See the video tutorial posted here about the new USF Libraries discovery tool, Primo’s Quicksearch.
Category: Videos
Library Instruction Faculty Toolkit
The video below offers an overview of the USF Libraries Faculty Toolkit. The Toolkit includes description of online library instruction workshop modules that offer digital badging for students that complete them. Instructors can assign specific workshops and verify completion as students earn …Continue Reading
Journal Rankings and Impact Factors
https://youtu.be/wvxB8pnBPr0 The USF Libraries has created a short tutorial on resources for looking up metrics that determine journal rankings for researchers. If you need in-depth assistance, contact your liaison librarian. The tutorial features three main tools for determining journal rankings: InCites Journal …Continue Reading
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body is a Confederate Monument
Monuments can be more than buildings or structures. Caroline Randall Williams—author of the powerful New York Times Opinion piece “You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument,” which grabbed international attention as a reckoning in the movement to dismantle …Continue Reading
The CDC’s New COVID-19 Guidance for Schools, Explained
The CDC released updated guidance for schools on how to conduct in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and what precautions they should take to keep students and teachers safe. It says that states should prioritize teachers in their vaccine efforts, but it …Continue Reading
The Education Research Guide: A Good One-Starting Point for Students and Scholars
The video here outlines the specialized tools on the Education Subject Guide. Feel free to share this tutorial with novice researchers in the field of education. Also, please let them know that their Education Librarian (Tampa Campus), Susan Ariew, is available for …Continue Reading
The SAGE Video Education Collection
USF Libraries just signed a contract for the SAGE Video Education Collection in August. These videos offer content about teaching and learning topics ranging from early childhood education to educational leadership, discussing how to apply theory to practice. Much of the material …Continue Reading
Why Use Specialized Subject Article Databases?
In a recent, short video tutorial, we compare large, comprehensive search tools like FindIt with subject specific, specialized databases, outlining the advantages that specialized tools have over large, multidisciplinary ones. Even though you get more hits using larger databases, bigger isn’t always …Continue Reading