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Our apologies! Here are the items newly arrived at the USF Polytechnic Library during the month of September and October. Yes, we inadvertently skipped a month in the flurry of activity in the Library. So this list will combine items receive during both.
As always, new circulating books and children’s books are found in the [...]
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Looking for an Halloween-themed book? The USF Poly Library has set up a display of all our books about Halloween, ghosts, witches, creepy-crawlies and such for you to choose from. Pick up a book and a piece of candy on your way out.
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The University of South Florida Polytechnic is currently advertising the following position:
Social Sciences and Education Librarian (Open Rank)
Faculty rank, non-tenure earning
Full time, 12-month contract
Duties:
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with some of the programs in the College of Human and Social Sciences (Counselor Education, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Early Childhood Development, Educational Leadership, Elementary Education, Gerontology/Aging [...]
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The University of South Florida Polytechnic is currently advertising the following position.
Business Librarian (Open Rank)
Faculty rank, non-tenure earning
Full time, 12-month contract
Duties:
Developing and maintaining strong relationships with the Division of Business; designing and presenting instructional sessions and tools; developing the library’s collection of discipline-related materials; providing research assistance to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and [...]
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The SLA Florida and Caribbean Chapter Fall Workshop and Awards Luncheon will take place at USF Polytechnic on Friday, November 13 2009, from 9 AM to 4 PM.
The workshop theme is “Libraries of the Future”. The program speakers are Paulette Hasier (DARPA Library, Library Task Manager), Jonathan Reichental (US IT Innovations Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers) and [...]
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The American Psychological Association released last week dozens of corrections to the brand new 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. The first printing of the Manual was published in July. A very popular citation style, the Manual is used in psychology, as well as in education, sociology, economics, business, nursing [...]
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Listed below are the books honored by the FPA President’s Book Awards. There are 16 different categories and one special category, President’s Pick, chosen by FPA’s President, Chris Angermann, of New Chapter Publisher, Sarasota, FL.
PICTURE BOOK
Gold Medal Winner — Adventures of Countess Pigula: “Up, Up and Away!” written and illustrated by Karen Freysinger, published [...]
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We invite you to our open door, hands-on seminars, in Elluminate:
Database Searching
Monday, October 12, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.
Meeting Link: http://131.247.100.61:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1253029103795
Add to Calendar: http://131.247.100.61:80/build_calendar.event?meetingId=1253029103795
Starts: 10/12/2009 12:00 EDT
Ends: 10/12/2009 13:00 EDT
RefWorks
Tuesday, October 13, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes [...]
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Wanting a quick way to know what is going on in scientific fields, or simply having a few minutes to kill and looking for a quick, informative read? The USF Poly Library is now receiving two popular scientific magazines: Psychology Todayand Scientific American.
They can be found with the other print journals and periodicals at [...]
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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 [...]
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President Obama has proclaimed this month “Information Literacy Awareness Month”.
Information literacy can be defined, as in the proclamation, “the ability to seek, find, and decipher information [that] can be applied to countless life decisions, whether financial, medical, educational, or technical.”
Libraries and librarians are actively involved in information literacy and the USF Poly Library [...]
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