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Activism in the Archives: Researching LGBTQ and History
When: Monday, October 19, 2020 from 4:30-5:30 PM Where: Online How: Use this link to log in: https://bit.ly/30izUyk Please join the USF Libraries LGBTQ+ Special Collections and the Office of Multicultural Affairs to honor LGBTQ+ History Month and explore LGBTQ+ history in Tampa …Continue Reading
New Online Workshop from USF Libraries about Historical Research
As part of the new workshop series on information literacy, the USF Libraries has created “Find History.” Instructors with historical research assignments can assign this workshop to students for credit or extra credit. Students who complete the workshop earn a badge, which …Continue Reading
ATLE Helps Students with Study Skills
The Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) has provided some terrific resources for faculty who want to help students learn better reading, test prepping, and studying skills. First, there is this one-page handout that tells students what study skills successful students …Continue Reading
Open is Not Forever: A Study of Vanished Open Access Journals
Many reputable journals are costly and behind paywalls because, unlike some poor quality open access journals, one is paying for copy editing, indexing, and preservation. When you publish with a quality journal, you have a reasonable expectation that your article will be …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
USF History from Digital Dialogues
If you’d like a brief history of USF, check out the recent Digital Dialogues post , “USF Curiosities: as far as the eye could see?” about the barren campus when USF opened its doors in the fall of 1960. The university consisted of …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