Library Services for Faculty & TAs

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.

Instruction Services

• Information + Data Literacy Canvas Workshops
  _{Add research & skills based interactive, online tutorials.}
• Workshops for Researchers
  _{Virtual workshops that will help you take your research to the next level.}
• Library Instruction Request
  _{Schedule a library instruction.}
• 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.}
• Course & Textbook Reserves
  _{Request textbook and e-reserves for your canvas courses.}
• 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.}
• 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.}

Faculty Impact & Visibility

• Promotion & Tenure
  _{Resources to help researchers select, measure, & promote their book, article, & chapter impact.}
• Faculty Insight Portal
  _{USF has partnered with Academic Analytics to offer a variety of tools to assist faculty in advancing their research and scholarly activity through use of the Discovery Suite. Requires NetID authentication. .}
• Grants & Foundation Info
  _{Curated list of online & print resources for researchers.}
• Selected Works
  _{Web-based research profiles highlighting USF Faculty research & scholarship.}
• 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.}
• ADA Services
  _{Guides to help students equitably access library materials & services.}
• 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.}
• 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.}
• 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.}
• Copyright
  _{Links to information about copyright, fair use, and how to contact a librarian for help.}
• Data Management
  _{Outlines what the library can do to help you manage, and in some cases, archive, your research data.}
• Find My Librarian
  _{Find the library liaison who serves as a point of contact for your discipline.}
• Geographic Information Systems
  _{GIS helps you analyze spatial location and organize layers of information to visualize your data.}
• Open Access Initiatives
  _{Info on Open Access initiatives at USF in support of faculty research & instruction.}
• Planning a Grant with the USF Libraries
  _{Information on partnering with the USF Libraries for Grant opportunities.}
• 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.}
• Collection Management
  _{Info on collection management, guidelines, assessments, access status, & user terms.}
• Data & Statistics
  _{Quick list of USF Libraries & open access data & statistic repositories, organized by subject.}
• Digital Commons @ USF
  _{Virtual showcase of USF’s research & creative content for long-term preservation & worldwide electronic accessibility. This site also includes our digital collections of images, documents, prints, maps, 3D models, & more digitized by the USF Libraries.}
• e-Book purchase Request
  _{Electonic form to request the USF Libraries e-books for faculty instruction.}
• Library Collections
  _{A listing of the various types of library collections owned, licensed, & and created by the USF Libraries.}
• Media Resources: Images, Video, and Audio
  _{Process and link to form to request the purchase or licensing of new videos for faculty instruction.}
• Special Collections
  _{Find primary source and rare materials for your research and instruction through our special collections.}