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Absent from campus

I will be away from campus from Monday, June 30th and will be back Monday, July 14th. I will have limited email access (clw@lakeland.usf.edu), though not all the time.

For library enquiries, you can reach the USF Lakeland Library front desk at 863-667-7817. You can also contact the USF Tampa’s Ask-A-Librarian services at (813) 974-2729 or [...]

New platform release for JSTOR

A JSTOR platform update was recently completed. This update included several bug fixes:

The “Page of First Match” feature is restored. With this fix, selecting the “Page of First Match” link now takes users to the first page upon which a search term appears, rather than the first page of the article.
The ability to jump to [...]

2007 ISI Journal Citation Reports available

The data from the 2007 Journal Citation Reports is now available in the ISI Web of Knowledge database. This data gives information on how many times a journal was cited, how many it has cited other journals and it’s impact factor, among others.

This kind of information is interesting when you are choosing a journal [...]

Super-Googling Google Scholar

The USF Libraries provide access to hundreds of databases to the students and faculty. Still, some may prefer using Google Scholar, at least in their first steps in a research process.

There are several tips though that can make a quest for information more successful in Google Scholar . First, go through the Library Web [...]

Catalog is down

The USF Libraries catalog is currently unavailable. Efforts are being made to put it back online as soon as possible.

Absent from campus

I will be away at a conference this coming week.

I will be leaving Monday June 16th and will be back Friday, June 20th at 8:00 AM. I will have email access (clw@lakeland.usf.edu), though not all the time.

For general library enquiries, you can reach the USF Lakeland Library front desk at 863-667-7817. If you need [...]

How to access New Book lists using the catalog

As you know, the USFL Library publishes a list of newly arrived titles every month (combined in the summer months). However, the USF Libraries catalog now sports a link you can click to see the new books in the library system.

To see the new books on management, for example, you go to entering the [...]

Trial Access: Faulkner Advisory For Information Technology Studies) and SMP (Security Management Practices)

This trial provides access to two electronic resources: FAITS (Faulkner Advisory For Information Technology Studies) and SMP (Security Management Practices). FAITS is an information technology reference library with reports designed to help students, instructors, and administrators learn about and keep up with the critical issues, emerging trends, products, services, and vendors driving the IT industry. [...]