PS3555.N4254 F57 2010
  • King of Ithaka / Tracy Barrett. New York : Henry Holt, 2010.
    PZ7.B275355 Kin 2010
  • 90 miles to Havana / Enrique Flores-Galbis. New York : Roaring Brook Press, c2010.
    PZ7.F66433 Ni 2010
  • The extraordinary Mark Twain (according to Susy) / by Barbara Kerley ; iIllustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010.
    PZ7.K4575 Ext 2010
  • What if? / Laura Vaccaro Seeger. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2010.
    PZ7.S4514 Wha 2010
  • Here comes the garbage barge! / written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2010.
    PZ7.W75477 Her 2010
  • Me and you / Anthony Browne. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010.
    PZ8.1.B818 Me 2010
  • Insect detective / Steve Voake ; illustrated by Charlotte Voake. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010, c2009.
    QL467.2 .V63 2010
  • Sugar changed the world : a story of magic, spice, slavery, freedom, and science / by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. Boston [Mass.] : Clarion Books, 2010.
    TP378.2 .A767 2010
  • Pop! : the invention of bubble gum / Meghan McCarthy. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010.
    TX799 .M33 2010

FIPR Institute Library new journal

Poly Paws starts today until Wednesday

From today until Wednesday, come meet Echo the Therapy Dog from 3PM to 6PM in the Group Study area of the Library.

Refreshments will be served, courtesy of SGA. Counselors from the Counseling Center will also be on hand for informal chats and advice.

The local media has picked on the story:

Poly Paws during final exams week

Are final exams stressing you? Take a Bark Break with Echo the therapy dog.

The Library is bringing in a certified therapy dog to offer a much needed stress break. Echo loves to be pet, can perform tricks and help you take your mind off your studies, if only for a little while.

Echo will welcome visitors May 2, 3 and 4, 2011, from 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm, in the Library Group Study area.

Counselors from the USFP Counseling Center will be available for informal chats and advice about end-of-semester stress. For more information about the Counseling Center, contact the center at (863) 667-7701 or visit them in LMC 8027.

Refreshments will be provided by SGA, thank you!

Come over to the USFP Library and take a break from the books and spend time with a dog or just chill out and relax!

Textbooks buy back

The Tampa Bookstore will be on campus May 5th and May 7 for the Textbook Buy Back.

Thursday, May 5th – 2PM to 6PM
Saturday, May 7th – 11AM to 3PM

The Buy Back will take place in LTB. The exact room numbers have not yet been determined. We’ll keep this post updated.

Position opening - Library Assistant (part time)

The Polytechnic Library has an immediate opening for a Library Assistant.

Duties:
This position will process and manage serials, including check-in, labeling and preparation for bindery. Will assist library users at the circulation desk. Will maintain the stacks. Will perform other duties as required. Capable of lifting 30 lbs.

Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience):
This position requires a high school diploma and one year of paraprofessional library experience. Appropriate college coursework may substitute at an equivalent rate for the required experience.

Preferred Qualifications (Education & Experience):
One year experience working in a library, especially with serials. Experience with Office. Customer service orientation.

This position is part-time (20hr/week), OPS. The salary is $12/hr. The schedule is Monday through Friday 8AM to 12PM.

To apply, please submit an application at the USF employment website.

The Poly Library welcomes a new librarian

Diane Fulkerson recently joined the staff at the USF Poly Library as our Social Sciences and Education Librarian.

Her main duties are reference and research assistance; library instruction and information literacy; collection development and library liaison for the Education, Social Sciences, Technical & Professional Communication and, Digital Arts & Digital Media divisions.

Diane’s previous position was as a reference and instruction librarian at the University of West Georgia where she worked primarily with departments in education and social sciences. She also worked with the university’s first-year experience program and developed an instruction session to introduce freshmen to library resources through Google Books and Scholar. Additionaly, she worked with the education faculty developing synchronous library instruction classes for their online programs. She is active as well in professional associations and is currently finishing a book on remote access technologies for library collections. Prior to becoming a librarian, Diane worked in the corporate world and held positions in customer service, purchasing and IT support. She has Master degrees in both Library Science and History.

Diane’s office is LTB 1118 (inside the Library). Her phone number is 863-667-7868 and her email is dfulkerson@poly.usf.edu. She is here to help you so don’t hesitate to ask!

Welcome Diane!

New resources at the USF Poly and FIPR Libraries

Here are the latest arrivals for the month of March. As always, Polytechnic circulating and children’s books are located in the New Books shelves in the back of the room. FIPR Institute’s books are shelved immediately in their proper stacks.

To note, we have started receiving the Award-winning and Notables children’s books. Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (PZ7.P28393 Mo 2010) is the Newberry Medal winner. A sick day for Amos McGee written by Philip C. Stead and illustrated by Erin E. Stead (PZ7.S8084 Si 2010) is the Caldecott Medal winner. One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (PZ7.W6713 On 2010) is the Coretta Scott King Award winner. While used extensively by the Education Division, know that all can borrow books from this collection to read with their favorite little person/s.

Books

    GENERAL WORKS

  • Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia / Joseph Michael Reagle, Jr. ; foreword by Lawrence Lessig. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
    AE100 .R43 2010
  • HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS

  • Racism Without Racists: Color-blind Racism and the persistence of racial inequality in the United States / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
    E184.A1 B597 2010
  • GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION

  • Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who didn’t want to be one / Mark Kurlansky. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2010.
    GV865.G68 K87 2010
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES (includes business, commerce, economics, finance, sociology and criminology)

  • Introduction to Qualitative Research Synthesis: Managing the information Explosion in Social Science research / Claire Howell Major and Maggi Savin-Baden. New York : Routledge, c2010.
    H62 .M23583 2010
  • Creating Entrepreneurs: Making Miracles Happen / edited by Fred Kiesner. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2010.
    HB615 .C76 2010
  • The future of leadership development : corporate needs and the role of business schools / edited by Jordi Canals. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
    HD57.7 .F866 2011
  • CSR for HR : a necessary partnership for advancing responsible business practices / Elaine Cohen. Sheffield, UK : Greenleaf Pub. , 2010.
    HD60 .C64 2010
  • Deregulation / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011.
    HD3616.U47 D425 2011
  • Form Book: Creating Forms For Printed and Online Use / Borries Schwesinger. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2010.
    HF5371 .S3913 2010
  • Finance and Accounting For Nonfinancial Managers: All the Basics You Need To Know / William G. Droms, Jay O. Wright. New York : Basic Books, c2010.
    HF5657.4 .D76 2010
  • IFRSS: A Visual Approach / edited by KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
    HF5681.B2 I3713 2010
  • Digital Advertising / Andrew McStay. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
    HF5826.5 .M366 2010
  • Understanding organizations / Howard Lune. Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2010.
    HM786 .L854 2010
  • Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age / Clay Shirky. New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
    HM851 .S5464 2010
  • Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding Leadership In The Real World / edited by Mats Alvesson and André Spicer. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
    HM1261 .U53 2011
  • Sex trafficking: A Global Perspective / edited by Kimberly A. McCabe and Sabita Manian. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
    HQ281 .S487 2010
  • Facing Age: Women Growing Older in Anti-Aging Culture / Laura Hurd Clarke. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
    HQ1219 .C53 2011
  • EDUCATION

  • Bedtime Stories and Book Reports: Connecting Parent Involvement and Family Literacy / edited by Catherine Compton-Lilly, Stuart Greene ; foreword by Patricia Edwards ; afterword by Shirley Brice Heath.
    New York : Teachers College Press, c2011.
    LB1048.5 .B436 2011
  • The Foundations of Research / Jonathan Grix. Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
    LB2369 .G75 2010
  • How to assess authentic learning / Kay Burke. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
    LB3051 .B7945 2009
  • The political handbook for student government operations : the guide to candidacy, campaigning, leadership, and management of all types of student-controlled activities and government with a special section on advisory functions / by Henry Clyde Landa and Douglas Cox Landa. Wauwatosa, Wisc. : Film Instruction Co. of America, c2009.
    LB3092 .L36 2009
  • From Science To Business: How Firms Create Value By Partnering With Universities / Georges Haour & Laurent Mieville. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
    LC1085 .H363 2011
  • Quick hits for service-learning : successful strategies by award-winning teachers / edited by M.A. Cooksey and Kimberly T. Olivares. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
    LC220.5 .Q54 2010
  • LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

  • Rhetorics and Technologies: New Directions in Writing and Communication / edited by Stuart A. Selber. Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2010.
    PE1408 .R54 2010
  • SCIENCE

  • Artificial ants: From collective intelligence to real-life optimization and beyond / edited by Nicolas Monmarche, Frederic Guinand, Patrick Siarry. London, UK : ISTE ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2010.
    Q337.3 .A78 2010
  • Confessions of a coding monkey: learning the subtle art of programming 2nd ed / Michael A. Wirth. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall Hunt, c2010.
    QA76.73.C15 W57 2010
  • MEDICINE

  • Child-centered play therapy / Rise VanFleet, Andrea E. Sywulak, Cynthia Caparosa Sniscak ; foreword by Louise F. Guerney. New York : Guilford Press, c2010.
    RJ505.P6 V35 2010
  • TECHNOLOGY

  • Enterprise information systems and implementing it infrastructures: challenges and issues / [edited by] S. Parthasarathy. Hershey, PA : Business Science Reference, c2010.
    T58.6 .E5785 2010
  • Handbook of Enviromental Accounting / edited by Thomas Aronsson and Karl-Gustaf Lofgren. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010.
    TD194.7 .H36 2010

Children’s Books

  • Trickster : Native American tales : a graphic collection / [compiled and edited by Matt Dembicki] Golden, CO : Fulcrum Pub., c2010.
    E98.F6 T73 2010
  • Saltypie : a Choctaw journey from darkness into light / by Tim Tingle ; illustrated by Karen Clarkson. El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, c2010.
    E99.C8 T55 2010
  • Black Elk’s vision : a Lakota story / S.D. Nelson. New York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2010.
    E99.O3 B5364 2010
  • ¡Olé! Flamenco / George Ancona. New York, NY : Lee & Low Books, c2010.
    GV1796.F55 A53 2010
  • They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group / by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010.
    HS2330.K63 B37 2010
  • We shall overcome : a song that changed the world / by Stuart Stotts ; foreword by Pete Seeger ; with illustrations by Terrance Cummings. Boston, MA : Clarion Books, 2010.
    ML3561.W45 S75 2010
  • Shake, rattle & turn that noise down! : how Elvis shook up music, me, and mom / Mark Alan Stamaty. New York, NY : Knopf, c2010.
    ML3930.P73 S73 2010
  • Ballet for Martha : making Appalachian Spring / Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan ; illustrated by Brian Floca. New York : RB/Flash Point, c2010.
    ML410.C756 G74 2010
  • Lizards / Nic Bishop. New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2010.
    QL666.L2 B57 2010
  • Kakapo rescue : saving the world’s strangest parrot / Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    QL696.P7 M79 2010
  • The bat scientists / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman. Boston, [MA] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    QL737.C5 C356 2010
  • How to clean a hippopotamus : a look at unusual animal partnerships / Steve Jenkins & Robin Page. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    QL775 .J36 2010
  • In the wild / David Elliott ; illustrated by Holly Meade. Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, c2010.
    PS3555.L5674 I6 2010
  • Dark emperor & other poems of the night / written by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Rick Allen. Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    PS3569.I295 D37 2010
  • Ubiquitous : celebrating nature’s survivors / poetry by Joyce Sidman ; illustrations by Beckie Prange. Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, c2010.
    PS3569.I295 U35 2010
  • Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse / Marilyn Singer ; illustrated by Josée Masse. New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children’s Books, c2010.
    PS3569.I546 M57 2010
  • Guyku : a year of haiku for boys / written by Bob Raczka ; art by Peter Reynolds. Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    PS3618.A346 G89 2010
  • The strange case of Origami Yoda /Tom Angleberger. New York : Amulet Books, c2010.
    PZ7.A585 St 2010
  • Ship breaker / by Paolo Bacigalupi. New York, NY : Little, Brown, 2010.
    PZ7.B132185 Sh 2010
  • A time of miracles / Anne-Laure Bondoux ; translated from the French by Y. Maudet. New York : Delacorte Press, c2010.
    PZ7.B63696 Ti 2010
  • Bink & Gollie /Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee ; illustrated by Tony Fucile. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
    PZ7.D5455 Bi 2010
  • Mockingbird (Mok’ing-bûrd) / Kathryn Erskine. New York : Philomel Books, c2010.
    PZ7.E7388 Moc 2010r
  • Yucky worms /Vivian French ; illustrated by Jessica Ahlberg. Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010, c2009.
    PZ7.F88917 Yu 2010
  • April and Esme, tooth fairies / Bob Graham. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
    PZ7.G751667 Ap 2010
  • Tuck me in! / Dean Hacohen & Sherry Scharschmidt. Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010.
    PZ7.H1148 Tu 2010
  • Turtle in paradise / by Jennifer L. Holm. New York : Random House, c2010.
    PZ7.H732226 Tu 2010
  • Big red lollipop / by Rukhsana Khan ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall. New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2010.
    PZ7.K52654 Big 2010
  • Shadow / Suzy Lee. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2010.
    PZ7.L51488 Sh 2010
  • Ling & Ting : not exactly the same! / by Grace Lin. New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
    PZ7.L644 Lin 2010
  • Me, Frida / by Amy Novesky ; illustrated by David Diaz. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010.
    PZ7.N869 Me 2010
  • The fantastic secret of Owen Jester / by Barbara O’Connor. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2010.
    PZ7.O217 Fan 2010
  • Moon over Manifest / Clare Vanderpool. New York : Delacorte Press, c2010.
    PZ7.P28393 Mo 2010
  • Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama / Margi Preus. New York : Amulet Books, 2010.
    PZ7.P92434 He 2010
  • Ruth and the Green Book / Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss ; illustrations by Floyd Cooper. Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, c2010.
    PZ7.R145 Ru 2010
  • Back of the bus / Aaron Reynolds ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper. New York : Philomel Books, c2010.
    PZ7.R33213 Bac 2010
  • Ninth Ward / by Jewell Parker Rhodes. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
    PZ7.R3476235 Ni 2010
  • The dreamer / by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; drawings by Peter Sís. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010.
    PZ7.R9553 Ne 2010
  • The night fairy / Laura Amy Schlitz ; illustrated by Angela Barrett. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010.
    PZ7.S347145 Ni 2010
  • A sick day for Amos McGee / written by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead. New York : Roaring Brook, 2010.
    PZ7.S8084 Si 2010
  • Interrupting chicken / David Ezra Stein. Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2010.
    PZ7.S8179 Int 2010
  • Nothing / Janne Teller ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken. New York, NY : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
    PZ7.T2367 Not 2010
  • Dear Primo : a letter to my cousin / Duncan Tonatiuh. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010.
    PZ7.T66414 Le 2010
  • The quiet book / by Deborah Underwood ; illustrated by Renata Liwska. New York : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, c2010.
    PZ7.U4193 Qui 2010
  • City Dog, Country Frog / words, Mo Willems ; pictures, Jon J Muth. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2010.
    PZ7.W65535 Cit 2010
  • We are in a book! / by Mo Willems. New York, N.Y. : Hyperion, c2010.
    PZ7.W65535 We 2010
  • One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia. New York : Amistad, c2010.
    PZ7.W6713 On 2010
  • Pecan pie baby / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2010.
    PZ7.W868 Pec 2010
  • Meanwhile / Jason Shiga. New York, NY : Amulet Books, c2010.
    PZ7.7.S55 Me 2010
  • A tale dark & Grimm / Adam Gidwitz. New York : Dutton Children’s Books, c2010.
    PZ8.G36 Tal 2010
  • LMNO peas / Keith Baker. New York, NY : Beach Lane Books, c2010.
    PZ8.3.B175 Lm 2010
  • Rubia and the three osos / written by Susan Middleton Elya ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet. New York, NY : Disney/Hyperion Books, 2010.
    PZ8.3.E514 Ru 2010
  • Pocketful of posies : a treasury of nursery rhymes / [illustrated by] Salley Mavor. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    PZ8.3 .P558697 2010
  • Fiesta babies / by Carmen Tafolla ; illustrated by Amy Córdova. Berkeley, CA : Tricycle Press, 2010.
    PZ8.3.T114915 Fi 2010
  • The hive detectives : chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe / Loree Griffin Burns ; with photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
    SF538.5.C65 B87 2010

FIPR Institute Library new books and reports

    SCIENCE

  • Introduction to radioactive minerals / Lauf, R. J. Atglen, Pa. : Schiffer Pub., 2008
    QE390.2U7 L38 2008
  • Florida fossils for kids / Dippold-Brady, Melissa. [S.l.] : Melissa Dippold-Brady, 2009
    QE747.F6 D57 2009
  • What your fossils can tell you :vertebrate morphology, pathology and cultural modification / Sinibaldi, Robert W. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010
    QE841 .S56 2010
  • Paving paradise: Florida’s vanishing wetlands and the failure of no net loss / Pittman, Craig; Waite, Matthew.Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2009
    QH105.F6 P58 2009
  • Best practices in the agrochemical industry / Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P. (Editor); Rosenfeld, Paul E. (Editor) Burlington, MA : William Andrew ; Kidlington, Oxford : Elsevier,1st ed. 2011
    QH545.A25 B47 2011
  • Native plant landscaping for Florida wildlife / Huegel, Craig Norman. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
    QL59 .H86 2010
  • MEDICINE

  • Technologically enhanced natural radiation / Paschoa, A. S.; Steinhäusler, Friedrich Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier,1st ed. 2010
    RA569 .P37 2010
  • TECHNOLOGY

  • Wills’ mineral processing technology :an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery / Wills, B. A. (Barry Alan); Napier-Munn, Tim. Wills, B. A.; Mineral processing technology. ; (Barry Alan). Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre. Amsterdam ; Boston, MA : Elsevier/BH, 2007 printing.7th ed. 2006
    TN500 .W54 2006

Database on trial – until May 13

USF Libraries 2010 Annual Report

Now available is the 2010 Annual Report for the USF Libraries.

Please see the final pages for mentions of your favorite USF Polytechnic librarians!

Open door seminars online

The Library will be offering its two open door seminars on Elluminate for those last weeks’ efforts.

Database research
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

Starts: April 5, 2011 12:00 PM
Ends: April 5, 2011 1:00 PM

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RefWorks
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

Starts: April 6, 2011 12:00 PM
Ends: April 6, 2011 1:00 PM

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