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Here are the items newly arrived at the USF Polytechnic Library during the month of July. 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 titles are being immediately shelved in their respective stacks.

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Reference

• Literary research guide : an annotated listing of reference sources in English literary studies / James L. Harner. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2008.
  Reference PR83 .H34 2008
• The Book of the States. Lexington, Ky. [etc.] Council of State Governments.
  Reference JK2403 .B6 2009

Books

• The bounds of reason : game theory and the unification of the behavioral sciences / Herbert Gintis. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
  HB144 .G55 2009
• Be the solution : how entrepreneurs and conscious capitalists can solve all the world’s problems / Michael Strong ; foreword by John Mackey. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
  HB615 .S773 2009
• Leading IT projects : the IT manager’s guide / Jessica Keyes. Boca Raton : CRC Press c2009.
  HD69.P75 K512 2009
• Globalization n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job / Bruce C. Greenwald and Judd Kahn. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
  HF1379 .G744 2009
• Credit risk modeling using Excel and VBA / Gunter Loffler, Peter N. Posch. Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2007.
  HG3751 .L64 2007
• Nowtopia : how pirate programmers, outlaw bicyclists, and vacant-lot gardeners are inventing the future today / by Chris Carlsson. Edinburgh : Oakland : AK Press, 2008.
  HN25 .C365 2008
• Software engineering : effective teaching and learning approaches and practices / [edited by] Heidi J.C. Ellis, Steven A. Demurjian, J. Fernando Naveda. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2009
  QA76.758 .S646254 2009
• Quantum computing for computer scientists / Noson S. Yanofsky and Mirco A. Mannucci. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  QA76.889 .Y35 2008
• Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Akron, OH : National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation
  T39 .N37 2008
• Managing risk : the human element / by Romney B. Duffey, John W. Saull. Chichester, UK : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2008.
  T55 .D816 2008

Databases

• RGE Monitor
• Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective
• Congressional Record
• Political Science Online Archives
• Abstracts in Social Gerontology

The USF Poly Library will be open during the following hours starting Saturday, August 8:

• Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Saturday: closed
• Sunday: closed

Regular opening hours will resume Monday, August 24 at 8:00 AM. This schedule also applies to the Open Use Computer Lab.

Requested by the USF Dance Department, the USF Libraries have acquired Dance Literature and Research Descriptive Index from the National Dance Education Organization.

Produced by the National Dance Education Organization, this resource formerly known as Research in Dance Education indexes articles, theses, dissertations, conference proceedings and more in the field of dance. Search fields include: author, title, publication, institution, document type, methods and techniques, targeted populations, educational issues, populations served, areas of service, research methods and research techniques. A “grid matrix” allows the combining of multiple search fields. Indexing begins in 1926 to present.

For this resource and other library databases, visit http://poly.usf.edu/library.xml. Click on “Electronic Resources” or “Search the Databases” to begin.

Announcing the purchase of the classic reference work, the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences and the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Second Edition. Both are accessed through the Gale Virtual Reference Library platform.

The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, released in 1968 by Macmillan, co-edited by David Sills and Robert K. Merton, “established standards for knowledge in social science research and practice” (CHOICE, 2001). Hailed as a defining reference in the field of the social sciences, the work took fifteen years of planning and resulted in thousands of scholarly contributions from academics and experts from around the world. It covered research in all the disciplines making up the field: anthropology, economics, demographics, political sciences, law, psychology, sociology, geography, history, and education. In those areas of study, the peer-reviewed and signed entries focused on concepts, theories, and methods.

The second edition to the classic work, The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, is a nine-volume set that covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. The work highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by global scholars. Features include signed articles, bibliographies, see and see also references to related entries. Most entries provide a brief definition, description of historical origin and development, and different points of view surrounding the entry. Students of sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, economics, and history will benefit from this comprehensive work.

For these resources and other library databases, visit http://poly.usf.edu/library.xml. Click on “Electronic Resources” or “Search the Databases” to begin.

The Library’s management software will be upgraded to a new version, starting Thursday, July 30th at about 5:45 PM.

This will not affect searches in the library catalog but users will not be able to see their account or place holds until the upgrade is completed, after 9:00 AM Friday, July 31st at the earliest. Item status (“Available”, “On order” “Due on…”) will not be visible as well.

Users can still check out books at the Front Desk.

Informaworld will not be available Saturday, August 1st, from 6:oo to 8:00 p.m.

We use the Informaworld database to access the full-text of articles from scientific publishers like Taylor & Francis.

The Library’s management software will be upgraded to a new version, starting Thursday, July 30th at about 5:45 PM.

This will not affect searches in the library catalog but users will not be able to see their account or place holds until the upgrade is completed, after 9:00 AM Frida,y July 31st at the earliest.

Starting today, Friday July 24th, the Help Desk will now be located in LAC 1275. ERDC will still maintain an employee in the Open Use Lab for the students’ computing needs.

As its title indicate, the Coretta Scott King Book Award Curricular Resources Center permits to listen to African American authors and illustrators as they talk about and read from their books, enjoy audio recordings, book readings and videos and teach the Coretta Scott King Book Award-winning books with this free, online collection of primary source materials and lesson plans.

The USF Libraries have acquired Abstracts in Social Gerontology in support of Aging Studies, Aging and Mental Health, and related programs.

A vital source in gerontology, Abstracts in Social Gerontology summarizes essential content related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline. This index and abstracting service contains 70,000 records and covers the content to publications such as Journals of Gerontology Series, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Experimental Gerontology. Coverage begins in 1990. Abstracts in Social Gerontology appears on the EBSCO platform.

For these resources and other library databases, visit http://poly.usf.edu/library.xml. Click on “Electronic Resources” or “Search the Databases” to begin.