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Two new online resources with an African focus have been added to the collection of the USF Libraries:
Aluka: Struggles for Freedom
The liberation of Southern Africa was one of the major political developments of the 20th century. The demise of Portuguese colonial rule, the end of white settler domination, and the dismantling of the apartheid regime had far-reaching consequences not only for the people in the region but for the global community. The Struggles for Freedom content area focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an initial concentration on six nations: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
This collection consists of more than 180,000 pages of documents and images, including periodicals, nationalist publications, records of colonial government commissions, local newspaper reports, personal papers, correspondence, UN documents, out-of-print and other particularly relevant books, oral testimonies, life histories, and speeches.
The digital library content can be searched by browsing categories or by using basic keyword and related advanced searching options. Advanced search options include: title, creator, date, and resource type. Search results from queries display citations and associated images and metadata of individual items.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Readex’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1974-1996) is a digital version of The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports published between 1974 and 1996. The FBIS was authorized by the U.S. government to record, translate, transcribe and analyze mass media communications from foreign nations in print, radio, and television formats. The digital (FBIS) Daily Reports is comprised of English translations of the diverse foreign media communications, such as: news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals and government statements.
USF acquired Series I and II that covers: I). Middle East, North Africa, Near East and South Asia; II). Sub-Saharan Africa & South Asia. The digital (FBIS) Daily Reports support both basic keyword and advanced searches. Advanced searches can be limited include: article date, report type, language, countries and political entities. Search results are displayed in citation format with accompanying article images. Search results are also available for downloading in PDF format. Search result citations can be saved, printed or exported in tagged format. This resource is appropriate for both an undergraduate and graduate audience.
Training on FBIS will be held online on March 1, 2011 and April 26, 2011. See details at: http://www.readex.com/readex/index.cfm?content=357.
For these resources and other library databases, visit http://poly.usf.edu/library. Click Search the databases to begin.
You can now come and browse our “Detroit Tigers at Tigertown” exhibit in the Library. The exhibit celebrates the 75th anniversary of Tigers spring training in Lakeland, FL.
You can find the list of the books in the exhibit here and some pictures here (but nothing beats thumbing through the books themselves!)
Here are the latest arrivals for the month of January. As always, circulating books are located in the New Books shelves in the back of the room. Reference and Faculty Publications are shelved immediately in their proper stacks.
There are several exciting things to note:
- an addition to our USF Polytechnic Faculty Publications Special Collection, Gesichtspunkte : aktuelle Lesetexte von gestern, heute und morgen, co-authored by the Education Division Director, Dr. John Liontas.
- you’ll notice a fair amount of books on the Detroit Tigers. 2011 marks the 75th anniversary of Tigers spring training in Lakeland, the longest running training camp in baseball history. Starting February 7th until the end of March, the USF Poly Library will hold an exhibit on spring training in Lakeland.
- and finally, a big addition to this list. We will be now listing the new books received at the Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute (FIPR) Library along with the new books received at the USF Poly Library. See a book you like in the other library? Request by interlibrary loan. The FIPR new books are immediately shelved in their proper location. Thank you to Karen Stewart, Director of the FIPR Library for the idea and the list.
Special Collections – Faculty Publications
- Gesichtspunkte : aktuelle Lesetexte von gestern, heute und morgen / Thomas Baginski, John I. Liontas. Boston, Mass. : Heinle & Heinle, c1994.
Special Collections – Faculty Publications PF3117 .B245 1994
Reference
- The International year book and statesmen’s who’s who / Published: East Grinstead, West Sussex, England : Kelly’s Directories, -1981; East Grinstead, West Sussex, England : Thomas Skinner Directories Ltd., 1982-
Reference JA51 .I57 2011
Books
GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION
- Sparky Anderson: the life of a baseball legend / Detroit Free Press ; [editing, Tom Panzenhagen ; Cincinnati Enquirer ; editing, Barry Forbis]. Chicago, IL : Triumph Books, 2010.
GV865.A48 D48 2010
- Rick Ferrell, Knuckleball Catcher: A Hall of famer’s life behind the plate and in the front office. / Kerrie Ferrell with William M. Anderson ; foreword by Donald Honig. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2010.
GV865.F425 F47 1010
- Al Kaline: the biography of a Tigers icon / Jim Hawkins. Chicago, Ill. : Triumph Books, c2010.
GV865.K3 H39 2010
- Wire to Wire:Inside the 1984 Detroit Tigers Championship Season / George Cantor. Chicago : Triumph Books, c2004.
GV875.D6 C37 2004
- 1972 Detroit Tigers: Billy Martin and the half-game champs / Todd Masters. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, c2010.
GV875.D6 M38 2010
- 1945 Detroit Tigers: Nine Old men and one young left arm win it all. / Burge Carmon Smith. Jefferson, N. C. : McFarland & Co., c2010.
GV875.D6 S62 2010
SOCIAL SCIENCES (includes business, commerce, economics, finance, sociology and criminology)
- Growing your business : making human resources work for you / Robert A. Baron and Scott Shane. New York, N. Y. : Business Expert Press, 2008.
HB615 .B274 2008
- American Buyer: Demographics of shopping / [by the editors of New Strategist]. Ithaca : New Strategist, 2010.
HC110.C6 A54 2010
- San Household spending : who spends how much on what. / Ithaca, N.Y. : New Strategist Publications, c1997-
HC110.C6 O34
- Hyperformance : using competitive intelligence for better strategy and execution / T.J. Waters. Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
HD38.7 .W38 2010
- Innovator’s Way: Essential Practices for successful innovation / Peter J. Denning and Robert Dunham. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
HD45 .D36 2010
- Handbook of research on high-technology entrepreneurs / edited by A. Malach-Pines and M.F. Ozbilgin. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2010.
HD62.37 .H36 2010
- Non-Profit Challenge: Integrating Ethics into the Purpose and Promise of our Nation’s Charities / Doug White. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
HD62.6 .W495 2010
- Entrepreneurship and small business: Start-Up, Growth and Maturity / Paul Burns. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.
HD2341 .B87 2011
- The influencing option : the art of building a profit culture in business / Libby Wagner. Cranbrook : Global Professional, [2010].
HF5386 .W34 2010
- Customer experience : future trends and insights / Colin Shaw, Qaalfa Dibeehi, Steven Walden. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
HF5415.5 .S532 2010
- Buy-in : saving your good idea from getting shot down / John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead. Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2010.
HF5438.5 .K686 2010
EDUCATION
- Effective teaching methods : research-based practice / Gary D. Borich. Boston, MA : Pearson, c2011.
LB1025.3 .B672 2011
- The future of learning institutions in a digital age / Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg ; with the assistance of Zoe Marie Jones. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.
LB1028.3 .D27 2009
- Gaming For Classroom-Based Learning: Digital Role Playing as A Motivator of Study / [edited by] Youngkyun Baek. Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2010.
LB1029.G3 G355 2010
- All children read : teaching for literacy in today’s diverse classrooms / Charles A. Temple … [et al.]. Boston : Pearson, c2011.
LB1573 .A4352 2011
- Teaching and learning elementary social studies / Arthur K. Ellis. Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2010.
LB1584 .E392 2010
- Engines of Innovation: The Entrepreneurial University in the Twenty-First Century / Holden Thorp & Buck Goldstein. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
LC238 .T46 2010
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- Children’s books in children’s hands : an introduction to their literature / Charles Temple, Miriam Martinez, Junko Yokota ; with contribution by Evelyn B. Freeman. Boston, MA : Pearson, c2011.
PN1009.A1 C51182 2011
- Confessions of a public speaker / Scott Berkun. Sebastopol, CA : O’Reilly, c2010.
PN4129.15 .B47 2010
SCIENCE
- Professional standards for teaching mathematics / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Commission on Teaching Standards for School Mathematics. Reston, VA : The Council, c1991.
QA11 .N29 1991
- Empowering the beginning teacher of mathematics in high school / edited by Michaele F. Chappell, Jeffrey Choppin, Jenny Salls. Reston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, c2004.
QA11.2 .E47 2004
- Assessment Standards for School Mathematics / prepared by the assessment standards working groups of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, Va. : The Council, c1995.
QA13 .A878 1995
TECHNOLOGY
- FAST creativity & innovation : rapidly improving processes, product development and solving complex problems / Charles W. Bytheway. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. : J. Ross Pub., c2007.
TS171.4 .B98 2007
- Through the eyes of a child : an introduction to children’s literature / Donna E. Norton, Saundra E. Norton. Boston : Pearson, c2011.
Z1037.A1 N682 2011
FIPR Library new books and reports
- Wastewater Treatment with Wetland and Tailing Sands Filtration Prior to Confined Aquifer Recharge / Peter J. Schreuder. Bartow (FL): Florida Institute of Phosphate Research, 2010.
FIPR Institute (Bartow) FIPR 03-153-239 2010
SCIENCE
- Monitoring Animal Populations and Their Habitats: A Practitioner’s Guide / Brenda McComb et al. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2010.
FIPR Institute (Bartow) QL83.17 .M66 2010
- Phosphate Solubilizing Microbes for Crop Improvement / edited by Mohammad Saghir Khan and Almas Zaidi. New York: Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
FIPR Institute (Bartow) QR111 .P46 2009
AGRICULTURE
- Invasive Plants and Forest Ecosystems / edited by Ravinder Kumar Kohli et al. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2009.
FIPR Institute (Bartow) SB613.5 .I57 2009
TECHNOLOGY
- Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels / edited by Ashok Pandey. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2009.
FIPR Institute (Bartow) TP399 .H37 2009
- Researches on Rare Earths: History and Technology / Fathi Habashi. Quebec: Laval University, 2008.
FIPR Institute (Bartow) TN799 .R37 H113 2008
Our annual list of resources for Black History Month is now available. We list books, children’s books, journals and databases available at the Poly Library or electronically.
We have both a TI-Nspire Graphing calculator with Touchpad and a TI BAII Plus Financial calculator on reserves. Both can be borrowed for an in-house, 2-hours period. Ask for them at the Front Desk.
See the pictures that were taken yesterday during Florida’s Library Snapshot Day.
Thank you to Jeane Vincent, of University Relations, for taking the good pictures  Thank you to all our users who participated.
Pictures from other libraries across the state can be viewed as well.
Today is Snapshot Day at the Poly Library. We will take pictures and gather comments from our users.
If you won’t be on campus today, you’re welcome to use this post to give us your comments on how your library helps you.
Part of a state-wide event, this a way to show a “day in the life” of Florida libraries.
This week, the Library is receiving a new public photocopier/scanner. Installation should take place Tuesday or Wednesday and it will most likely not be possible to make photocopies at that time, we apologize for the inconvenience.
The new photocopier/scanner will be able to make black and white or color copies. A fax will also now be available to users for faxes in the US.
Save the date! Wednesday January 26th will be Snapshot Day at the Poly Library. We will take pictures and gather comments from our users.
Part of a state-wide event, this a way to show a “day in the life” of Florida libraries.
On Monday, January 17th, the USF Polytechnic Library and the Open Use Lab will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr Day. LTB 1115 will reopen on Tuesday, the 18th at 8:00 AM.
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Library Snapshot Day
Save the date! Wednesday January 26th will be Snapshot Day at the Poly Library. We will take pictures and gather comments from our users.
Part of a state-wide event, this a way to show a “day in the life” of Florida libraries.