University of Central Florida Libraries
6/18/2013
http://library.ucf.edu/
The UCF Orlando campus has had a visit from a small bear, just this week. The bear was spotted very early in the morning by a student.
If you did not know about bears in the area, and would like to find out about them, just use One Search to get full-text resources on Florida bears. You don't need to know which database to search and you don't need to know that URSA is the Latin word for bear. Just key in "Florida bears" in the box at the center of the Libraries page and be ready to learn about bears.
By the way, campus police say that if you spot a bear you should back away, and do not look the bear in the eye.
There has been some speculation that this was Boo-Boo, looking for Yogi on campus. If Yogi Bear is enrolled this summer, he must be enrolled in online classes. There are no reports of Yogi Bear on campus.
Saturday, June 8, the Hunger Games will be held on campus locations including the front of the John C. Hitt Library.
The Urban Gaming Club will sponsor the games, which will take place from 3.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. It is essentially a large-scale version of tag, in which the last man standing wins. No pedestrians will be harmed, and there will be no interference with regular campus business or traffic.
Good luck to the 50-80 participants!
The Burnett Honors College and the UCF Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of UCF’s 2013 Information Fluency Award. The prizes were awarded based on each student’s research process and information fluency skills, rewarding Honors students who develop exemplary methodical and scholarly approaches to the research needed for their papers and projects.
Amy Siercks won $500 for her paper, Understanding and Achieving Brain-Based Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: A Qualititative Study of Strategies Used by Teachers. Ms. Roberta Ergle, instructor for the College of Education, is the supervising faculty member. Jolene Winn won $500 for her paper, Honors Thesis Proposal for a Systematic Review Using the Downs and Black checklist and the Pedro scale: The Most Effective Interventions used to Increase Physical Activity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Jennifer Tucker, instructor for the Department of Health Professions, is the supervising faculty member.
Photo: On left, Amy Siercks. On right, Jolene Winn. Both recipients are pictured with Barry Baker and Dr. Alvin Wang.
