USF Polytechnic Library

Announcing Credo Reference as a new a multidisciplinary collection of online reference resources. Funded by USF Sarasota/Manatee, the content in Credo is selected by USF librarians.

Credo Reference provides access to one hundred reference resources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and biographical sources chosen to meet a broad range of research needs. Metasearching allows the user to search across all content in the current collection. Each title has an information title page with a description, and a search box for the individual title, so searching can be done at a more precise level. Concept maps are available, as are “gadgets” offering quick look ups for definitions, locations, conversions, quotations and people. Results can be exported into RefWorks, EndNote, ProCite or Reference Manager. Users can also email the abstract or the full-text, save to a file or clipboard, or choose to print. Citation styles offered are APA, MLA, Harvard and Chicago.

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

Informaworld will not be available Tuesday, November 10th, from midnight to 5:00 a.m.

We use the Informaworld database to access the full-text of articles from scientific publishers like Taylor & Francis and Routledge.

We are currently experiencing difficulties with our NetLibrary e-book collection. We are seeing a copyright message appear every 4-5 pages and we are getting reports that users are getting bumped out of NetLibrary with the message: “This eContent is not included in your library’s collection and is unavailable for viewing.”

To fix the copyright message issues, NetLibrary has scheduled a fix for which they have to bring down all of their servers on Friday, November 6th, to make the fix. They are also working on the other problem.

NetLibrary is the USF Libraries’ biggest e-book collection.

Searching for Lexis Nexis in MetaLib (our helpful list of electronic databases), you will now find a Beta version of a new interface for this great resource for newspapers, industry and market news, legal news and research, company financial information,accounting, auditing and tax information, law reviews and case law. The full new interface will be officially released in December 2009.

The most dramatic changes are in the color scheme, the navigation menu, and the Easy Search form, which will more readily show the variety of sources and searches possible.

As of now, the Beta interface is not available off-campus. The old interface is still available, wether on- or off-campus. That’s why, in MetaLib, you will see two different listings for Lexis Nexis:

• LexisNexis Academic (On and Off Campus Access)
• LexisNexis Academic (BETA-On Campus Access only)

Over the next month, the USF Libraries has been given trial access to the following databases: FAITS, and SMP.

The first of two database trials being offered by Faulkner Information Services is FAITS (Faulkner Advisory For Information Technology Studies). FAITS reports are 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. Topical coverage areas include IT infrastructure, telecommunications, wireless technology, data networking, convergence, security, enterprise systems, the internet, and technology vendors.

The second Faulkner database is SMP (Security Management Practices), in which new reports are available every month covering facility security, IT and network security, financial and legal security, business continuity, biometrics, risk and crisis management, public safety, personnel security, and security technology. Also included is CSO Digest, a weekly electronic news digest summarizing all of the major security industry news, events, and happenings.

To access the two Faulkner databases, click here. If you are off campus, make sure you log on to the Library’s web site first. These databases will be available through September 25, 2009.

Over the next month, the USF Libraries has been given trial access to the following database: Mergent InvestorEdge.

Mergent InvestorEdge provides access to the financial documents and information you need for each individual company for comprehensive investment research. Key features include:

Over 4,000 equity research reports, updated weekly, providing expert analysis and buy, sell, hold recommendations from Ford Equity Research.
Industry reports with sector level analysis covering current environment, industry profiles, performance, market trends, outlook and more.
Annual reports covering the past 10 years with over 300,000 company and financial documents in the database.

To access InvestorEdge, click here. If you are off campus, make sure you log on to the Library’s web site first. This database will be available through September 30, 2009. Your feedback is welcome.

ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 7.5 hours from 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM, Saturday, August 29th.

ScienceDirect is the full text database for the Elsevier journals the USF Libraries subscribe to, in multiple disciplines.

Requested by the USF Dance Department, the USF Libraries have acquired Dance Literature and Research Descriptive Index from the National Dance Education Organization.

Produced by the National Dance Education Organization, this resource formerly known as Research in Dance Education indexes articles, theses, dissertations, conference proceedings and more in the field of dance. Search fields include: author, title, publication, institution, document type, methods and techniques, targeted populations, educational issues, populations served, areas of service, research methods and research techniques. A “grid matrix” allows the combining of multiple search fields. Indexing begins in 1926 to present.

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

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 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.