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New resources at the USF Poly and FIPR Institute libraries

Here are the latest arrivals for the month of June. As always, Polytechnic reference books and DVDs are shelved immediately in their proper stacks. FIPR materials are shelved immediately in their proper stacks.

Reference

    POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • CSG state directory. Directory I, Elective officials. Lexington, Ky. : Council of State Governments, c1998-
    USF LIBRARY-Polytechnic Reference JK2403 .B6 Suppl.1 2011

DVDs

    HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS

  • Two spirits [videorecording] / a production of Say Yes Quickly ; a co-production of Riding the Tiger, Just Media ; directed by Lydia Nibley ; produced by Russell Martin, Lydia Nibley ; written by Russell Martin, Lydia Nibley. New York, NY : Distributed by The Cinema Guild, c2009.
    USF LIBRARY-Polytechnic Audio-Visual E99.N3 T96 2009

    MEDICINE

  • Thin [videorecording] : death by eating disorder / HBO ; directed by Lauren Greenfield ; producers, R.J. Cutler [et al.]. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.
    USF LIBRARY-Polytechnic Audio-Visual RC552.E18 T44 2006
  • Cut up kids [videorecording] : the epidemic of self-harm / BBC Education & Training ; produced & directed by Emma Parsons. Princeton, NJ, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2008.
    USF LIBRARY-Polytechnic Audio-Visual RJ506.S44 C88 2008

FIPR Institute Library

Books

    TECHNOLOGY

  • Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida’s Future / Steven Noll and David Tegeder: University Press of Florida, 2009
    TC624.F6 N65 2009
  • Environmental Geotechnics: Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (4th ICEG), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2002. Luiz Guilherme de Mello, Marcio Almeida, eds. Balkema, 2002
    TD171.9 .I52 2002
  • A Journey into Florida Railroad History / Gregg M. Turner: University Press of Florida, 2008
    TF24.F6 T875 2008
  • Introduction to Chemicals from Biomass / James Clark and Fabien Deswarte: Wiley, 2008
    TP248.B55 .I68 2008
  • Introduction to Biofuels / David M. Mousdale: CRC Press, 2010
    TP339 .M693 2010

Reports

  • Fertilizer Use by Crop / FAO, 2006
    FAO 06-739 2006
  • Efficiency of Soil and Fertilizer Phosphorus Use: Reconciling Changing Concepts of Soil Phosphorus Behaviour with Agronomic Information / J.K. Syers, A.E. Johnston, and D. Curtin: FAO, 2008
    FAO 08-738 2008
  • Controlled Traffic Farming to Improve Soil Structure and Crop Productivity / G. D. Vermeulen and W.C.T. Chamen: International Fertiliser Society, 2010
    FS London (IFS) 678-10 2010
  • The Principal Rare Earth Elements Deposits of the United States: A Summary of Domestic Deposits and a Global Perspective / Keith R. Long, et al.: U.S. Geological Survey, 2010
    GS-SIR 2010-5220 2010

Change in opening hours for Summer 2011

Starting Tuesday July 5th, the Library and Open Use Lab will be open from 8AM to 8PM, Monday through Thursday. We will be closing earlier on those days.

This adjustment comes upon changing spending priorities for SGA in the new fiscal year (SGA was financing the extended hours after 8PM) and usage statistics. Extended hours may return for the mid-term and final exams periods.

The opening hours for the rest of the week remains unchanged:
Friday: 8:00AM to 5:00PM
Saturday: 9AM to 3PM
Sunday: closed

Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Director of the USFP Library, welcomes your comments and suggestions about opening hours at 863-667-7737 or clw@poly.usf.edu. You can also come to her office in LTB 1119.

Library closed Monday for Independance Day

On Monday, July 4th, LTB 1115 will be closed to celebrate Independance Day. We will reopen Tuesday the 5th at 8:00 AM.

We’re wishing you all an happy 4th!

Pride Month resources

The list of resources offered by the USF Polytechnic Library for Pride Month 2011 is now available.

You can also come see our display in the Library. Those books can be checked out!

Website of interest: National Academies Press offers 4,000 PDFs reports freely

The National Academies – National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council -starting June 2nd 2011, permit the free download of PDFs of reports that are currently for sale on the National Academies Press (NAP) website. PDFs associated with future reports (except for those in the “Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals” series) will also be offered free of charge to all Web visitors.

That’s more than 4,000 reports to date on a range of scientific topics.

Website of interest: International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)

If you’re looking for children’s books in multiple languages, the International Children’s Digital Library will provide with numerous options, all in full-text and for free. There are multiple search parameters, including age range, genre, language, length and even cover colors.

The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) is a research project funded primarily by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Microsoft Research to create a digital library of outstanding children’s books from all over the world. The project was introduced at an international celebration at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in November 2002. The collection’s focus is on identifying materials that help children to understand the world around them and the global society in which they live. The materials in the collection, all presented in the original languages in which they were published, reflect similarities and differences in cultures, societies, interests, and lifestyles of peoples around the world. At the end of the initial research period, it is anticipated that the ICDL collection will include approximately 10,000 materials in at least 100 languages.

New resources at the USF Poly and FIPR Institute libraries

Here are the latest arrivals for the month of May. As always, Polytechnic circulating books are located in the New Books shelves in the back of the room. DVDs are shelved immediately to their proper stacks at the Front Desk.

To note, a donation of DVDs, used in class, by a student. Thank you!

Reference

  • Florida Statistical Abstract 2010 / Gainesville, University Presses of Florida
    HA311 .F55

Books

    LAW

  • Search warrant law deskbook / John M. Burkoff. West, 2011.
    KF9630 .B87 1987
  • LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

  • The American literature scholar in the digital age / edited by Amy E. Earhart and Andrew Jewell
    PS51.A44 2011

DVDs

  • Easy Rider / Columbia Pictures ; Pando Company in association with Raybert Productions ; directed by Dennis Hopper: Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1999]
    PN1997.E28F653 1999
  • Forbidden Hollywood collection. Volume three / Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009]
    PN1997.F67 2009
  • Killer of sheep / produced, written, and directed by Charles Burnett: Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Film & Video, 2007.
    PN1997.K556 K556 2007
  • Thelma & Louise / producers, Ridley Scott, Mimi Polk ; writer, Callie Khouri ; director, Ridley Scott: MGM Home Entertainment, [2003], c1991.
    PN1997 .T485 2003

FIPR Institute Library

Reference

  • Florida Statistical Abstract 2010 / Gainesville, University Presses of Florida
    HA311 .F55

Books

    SOCIAL SCIENCES (includes business, commerce, economics, finance, sociology and criminology)

  • Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams / Gary R. Mormino
    HN79.F6 M67 2005
  • AGRICULTURE

  • The Fertilizer Encyclopedia / Vasant Gowariker et al
    S631.5 F47 2009

Reports

  • United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 / United nations
    UN-ECE ES-39 2010

Library closed on Memorial Day

On Monday, May 30th, the Library and Open Use Lab will be closed to observe Memorial Day.

Hours for the Summer semester

Here are the Library and Open Use Computer Lab hours, starting June 16.

Monday to Thursday: 8:00AM to 9:30PM
Friday: 8:00AM to 5:00PM
Saturday: 9AM to 3PM
Sunday: closed

These hours are effective until June 30th, 2011. SGA is again financing extended hours this May and June (thank you!). As SGA prepares its budget for the coming financial year, we’ll see if there will be funds available (and usage of the facilities) to continue with extended hours for June and July months and the Fall semester.

Changes to "Find it @USF" - now easier to use

To facilitate linking to full-text resources, the USF Libraries have moved to a simplified version of the “Find it @USF” screen (aka SFX screen) on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. This is the screen that permits to open the full-text of a journal article, for example, from one of our article databases.

This change is based on user feedback. We hope that you will find this new version helpful in conducting your research.

Changes include:
• Less clutter
• Larger font that is easier to read
• Removing the citation boxes
• Replacing the GO button with links
• Icons for the type of resources