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Always thinking of greener ways, the USF Libraries published its 2008 Annual Report online. Enjoy!

The list of Library resources for the 2009 Women’s History Month is now available online. We also have on print at the front desk during the Month.

It contains reference resources, books, databases, journals and children’s books.

We invite you to our open door seminars, offered this time online via Elluminate:

Database Searching
Tuesday, March 17, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks
Wednesday, March 18, 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 links to enter the seminar on the date and time specified are below. Please make sure to click on the correct one for the session you desire to attend.

Database Searching:
Meeting Link: http://131.247.100.61:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1236611241653
Add to Calendar: http://131.247.100.61:80/build_calendar.event?meetingId=1236611241653
Starts: 03/17/2009 12:00 EDT
Ends: 03/17/2009 13:00 EDT

RefWorks
Meeting Link: http://131.247.100.61:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1236611301407
Add to Calendar: http://131.247.100.61:80/build_calendar.event?meetingId=1236611301407
Starts: 03/18/2009 12:00 EDT
Ends: 03/18/2009 13:00 EDT

Enter your name at the login prompt.

These meetings do not require a password to join. Please leave the password field blank.

If this is the first time you will be using Elluminate, you may be prompted to download some software which may take anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes depending upon your Internet connection speed. You can pre-configure your system with the required software by going to the support page located at: http://131.247.100.61:80/support.help.

Please make sure your computer has a microphone and speakers to be able to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate meeting.

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; the new reference titles are being immediately shelved in their respective stacks.

February saw the creation of the USF Libraries Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center. Its mission is to cross international boundaries to engage information specialists, scholars, educators, students, analysts, and activists in a centralized, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and synergistic approach to genocide education, mental health and public policy, and prevention.

Reference

• Tax facts on insurance & employee benefits. Cincinnati, Ohio, National Underwriter Co., 2004-
  Reference KF6428.L5 T38
• The children’s literature dictionary : definitions, resources, and learning activities / by Kathy H. Latrobe, Carolyn S. Brodie, and Maureen White. New York : Neal-Schuman, c2002.
  Reference PN1008.5 .L38 2002
• The Princeton companion to mathematics / editor, Timothy Gowers ; associate editors, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
  Reference QA11.2 .P745 2008

Books

• The ISIS agreement : how sustainability can improve organizational performance and transform the world / Alan AtKisson. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.
  GE170 .A852 2008
• Mastering business planning and strategy : the power and application of strategic thinking / Paul Elkin. London : Thorogood, c2007.
  HD30.28 .E43 2007
• RenGen, renaissance generation : the rise of the cultural consumer–and what it means to your business / Patricia Martin. Avon, Mass. : Platinum Press, c2007.
  HM851 .M375 2007
• Teachers on the cutting edge. Ormond Beach, FL : Florida Reading Association,
  LB1049.9 .T43 v.20
• Test information guide for the Florida educational leadership examination / Florida Department of Education. Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida Dept. of Education, c2008.
  LB1772.F6 T47 2008
• Bullying beyond the schoolyard : preventing and responding to cyberbullying / Sameer Hinduja, Justin W. Patchin. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2009.
  LB3013.3 .H566 2009
• The Rails way / Obie Fernandez. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2008.
  QA76.64 .F47 2008
• The Ruby way / Hal Fulton. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2007.
  QA76.64 .F85 2007
• From birth to five years : children’s developmental progress / Mary D. Sheridan. London ; New York : Routledge, c2008.
  RJ131 .S5 2008
• Whole system design : an integrated approach to sustainable engineering / Peter Stasinopoulos … [et al.]. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
  TA168 .W456 2009
• Advanced Rails recipes / Mike Clark and the Rails Community. Raleigh, N.C. : Pragmatic, c2008.
  TK5105.888 .C5475 2008
• Precision engineering / V. C. Venkatesh, Sudin Izman. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
  TS176 .V46 2008

Databases

• African American Music, Contemporary World Music, American Song
• Magnum Photos

Media Channel is a not for profit online network who acts as a media watchdog group. It has its own contributors but also features content from hundreds of affiliates around the world. Of interest for those studying media literacy.

MediaChannel is concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. MediaChannel exists to provide information and diverse perspectives and inspire debate, collaboration, action and citizen engagement.

The USF Libraries recently added Music Index Online to the online collection of resources.

Music Index Online indexes more than 850 music periodicals from over 40 different countries. It is updated quarterly and covers from 1973 to present. Topics covered range from every aspect of classical and popular music, all styles and genres of music, as well as musicians and the music industry. This resource is valuable for both undergraduate and graduate level research. USF’s subscription to Music Index Online is through the EBSCOhost platform with full text available through JSTOR linking and SFX.

For this database and other library resources visit http://www.poly.usf.edu/library. Click on “Search the databases” to begin.

The USF Polytechnic Library will be open during regular hours during Spring Break:

• Saturday, March 14: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
• Monday, March 16 to Thursday, March 19: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
• Friday, March 20: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Saturday, March 21: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

(These hours apply as well to the Open Use Lab)

The USF Libraries Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center was recently created at the USF Tampa Library. Its mission is to mission is to cross international boundaries to engage information specialists, scholars, educators, students, analysts, and activists in a centralized, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and synergistic approach to genocide education, mental health and public policy, and prevention.

Several events and exhibits have already taken place and more are to come. The Center is also looking for a scholar-librarian to become its Head.

Please take note that the RefWorks open door seminar on Wednesday, February 25, 5:00-6:00PM will take place in LTB 2153.

All others remain, next door, in LTB 2152.

A quick reminder about our open door seminars this week:

Database Searching
Wednesday, February 25, 12:00-1:00PM
or
Thursday, February 26, 5:00-6:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks
Wednesday, February 25, 5:00-6:00PM
or
Thursday, February 26, 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.

All seminars are in LTB 2152.