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The USFP Library and the Open Use Lab will be closed on Monday, September 6th. The chat reference service, Ask a Librarian, will be closed on Sunday, September 5th and Monday, September 6th. Our electronic resources? Still available, 24/7, wherever you are
The Library will reopen on Tuesday, September 7th at 8:00AM.
Two of the Libraries’ databases will be down on Saturday, August 28th.
- ScienceDirect will be down for maintenance from 7:30AM to 4:30PM. During this time, upgrades will be implemented to these systems as part of the launch of the new SciVerse platform by publisher Elsevier
- informaworld will be down for maintenance from 2:00AM to 3:00AM. informaworld is the platform for publications from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press.
The loan period has been extended to 4 weeks for books from the circulating collection. It had been 3 weeks previously for undergraduate students.
You can view all our borrowing policies and loan periods on the Library’s website.
The USF Libraries, including the Poly Library, has joined the Ask-A-Librarian reference network. This is a state-wide service regrouping academic and public libraries. You can easily start the chat by clicking on the icon on the Library’s front page.
Services hours are
- Monday – Thursday
10:00 am to Midnight
- Friday – Saturday
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Sunday
10:00 am to Midnight
When the service is not available, you can use the same link to send a question by email specifically to USF Poly librarians.
The Florida Electronic Library is giving free access to all Florida residents to a new database : the Small Business Resource Center by Gale Cengage.
This comprehensive database covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more.
You can search by business topics or types, and view sample business plans.
Don’t miss the vast array of other databases offered by the Florida Electronic Library, in business or in other fields.
The USF Tampa Library has prepared an information page on the Gulf oil spill. This public website supports current research on the Deepwter Horizon oil spill, as well as present the beginnings of a more comprehensive collection of material & information for future research needs. It will emphasize research support via an archive/digital library of key peer-reviewed research and data, including governmental and NGO reports, academic articles, conference proceedings, USF materials, and maps & images. Collaboration with other universities is also in the works.
The Gulf Oil Spill Information Center (also known as GOSIC) can be viewed here.
A part-time position (10 hr/week) is now open at the USF Polytechnic Library.
Duties: assist the USF Polytechnic Library in providing services to its users (students, faculty, staff and community members). Duties include staffing the circulation desk, circulating books and other materials; answering and forwarding phone calls; answering directional questions and referring other requests for assistance to appropriate staff; and other clerical duties as needed. This position requires strict adherence to procedures overseeing confidentiality of library users’ records. Prefer USFP student.
Schedule: weekday afternoons, to be determined
Salary: $8/hr
For more details and to apply, contact Director Catherine Lavallée-Welch, clw@poly.usf.edu, 863-667-7737.
During the semester break, the Library and Open Use Lab will be open during the following hours:
- August 7 (Saturday): closed
- August 9-13: 8AM-5PM
- August 14 (Saturday): closed
- August 16-20: 8AM-5PM
- August 21 (Saturday): open
- August 23 (Monday): return to normal hours
Have a good break!
Here are the latest arrivals for the month of July. As always, circulating books (including children’s) are located in the New Books shelves in the back of the room. Reference is shelved immediately in its proper stacks.
To note, we received donations from the RATH Center and Dr. Sherry Kragler, thank you!
Reference
- Encyclopedia of associations. International organizations. / Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1989-
HS17 .E53 2010 pt.1
HS17 .E53 2010 pt.2
HS17 .E53 2010 pt.3
- CSG state directory. Directory II, Legislative leadership, committees & staff. / Lexington, Ky. : Council of State Governments, c1998-
REF JK2403 .B6 Suppl.2 2010
- CSG state directory. Directory III, Administrative officials. / Lexington, Ky. : Council of State Governments, c1998-
REF JK2403 .B6 Suppl.3 2010
- Collins Robert French dictionary = Le Robert & Collins dictionnaire : Français-Anglais, Anglais-Français./ Glasgow : Collins, 2008.
REF PC2640 .C35 2008
- The physics handbook : fundamentals and key equations / Charles P. Poole, Jr. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2007
REF QC61 .P65 2007
Books
- Oxford handbook of positive psychology and work / edited by P. Alex Linley, Susan Harrington, Nicola Garcea. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
BF204.6 .O954 2010
- Helping bereaved children : a handbook for practitioners / edited by Nancy Boyd Webb ; foreword by Kenneth J. Doka. New York : Guilford Press, c2010.
BF723.G75 H34 2010
- Science vs. religion : what scientists really think / Elaine Howard Ecklund. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
BL240.3 .E25 2010
- 500 nations : an illustrated history of North American Indians / Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. New York : Knopf, 1994.
E77 .J787 1994
- Fatherhood : evolution and human paternal behavior / Peter B. Gray, Kermyt G. Anderson. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
GN281 .G7 2010
- Baseball : an illustrated history / narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns ; preface by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; with an introduction by Roger Angell ; contributions by John Thorn … [et al.] ; and an interview with Buck O’Neil. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
GV863.A1 W37 1994
- Applied statistics for public administration / Kenneth J. Meier, Jeffrey L. Brudney. Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2002.
HA29 .M46 2002
- What it takes to be an entrepreneur / Leon Presser. [United States?] : Presser Pub., c2010.
HB615 .P73 2010
- Handbook of the economics of innovation / edited by Bronwyn H. Hall and Nathan Rosenberg. Amsterdam ; Boston : North Holland, 2010.
V1. HC79.T4 H3532 2010
V2. HC79.T4 H3532 2010
- Companies on a mission : entrepreneurial strategies for growing sustainably, responsibly, and profitably / Michael V. Russo ; with a foreword by L. Hunter Lovins. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Business Books, c2010.
HD60.5.U5 R87 2010
- Qualitative research: Good decision making through understanding people, cultures and markets / Keegan, Sheila London Kogan Page 2009
HF 5415.2 .k36 2009
- Chaotics : the business of managing and marketing in the age of turbulence / Philip Kotler and John A. Caslione. New York : American Management Association, c2009.
HF5415 .K6244 2009
- Relationship marketing: A consumer experience approach. / Baron, Steve London Sage Publications 2010
HF5415.55 .B376 2010
- Writing reports to get results : quick, effective results using the pyramid method / Ron S. Blicq, Lisa A. Moretto. New York : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1995.
HF5719 .B55 1995
- The “how to” grants manual : successful grantseeking techniques for obtaining public and private grants / by David G. Bauer. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2009, c2007.
HG177 .B38 1999 Professional development
- Creating value through innovation / Angelo Dringoli. Cheltenham ; Northampton. MA : Edward Elgar, c2009.
HG4028.V3 D75 2009
- The information society : as post-industrial society / Yoneji Masuda. Tokyo, Japan : Institute for the Information Society, c1980.
HM221 .M298 1980
- Readings in deviant behavior / [edited by] Alex Thio, Thomas C. Calhoun. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2004.
HM811 .R4 2004
- Handbook of violence / edited by] Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci, Albert R. Roberts, John S. Wodarski. New York : Wiley, c2002.
HM1116 .H36 2002
- Childhood in a global perspective / Karen Wells. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2009.
HQ767.9 .W457 2009
- Consuming innocence : popular culture and our children / Karen Brooks. St Lucia, Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, 2008.
HQ792.A85 B76 2008
- Hollowing out the middle : the rural brain drain and what it means for America / Patrick J. Carr, Maria J. Kefalas. Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2009.
HT123 .C387 2009
- Essentials of research methods in criminal justice and criminology / Frank E. Hagan. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2005.
HV6024.5 .H35 2005
- Criminal justice research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches / W. Lawrence Neuman, Bruce Wiegand. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2000.
HV6024.5 .N48 2000
- Voices from the field : readings in criminal justice research / [selected by] Carl E. Pope, Rick Lovell, Stephen G. Brandl. Australia ; Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, c2001.
HV6024.5 .V65 2000
- Victimology / William G. Doerner, Steven P. Lab. Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub. Co., c2002.
HV6250.25 .D64 2002
- Communicating terror : the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism / Joseph S. Tuman. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2003.
HV6431 .T845 2003
- Handbook of Internet crime / edited by Yvonne Jewkes and Majid Yar Cullompton ; Portland OR. : Willan, c2010.
HV6773 .H36 2010
- Crime, justice, and society : criminology and the sociological imagination / Ronald Berger, Marvin D. Free, Jr., Patricia Searles. Boston : McGraw Hill, c2001.
HV6789 .B465 2001
- Practical applications for criminal justice statistics / edited by M.L. Dantzker … [et al.]. Boston, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1998.
HV7419.5 .P73 1998
- Terrorism and organized hate crime : intelligence gathering, analysis, and investigations / Michael R. Ronczkowski. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2004.
HV8079.H38 R66 2004
- Deadly force : firearms and American law enforcement : from the Wild West to the streets of today /Chris McNab. Oxford ; New York : Osprey Pub., 2009.
HV8138 .M36 2009
- Police operations : analysis and evaluation / Gary W. Cordner, Larry K. Gaines, Victor E. Kappeler. Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub., c1996.
HV8141 .C65 1996
- The COMPSTAT paradigm : management accountability in policing, business, and the public sector / by Vincent E. Henry ; foreword by William J. Bratton. Flushing, NY : Looseleaf Law Publications, c2003.
HV8148.N5 H46 2003
- Security and loss prevention : an introduction / Philip P. Purpura. Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2002.
HV8290 .P87 2002
- Civil liability in criminal justice / Darrell L. Ross. Cincinnati, OH : Anderson Pub. Co., c2003.
KF1307 .B37 2003
- The constitution of the United States of America : a contextual analysis / Mark Tushnet. Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2009.
KF4550 .T869 2009
- Historical and philosophical foundations of education : a biographical introduction / Gerald L. Gutek. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2011.
LA2301 .G88 2011
- Educational psychology : developing learners / Jeanne Ellis Ormrod. Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2011.
LB1051 .O66 2011
- Educational psychology : active learning edition / Anita E. Woolfolk. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon Publishers, c2011.
LB1051 .W743 2011
- Children of 2020 : creating a better tomorrow / Valora Washington and JD Andrews, editors. Washington, D.C. : Council for Professional Recognition, 2010.
LB1139.23 .C48 2010
- Diversity and equity in science education : research, policy, and practice / Okhee Lee, Cory A. Buxton. New York : Teachers College Press, c2010.
LB1585.3 .L439 2010
- Using technology to improve adolescent writing : digital make-overs for writing lessons / Liz Campbell Stephens, Kerry H. Ballast. Boston : Pearson, c2011.
LB1631 .S734 2011
- Creating our identities in service-learning and community engagement / edited by Barbara E. Moely, Shelley H. Billig, Barbara A. Holland. Charlotte, N.C. : IAP, Information Age Publishing, c2009.
LB1731 .C6946 2009
- Field guide to academic leadership / Robert M. Diamond, editor ; Bronwyn Adam, assistant editor. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2002.
LB2341 .F43 2002
- Peak performance for deans and chairs : reframing higher education’s middle / Susan Stavert Roper and Terrence E. Deal. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education ; [Washington, DC] : American Council on Education, c2010.
LB2341 .R587 2010 Professional development
- Paulo Freire and the curriculum / Georgios Grollios ; translated by Niki Gakoudi. Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, c2009.
LB2806.15 .G7613 2009
- Case studies for educational leadership : solving administrative dilemmas / Stephen F. Midlock. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2011.
LB2806 .M434 2011
- How to develop a professional portfolio : a manual for teachers / Dorothy M. Campbell … [et al.]. Boston : Pearson, c2011.
LB2838 .H56 2011
- Promising practices for connecting high school to the real world / edited by William E. Blank, Sandra H. Harwell Tampa : University of South Florida.
LC1045 .P76 1997
- Global education : from thought to action / Kenneth A. Tye, editor. Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1990.
LC1090 .G55 1990
- Teaching students with special needs in general education classrooms / Rena B. Lewis, Donald H. Doorlag. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2011.
LC1201 .L48 2011
- Change is gonna come : transforming literacy education for African American students / Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Jennifer D. Turner ; foreword by Carol D. Lee. New York : Teachers College Press ; Newark, DE : International Reading Association, c2010.
LC2717 .E394 2010
- Dictionary of media and communications / Marcel Danesi. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2009.
P87.5 .D359 2009
- Sheltered content instruction : teaching English language learners with diverse abilities / Jana Echevarria; Anne Graves. Boston : Pearson, c2011.
PE1128.A2 E26 2011
- The SIOP model for teaching science to English learners / Deborah J. Short ; MaryEllen Vogt , Jana Echevarrría; with contritubions by Amy Ditton, Hope Austin-Phillips. Boston : Pearson, c2011.
PE1128.A2 S53 2011
- Concise history of science & invention : an illustrated time line / edited by Jolyon Goddard. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Q125 .C576 2010
- The SIOP model for teaching mathematics to English learners / Jana Echevarría, MaryEllen Vogt, Deborah J. Short ; with contributions by Araceli Avila, Melissa Castillo. Boston : Pearson, c2010.
QA11.2 .E25 2010
- Learning mathematics in elementary and middle schools : a learner-centered approach / W. George Cathcart … [et al.]. Boston, MA : Pearson Allyn & Bacon, c2011.
QA135.6 .L43 2011
- Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in abnormal psychology. / Guilford, CT : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, c2000-.
RC454 .T35 2005
- Clues : investigating solutions in brief therapy / Steve de Shazer. New York : W.W. Norton, c1988.
RC480.55 .D38 1988
- Windows on creativity and invention / Jacques G. Richardson, editor. Mt. Airy, Md. : Lomond, 1988.
T49.5 .W555 1988
- Human factors in the design and evaluation of central control room operations / Neville A. Stanton … [et al.]. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
TA166 .H793 2010
- Systems failure analysis / Joseph Berk. Materials Park, Ohio : ASM International, c2009.
TA169.5 .B47 2009
- Real options in engineering design, operations, and management / edited by Harriet Black Nembhard, Mehmet Aktan. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
TA174 .R376 2010
- Industrial robotics : how to implement the right system for your plant / Andrew Glaser. New York : Industrial Press, c2009.
TS191.8 .G53 2009
Children’s Books
- Murder at midnight / Avi. New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
PZ7.A953 Mu 2009
- Operation Yes / Sara Lewis Holmes. New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2009.
PZ7.H7376 Op 2009
- Fever Crumb / Philip Reeve. New York : Scholastic Press, 2010.
PZ7.R25576 Fev 2010
- Small steps / Louis Sachar. New York : Delacorte Press, 2006.
PZ7.S1185 Sma 2006
- Dinosaurs : encyclopedia prehistoric / Robert Sabuda & Matthew Reinhart. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2005.
QE861.3 .S33 2005 c.2
Databases
What will happen on August 4th?
ILLIAD/ILL will be shut down on August 4th for its conversion to the USF IT Central Authentication System. USF affiliated patrons will no longer be required to create a separate ILLIAD username and password. You will not be able to make an ILL request Wednesday so please plan accordingly.
How will I access my ILLiad account?
After August 4th, follow the new login button to USF WebAuth and sign in with your existing NetID and password.
What about my old ILLiad username?
During the implementation, your old ILLiad user account will be merged into an account under your NetID. You will no longer log in with your old ILLiad account information.
What will happen to my current ILL/PRONTO requests?
All of your old and active requests should be migrated and available to you when you log in with your NetID. If they do not show up please contact your ILL office for assistance, at (863) 667-7817.
What if I don’t have a NetID?
Some library patrons will not have a Net ID. If you do not have a NetID and you already had an ILLiad account, your login information will continue to work. If you need to register for an ILLiad login you can start here.
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