Wed 18 Nov 2009
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.
Tue 17 Nov 2009
As our Children’s Books collection expanded, the stack where they reside was getting too crowded. We reshelved the last part of the collection (mainly fairytales and nonfiction/science books) on the back of that stack, thus the need to around the corner to find them.
As always, don’t hesitate to ask if you can’t find what you are looking for.
Mon 16 Nov 2009
Hello everyone. I have returned from my self proclaimed “vacation”. For those of you that were not aware of what I have been up to. I took two weeks off from work, one week unpaid as I did not have any more vacation. My trip took me through many states and some very beautiful country. [...]
Mon 9 Nov 2009
In observance of Veterans’ Day, the USF Polytechnic Library and the Open Use Lab will be closed on Wednesday, November 11th.
LTB 1115 will reopen on Thursday, the 12th at 8:00 AM.
Mon 9 Nov 2009
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.
Wed 4 Nov 2009
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.