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Wikipedia blackout tomorrow

Wikipedia is going offline for 24 hours – starting at 12:00 a.m. Eastern on January 18th.

Why? And, importantly, what can you do if you need to do research?

Why is Wikipedia going offline? In a statement released January 16, 2012, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, Sue Gardner explained, “The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in [...]

New electronic resources in Business: JSTOR Business III; Advertising Red Books; New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

The following business related resources have been recently acquired. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition is funded by USF Sarasota-Manatee. The Advertising Red Books reflects work on the transition to online from print resources and the movement to online access on the part of publishers.

JSTOR Business III

The JSTOR Business [...]

Reference chat

The USF Libraries, including the Poly Library, has joined the Ask-A-Librarian reference network. This is a state-wide service regrouping academic and public libraries. You can easily start the chat by clicking on the icon on the Library’s front page.

Services hours are

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10:00 am to Midnight
Friday – Saturday
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Sunday
10:00 am to [...]

Welcome back!

The Spring Semester starts today! The Library remains committed to helping you in your information-seeking needs, wether you need a fact, an article or book, need help using a database or creating a bibliography.

You can come in, call, email, text or chat. You can receive help face-to-face or in a virtual office. See http://poly.usf.edu/Offices/Library/Research_Help/Ask_a_Librarian.html for [...]