Nov 18
RefWorks the library’s popular citation manager (featured in the April 27 Books and Bytes) has added two new helpful features. The first one is RefShare, which makes it possible to share references among group members. This feature would be extremely helpful if you are working on group bibliographies or a shared library collection. RefShare may be accessed within Refworks from the Folders tab or the Tools tab.
This tutorial explains the RefShare in detail.
RefWorks has also extended access to its database for the lifetime of current or past students of a subscribed university. So, as long as UWF subscribes to RefWorks, you, as a UWF alumni, will have access to your citations. Even if you graduate and go to another university, you still have access to RefWorks!
Jan 05
Welcome back from the holidays! The Libraries have implemented a new interlibrary loan system
named ILLiad that allows you to log in using your ArgoNet account to request books and journal articles that are not owned by the University of West Florida Libraries. The first time you log in, you will be asked to complete identification and contact information. This information is stored in our patron database and will be matched to subsequent ILL requests.
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Aug 27
Welcome Back Students and Faculty! With your arrival on campus for Fall semester, the library staff feels energized and eager to share all the wonderful services and resources we have to help you succeed as a student, a faculty member and a researcher.
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Aug 15
Do you need help with your research paper or library assignment? This fall semester, we have initiated a chat service between 10 and 4, Monday through Friday. Just type in a question in the chat box from this library page and a UWF librarian will instantly answer. In addition to Chat, we also welcome your in person visits to the library, telephone calls, and e-mail messages.
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Jun 09
UWF Libraries Dept. of Digital and Learning Technologies has been working on a new statistical framework, Satelite, to help better understand how our wider intellectual community has been utilizing our new catalog and lbrary information retrieval and discovery system, Endeca. As part of the Florida State University Library System, UWF libraries implemented last August a new leading edge library catalog and information discovery tool, Endeca. This is one of two such implementations in North America, the other being in North Carolina. To read a little more about Endeca and our Endeca implementation, click here
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Apr 17
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Too pretty to sit inside? But you have research to do? With ArgoAir, you can sit outside and use your wireless laptop to do your research (remember that Library laptops cannot leave the building). Then print everything you need and pick it all up at the library.
Before you get started with your research in the sun, here are a few tips for printing from your laptop: |
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Mar 31
Maps are powerful tools for telling a story. Maps with imagery have even more power.
Maps are physically located in the UWF Pace library on the 1st floor and temporarily in the basement map room. Atlases are located on the 1st floor back wall of the Pace library; they are divided into 3 sections based on size (regular, oversize, folio).
For research, a good place to begin is the library’s online Research Guides for Maps and for Geography. These guides introduce you to the library’s collections and accesses to online journals and databases, and then to web sites via the left side scroll bars.
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Feb 05
| Today’s busy student often must divide time among work, family, and studies. He/She may, in fact, take classess online or from remote locations. |
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Jan 24
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Internet Explorer 7+ and Firefox 2+ contain an integrated search bar that allows you to submit a search request to a large variety of search engines. The UWF Libraries IT Group has created a plugin for these browsers that will allow you to add the library catalog to your list of search providers. Doing this will allow you to submit a search request to Endeca (the library catalog) directly from your browser window without having to first navigate to the library’s website. |
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Jan 15
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Library cards are required by all patrons who wish to check out library materials, equipment or study carrels at the campus libraries. Photo IDs, such as drivers’ licenses, are no longer acceptable substitutes for the library card. There are two forms of acceptable library cards. One is the Nautilus card issued to all current faculty, staff, and students, and the other is the library issued card. |
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