News, Events, & Updates

To encourage open access to information the NIH Public Access Policy requires that all investigations funded by NIH, or from NIH staff, that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008 submit an electronic version of the final peer reviewed manuscript to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central. See http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/notices/nih-grants.html for more information.

New save, print, email, Refworks, and user folder features have been added to our online catalog. Look for the new icons after each entry when viewing brief records. Available Google book covers can now be seen with each item in brief view. If there is no cover available, a “more info @ Google” link appears.

A new browse by title feature will be available soon. Let us know what you think of these features or any additional catalog features you would like to see using this form.

Help us name our new faculty activities search engine. Submit as many names as you like, by May 30th, 2008, along with your name, email, and local address to: Valrie Davis. The winner will be announced on the UF Libraries website and will receive a $25 gift certificate to Amazon. See this page for more information.

• Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature reading and discussion series (April 2008)
• Library West and Marston Science Library extend hours at finals (April 2008)
• UF Libraries Technology Expo (April 2008)
• Comics exhibit opens in Special Collections Gallery (March 2008)
• Call for Readers for libraries’ sixth annual Read-A-Thon (March 2008)
• Radical Women in Gainesville online collection: reclaiming history from the grassroots (February 2008)
• One Community One Story lecture at UF: Old Savannah in the New South (February 2008)
• Jim Haskins exhibit opens in special collections gallery (February 2008)
• Marston Science Library display space available (January 2008)
• Spring 2008 library orientations (January 2008)
• Library West extended hours pilot a success (January 2008)

The InfoCommons@West will be hosting a GatorWell Presentation:
"Stress Reduction Before Finals"
WHEN: Wednesday, April 9, from Noon - 1pm
WHERE: 3rd Floor Presentation Area of the InfoCommons @ West
GatorWell Health Promotion Specialist, Tina Baker, will be giving a presentation on identifying personal stressors and exploring skills to reduce stress before, during, and after exams as well as teaching stress reduction tips and techniques that can be used anytime, anywhere and any place!

EBSCOhost offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records. See more information…