Introduction to Wikipedia: Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is an online workshop being held Friday, February 10th from 11 AM-2PM about Wikipedia editing to improve content about African American History and culture. Partners for this workshop include USF Libraries, Tennessee State University …Continue Reading
The EdLib Report
Library Guide–Systematic Reviews for Social Sciences
This library guide to the systematic review process discusses key characteristics of systematic reviews, other types of reviews, librarian involvement in systematic reviews, the role of gray literature, and more. For those who want to learn more about systematic reviews, the library …Continue Reading
Featured E-book: The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives
In The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives, by David Mura, the author reveals harmful narratives white people create to justify white supremacy and to maintain oppression. Mura connects history, literature, ethics and his own personal experiences to …Continue Reading
Library of Congress Launches a New Web Archive Collection
A new web archive collection from the Library of Congress documents the civil unrest sparked by the police murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. The Protests Against Racism Web Archive contains a selection of websites documenting protests against racism and …Continue Reading
Celebrating the Public Domain through Digitization
Join the USF Libraries in our annual celebration of the public domain through digitization! The public domain consists of material for which copyright protection has expired, was forfeit, or does not apply. The vast majority of materials in the public domain are …Continue Reading
Featured Resource–Psychiatry Online
Psychiatry Online is an amazing digital collection of materials that includes books, journals news, and more from the American Psychiatric Association. Particularly helpful to those interested in educational psychology is the DSM Library, featuring the 5th edition of the DSM-5-TR, the DSM-5 …Continue Reading
Workshops for Researchers this Spring
The USF Libraries is again offering a variety of advanced workshops for researchers this Spring. These range from data analysis methods, grant preparation, legal research, and more. Particularly useful for new graduate students are those on citation management (Endnote) , Zotero, and …Continue Reading
Plagiarism and ChatGPT
This article is all about how students are using AI ChatGPT to answer essay questions on tests as well as write essays for their courses. ChatGPT is very sophisticated technology that generates new answers on the fly to questions. Each time students …Continue Reading
Digital Media Commons and Student Technology Center (Multi-campus Tech Options)
The USF Libraries in Tampa and St. Pete offer faculty and students a wide range of software and hardware to help with various research and creative projects. Located at the Tampa library, the Digital Media Commons (DMC) workstations feature Adobe Creative Cloud, …Continue Reading