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Please use this site as your one-stop shop for faculty and TA services from the USF Libraries. If there is something you need that is not listed, please make suggestions for services to add.
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Resources to Meet the Challenge of Hybrid and Online Instruction
- Library Instruction Request
Schedule a library instruction
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Library Modules and Tutorials
Add research & skills based interactive, online tutorials
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Research Consultation Request
Request a consultation with a librarian to save time & learn about specialized resources for research
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Avoiding Plagiarism
Short videos & online workshop to help your students learn & use the skills to avoid plagiarism - Citation Tools & Guides
Lists citation softwares available from the USF Libraries and links to other helpful resources
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Connecting from Off Campus
Provides instructions for accessing USF resources that require authentication, such as databases and journals - Course & Subject Online Guides
Provide quick & customized access to USF Libraries content
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Course & Textbook Reserves
Request textbook and e-reserves for your canvas courses
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee
- Data Literacy Toolkit
Curriculum to integrate data evaluation, interpretation, & citing into your courses - Digital Learning Objects & Tools
Curated list of digital objects (virtual tours, media, & other content) for inclusion in your courses - Diversity and Collections
Find resources and collections from the library to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the curriculum
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - e-Book purchase Request
Electonic form to request the USF Libraries purchase e-books for faculty instruction - Ebooks+ for the Classroom
Search & request e-book adoptions for courses - Images
Quick list of USF Libraries & open access image (art, news, historical, etc.) databases - Media: Films & Documentaries
Quick list of USF Libraries & open access streaming media databases
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Teaching resources (activities, courses, textbooks, etc.) freely available for re-use - Media Resources: Images, Video, and Audio
Process and link to form to request the purchase or licensing of new videos for faculty instruction - Textbook Affordability Project
Provides resources to help you find low or no-cost textbook options for your students
All Library Services for Faculty
Instruction Services
- Library Instruction Request
Schedule a library instruction
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Library Modules and Tutorials
Add research & skills based interactive, online tutorials
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Avoiding Plagiarism
Short videos & online workshop to help your students learn & use the skills to avoid plagiarism - Course & Subject Online Guides
Provide quick & customized access to USF Libraries content
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Course & Textbook Reserves
Request textbook and e-reserves for your canvas courses
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Data Literacy Toolkit
Curriculum to integrate data evaluation, interpretation, & citing into your courses - Digital Learning Objects & Tools
Curated list of digital objects (virtual tours, media, & other content) for inclusion in your courses - Digital Scholarship Toolkit
Tools, resources, & communities to integrate digital scholarship into your teaching & research - Diversity and Collections
Find resources and collections from the library to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the curriculum
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Ebooks+ for the Classroom
Search & request e-book adoptions for courses - Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Teaching resources (activities, courses, textbooks, etc.) freely available for re-use - Presentation/ Media Scheduling
Request & schedule media materials - Research Posters Toolkit
Templates & best practices for students to prepare research poster presentations - Student Tech Center
Student computing helpdesk, training on virtual platforms & software, digital makerspace, & video production
USF Campus: St. Petersburg - Textbook Affordability Project
Provides resources to help you find low or no-cost textbook options for your students - Writing Tips
Tips on writing for academic audiences
Faculty Impact & Visibility
- Promotion & Tenure
Resources to help researchers select, measure, & promote their book, article, & chapter impact
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg - Grants & Foundation Info
Curated list of online & print resources for researchers - Impact & Visibility
Tips to help researchers promote and track the use of their research by discipline & geography - Selected Works
Web-based research profiles highlighting USF Faculty research & scholarship
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg - SciVal
Quick link to database of peer-reviewed literature; also includes journal metrics & author profiles - Scopus
Quick link to Citation database; features tools to track, analyze, & visualize research impact
General
- InterLibrary Loan & Pronto
Borrow materials from other libraries or have articles & chapters in the library scanned and emailed to you
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - ADA Services
Guides to help students equitably access library materials & services
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Carrel Requests
Request a carrel in the library for your use for the academic contract year
USF Campus: Tampa - Checkout & Renewing Materials
Borrowing Policy Quick Reference & renewal request forms
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Connecting from Off Campus
Provides instructions for accessing USF resources that require authentication, such as databases and journals - Proxy Card Request
Assign a grad student or other proxy to pick up and check out materials for you - Staying Current: News & Professional Development Resources
Provides links to current topics of interest in The Chronicle of Higher Education and other sources
Research Services
- Research Consultation Request
Request a consultation with a librarian to save time & learn about specialized resources for research
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Alerting Service
Info on 1) database services to alert you to new content & 2) a service to alert you when your checked out materials are coming due - Citation Tools & Guides
Lists citation softwares available from the USF Libraries and links to other helpful resources
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Copyright
Links to information about copyright, fair use, and how to contact a librarian for help
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Data Management
Outlines what the library can do to help you manage, and in some cases, archive, your research data
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - DSS Roadshow
Request a presentation/ info session on USF Libraries scholarly communication and copyright services - Find My Librarian
Find the library liaison who serves as a point of contact for your discipline
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Geographic Information Systems
GIS helps you analyze spatial location and organize layers of information to visualize your data - Open Access Publishing
Info on Open Access initiatives at USF in support of faculty research & instruction - Research Platform Teams
The RPTs partner with disciplinary areas to promote innovative, collaborative services & research discovery. - Scholarly Communication Lifecycle
Overview of USF libraries Scholarly Communication services: from planning, to project management, to publication, to preservation & discovery support
Collections
- Databases
An A to Z list of all USF Libraries databases - E-Journals
An A to Z list of all electronic journals in the USF Libraries collections - Book Purchase Request
Electonic form to request the St. Petersburg library purchase print books for the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library - Children’s & Young Adult Literature
Quick list of awards, collections, and other resources in children’s & Young Adult literature - Collection Management
Info on collection management, guidelines, assessments, access status, & user terms
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Data & Statistics
Quick list of USF Libraries & open access data & statistic repositories, organized by subject - Digital Collections
Collections of images, documents, prints, maps, 3D models, & more digitized by the USF Libraries
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - e-Book purchase Request
Electonic form to request the USF Libraries e-books for faculty instruction - Images
Quick list of USF Libraries & open access image (art, news, historical, etc.) databases - Library Collections
A listing of the various types of library collections owned, licensed, & and created by the USF Libraries - Media: Films & Documentaries
Quick list of USF Libraries & open access streaming media databases
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Media Resources: Images, Video, and Audio
Process and link to form to request the purchase or licensing of new videos for faculty instruction - Scholar Commons
Virtual showcase of USF’s research & creative content for long-term preservation & worldwide electronic accessibility
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg | Sarasota-Manatee - Special Collections
Find primary source and rare materials for your research and instruction through our special collections
USF Campus: Tampa | St. Petersburg