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Women’s History Month 2010

We have published a list of the resources held at the USF Poly Library relevant to Women’s History Month.

We will also have a display in the library. And yes, you can check out those books!

Regular hours during Spring Break

The Library (and Open Use Lab) will be open during regular hours during the Spring Break next week:

Monday through Thursday: 8AM to 8PM
Friday: 8AM to 5PM
Saturday: 9AM to 3PM
Sunday: closed as usual

New resources at the USF Poly Library

Here are the items newly arrived at the USF Polytechnic Library during the month of February.

As always, new circulating books are found in the “New books” stacks in the Group Study area and can be checked out; the new reference materials are immediately being shelved in their respective stacks.

To note, a donation by Kevin Calkins, thank you!

Reference

  • Tax facts on investments (Cincinnati, Ohio : 2004) Tax facts on investments. Cincinnati, Ohio : National Underwriter Co., c2004-
    Reference KF6415 .A15 T36 2010
  • Tax facts on insurance & employee benefits. Cincinnati, Ohio, National Underwriter Co., 2004-
    Reference KF6428 .L5 T38 2010

Books

  • The Atlantic world : European, Africans, Indians and their shared history, 1400-1900 / Thomas Benjamin. Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
    D210 .B46 2009
  • Florida statistical abstract. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 1967-
    HA311 .F55 2002
  • Florida statistical abstract. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 1967-
    HA311 .F55 2004
  • Florida statistical abstract. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 1967-
    HA311 .F55 2005
  • Florida statistical abstract. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 1967-
    HA311 .F55 2006
  • Florida statistical abstract. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 1967-
    HA311 .F55 2007
  • The future of innovation / edited by Bettina von Stamm and Anna Trifilova. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2009.
    HC79.T4 F89 2009
  • McKeachie’s teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers / Marilla Svinicki and Wilbert J. McKeachie ; with chapters by David Nicol … [et al.]. Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2011.
    Professional Development Collection LB2331 .M394 2011
  • Critical approaches to young adult literature / Kathy H. Latrobe and Judy Drury. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2009.
    PN1009.A1 L38 2009
  • The data deluge : can libraries cope with e-science? / Deanna B. Marcum and Gerald George, editors ; foreword by Kakugyo S. Chiku. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, c2010.
    Z675.T3 D38 2010

Open door seminars

We invite you to our open door, hands-on seminars, in LTB 2153:

Database Searching
Monday, March 1, 12:00-1:00PM
or
Wednesday, March 3, 5:00-6:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks

Monday, March 1, 5:00-6:00PM
or
Wednesday, March 3, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

These seminars are open to all; no registration required. The seminars are cancelled if no one is present 10 minutes after the hour.

UK and Australasian theses

The two following websites permit to search, and in some cases, access the full-text of several university theses in the UK and Australasian areas.

EThOS is the Electronic Theses Online Service, associated with the British Library. The databases contains 250,000+ theses, prepared in British universities. No login is necessary to search the databases but a (free) personal account is needed to download a theses or request its digitization. Payment of fees may be required.

The Australasian Digital Theses Program wants to establish a distributed database of digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students in that geographical region. About 40 institutions participate. No login is necessary to search abstracts or access full-text when available. Some institutions may ask for payment to access full-text.

To search more theses from the US and around the world, you can also use the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database, provided by the USF Libraries.

2009 USF Libraries Annual Report

The USF Libraries 2009 Annual Report is now available in PDF format.

New resources at the USF Poly Library

Here are the items newly arrived at the USF Polytechnic Library during the month of January.

As always, new circulating books are found in the “New books” stacks in the Group Study area and can be checked out; the new reference and A/V materials are immediately being shelved in their respective stacks.

To note this month, a book published by the Polk Museum of Art on the museum’s 43-years history.

VHS/DVD

  • The Yes Men fix the world [videorecording / Common Decency, LLC production/Article Z/Arte France. Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2009.
    PN6162 .Y47 2009

Reference

  • RMA annual statement studies. Philadelphia : Robert Morris Associates, 1977-
    Reference HF5681 .B2 R6 2009/10
  • Governmental GAAP guide for state and local governments. Chicago : CCH, c2007-
    Reference HJ9801 .M54 2010
  • Florida education directory ... by FASA. Tallahassee, Fla. : CMD Publishing, [1999]-
    Reference L903.F5 A3 2009/10

Books

  • The top 50 sustainability books. Sheffield, UK : Greenleaf Publishing, c2009.
    HC79.E5 T66 2009
  • Review of marketing research. Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, c2005-
    HF5415.2 .R467 v.6
  • Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) Crime and justice. Chicago, University of Chicago Press [c1979-
    HV6001 .C672 v.38
  • PMoA@43 : a history of forty-three years of service to minds and hearts, Polk Museum of Art 1966-2009 / James Gordon Rogers and Ann Gurley Rogers. Lakeland, Fla. : Polk Museum of Art, 2009.
    N582.L22 R64 2009

Black History Month 2010

We have published a list of the resources held at the USF Poly Library relevant to Black History Month.

The USF Poly Black and Hispanic Alliance also publishes a web page with Black History Daily Facts.

Publication of interest: Science and Engineering Indicators 2010

The National Science Board just published the Science and Engineering Indicators for 2010.

“The indicators included in Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 derive from a variety of national, international, public, and private sources and may not be strictly comparable in a statistical sense. As noted in the text, some data are weak, and the metrics and models relating them to each other and to economic and social outcomes invite further development. Thus, the emphasis is on broad trends; individual data points and findings should be interpreted with care. The overview focuses on the trend in the United States and many other parts of the world toward the development of more knowledge-intensive economies, in which research, its commercial exploitation, and other intellectual work play a growing role. Industry and government play key roles in these changes. The overview examines how these U.S. science and technology (S&T) patterns and trends affect the position of the United States, using broadly comparable data wherever possible for the United States, the European Union (EU), Japan, China, and selected other Asian economies (the Asia-9: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam).”

“Hey, where do you learn best?” video contest

Herman Miller is launching a video contest for college and university students. Herman Miller is a office furniture designer/manufacturer.

It’s a national contest with a visa gift card prize for 1st ($2,500), 2nd ($1,500) and 3rd place ($1,000). Entrants are asked to produce a video no more than 3 minutes in length, answering the question “Where do you learn best?” and submit their response no later than March 26, 2010.

The USF Poly Library is neither associated with Herman Miller or its contest. However, we are interested in the question, where do you learn best?, and the answers you may have. Whether you participate or not in the contest, we would be interested in having your opinion and input.