Feb 24
UWF Libraries is engaging in a trial of NewsBank’s Access World News Research Collection through the end of this semester.
According to the NewsBank website:
The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally,
Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based resource features the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with almost one thousand hard-to-find local and regional titles, the majority of which are unavailable elsewhere. Additionally,
Access World News offers searchable news video clips and over a thousand international news sources from scores of countries on six continents, translated into English when written in other languages.
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Feb 16
Before reading the next paragraph, make a guess as to how much the UWF Libraries pay for the online databases, journals and books made available for all UWF students, faculty and staff to use anytime, anywhere.
a. $50,000?
b. $250,000?
c. $500,000?
d. A zillion $$?
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Feb 10
No need to click around the libraries website to begin your research assignments and searching, UWF Libraries has a new Quick Search Application for all patrons now available directly from the UWF libraries homepage. The new Quick Search application features an instant catalog search, articles search, e-journals link connections and Google Scholar and web search easily available through tabbed panels from the libraries homepage. In addition a new Ask-A-Librarian live chat button on the left of the homepage allows patrons to instantly connect and chat with a live librarian Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm.
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Feb 02
Did you know that…
UWF Libraries have more than 724,000 book and journal volumes?
Over 2,000 DVDs are available to be checked out?
Each year the library adds approximately 8,000 new books to the collection?
Over 90,000 full-text books are available online 24/7?
UWF clients checked out over 77,000 print books, 13,000 electronic books, and 4,000 laptops during 2007-08?
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