USF Polytechnic Library

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.

The USF Libraries have recently acquired the Political Science Online Archives through EBSCO.

The EBSCO Political Science Online Archives consists of: National Review Archive, the Nation Archive, and the New Republic Archive.

National Review Archive

The National Review Archive provides coverage of national and international issues from a conservative viewpoint. Covers political, economic, social, and cultural issues and trends, books and the arts. While the current issue and the past issues back to 2004 can be found online, this database offers complete indexing & abstracting and full text coverage for all issues of the National Review from the first issue in 1955 through the present. Available on the EBSCO platform.

The Nation Archive

The Nation Archive is a database that indexes the complete back-file of the weekly periodical The Nation including issues from its inception in 1865 to the present. The Nation Archive provides users commentary written from a liberal and progressive perspective on a variety of notable events. The content is in the form of letters, editorials, and articles that cover diverse subjects such as: politics, economics and the humanities. The database’s search interface can facilitate both general and advanced information searches and can display results in full text PDF format. Advanced searches can use fields for supporting author, titles and subject term searching. Advances searches can also can target specific document types such as article, book review, and editorial. Further search limits can be used to select image type such as photograph or chart. This resource would support both undergraduate courses and graduate research.

The New Republic Archive

The New Republic Archive is an electronic database provided by EBSCO and accessible through EBSCOHost. The database indexes the complete back-file of the semi-weekly periodical The New Republic with issues beginning in 1914 to the present. The New Republic Archive provides users with commentary about current events, the arts, society, the economy, and political trends written from a range of viewpoints. The content also includes: letters, editorials, and articles that cover diverse subjects such as: the sciences, politics, and economics. The database’s search interface can facilitate both general and advanced information searches and can display results in full text PDF format as well as HTML format. Advanced searches can use fields for supporting author, titles and subject term searching. Advances searches can also can target specific document types such as article, book review, and editorial. Further search limits can be used to select image type such as photograph or chart. Advanced database features allow for the selection, printing and emailing of saved search citations. The database also supports the exporting of citations into bibliographic management software such as RefWorks, Endnote, and Reference Manager. This resource would support both undergraduate courses and graduate research.

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 USF Libraries have recently acquired LexisNexis’ Congressional Record.

Congressional Universe gives users access to indexed current and archived issues of the Congressional Record as well as content from predecessor publications. The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress and contains an account of the various dialogues and debates conducted upon of the floors of the House and Senate. Coverage extends from 1985 to the present and is updated daily when Congress is in session.

Content from earlier issues of the Congressional Record ranging from 1873 to 1997 is released periodically as it is made available by the publisher. Content from predecessor publications such as the Congressional Globe (1833-1873), Register of Debates (1824-1837) and the Annals of Congress (1789-1824) is also being released periodically by the publisher in an ongoing process of preparing printed materials for electronic access.

Other content in the Congressional Record includes: a record of votes, committee reports and a digest of daily floor actions. The digest describes activities such as: the number of bills introduced, the floor actions taken that day, and a summary of committee meetings activities including their agendas and schedules. Content search options include: keyword, subject, full-text, Member of Congress, Bills, Laws, Resolutions and Roll Call Votes. Search results are displayed in full text format.

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

Saturday July 18th, starting at 5:00AM Eastern for approximately 2 hours and Monday, July 20th, starting at 4:00AM Eastern for up to one hour. The full-text database will be done for maintenance.

In partnership with the School of Library and Information Science, the USF Libraries have recently acquired Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective.

Covering the period from 1905-1983, Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective from H.W. Wilson indexes articles and book reviews of key library and information science periodicals. Books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed. Coverage also includes the full text of Wilson Library Bulletin from 1914 to 1983. This is a comprehensive index to the literature with over 1,200 periodicals and citations to more than 500,000 articles. USF also subscribes to the current file, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text that covers from 1984 to the present, with full text beginning in 1994. Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective is an index to library and information science content but does not contain the full text of that content.

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