Archive for July, 2012
Scholarly Communication Workshops
Registration for workshops at Library West and Marston: http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/Registration/public_workshops_all.aspx Registration for workshops at Health Science Center Library: http://training.health.ufl.edu/public_workshops_scheduled.aspx?sponsor=15 For more information, contact Christine Fruin at christine.ross@ufl.edu or (352) 273-2710 Copyright on Campus: The Basics of Copyright Law Have you ever wondered what copyright is all about and how it applies to you and the situations [...]
Read More..>>Graduate Student Library Orientation for Scientists & Engineers
Participants will discover library resources and services available to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students. This class will take a hands-on approach in which students will set up necessary accounts for services. Register at http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/Registration/ Marston Science Library, room 308 • Wednesday, August 15, 1:00-2:00 • Friday, August 17, 3:00-4:00 • Tuesday, August 21, [...]
Read More..>>Bibliographic Management Software Workshops
RefWorks 2.0 Complete Getting ready to work on a literature review, thesis or dissertation or paper? RefWorks 2.0 Complete will help you organize and manage all the books and journal articles for your research! RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool that makes creating and formatting bibliographies easy. In this workshop our librarians introduce you [...]
Read More..>>NewspaperCat selected for top 20 best reference web sites
The George A. Smathers Libraries Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers (NewspaperCat) web site (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/hnccoll) has been selected as one of the MARS: Emerging Technologies in Reference (MARS) best free reference web sites of 2012. MARS is a section of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. The list is voted on [...]
Read More..>>Smathers Libraries and Florida Memory blog feature environmental history of the Everglades
Want to learn more about the environmental history of the Florida Everglades? The George A. Smathers Libraries has digitized nearly 100,000 pages from archival collections on the subject. In addition, Florida Memory, a division of Library & Information Services, Florida Department of State, has made available seven full-length films featuring footage of the Florida Everglades, [...]
Read More..>>George A. Smathers Libraries new online exhibition explores historic preservation in Florida
The George A. Smathers Libraries have released a new exhibition available only online (http://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu/shepard). Utilizing materials from the Libraries’ Architecture Archives, The Preservation Conversation explores the conversation that occurred during three Herschel Shepard historic preservation projects in Florida: adaptive use of Government House in St. Augustine, reconstruction of Mission San Luis de Apalachee in Tallahassee [...]
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