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Welcome all UCF graduate students and postdoctoral researchers! 

You are invited to attend a UCF Libraries online orientation session to learn about essential resources and services available to you. The sessions offer a great starting point as you prepare for upcoming research projects and course assignments. Each session will provide an overview of our catalog, journal and database resources, publishing and copyright tips, how to get assistance with resources, and Q&A.

To attend an orientation on any of the dates below, please use the registration link. You will receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link and password to join the session. For questions, please contact Corinne Bishop, UCF Graduate Engagement Librarian.

• Monday, August 16 at 3:00-4:00 pm
• Wednesday, August 18 at 12:00-1:00 pm
• Thursday, August 19 at 1:00-2:00 pm

Registration Link:  http://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aWBMjZQmpd8rn5I

The exhibit “Beyond the Barrier: The X-1 Project” details the design and development of the X-1 program and contains numerous pilot reports and photographs. Materials in the collection document the X-1 program from start to finish and were collected and used by Louis C. Rotundo when writing his book “Into the Unknown, The X-1 Story.” 

Louis Charles Rotundo was born on October 28, 1949. After graduating from Florida Technological University (now UCF) in 1975, Rotundo pursued his interest in politics, becoming an aid to the United States Senator Lawton Chiles. From 1980 to 1988, Rotundo worked for UCF, including serving as Special Assistant to the President from 1984 to 1987. After leaving UCF in 1988, Rotundo started Rotundo and Associates, a lobbying and consulting firm based in Central Florida. 

The exhibit was curated by UCF Student Alexander Jerome and runs from August 2021 through December 2021. The exhibit is on the 4th-floor gallery of the John C. Hitt Library. 

The University of Central Florida Libraries wish to welcome our international graduate students to a virtual library orientation. Attendees will learn how the UCF Library System supports our international graduate students and their research. This two-hour event is designed for new and returning international students. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with their subject specialist librarians, to learn about the Libraries’ collections and resources, and to leave the event knowing how to contact a subject librarian in their area of research. The program will cover a variety of important topics including library cultural adaption, scholarship/publishing academic integrity, and resources, etc. Drop-in any time during the session to learn more about how the library can help.

Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Register online for this informative Zoom session now!

The UCF Libraries wish to welcome our international graduate students to a face-to-face library orientation on August 17, 2021, 10:00am – noon. Attendees will learn how the UCF Library System supports our international graduate students and their research.

This two-hour event is designed for new and returning international graduate students. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with their subject specialist librarians, to learn about the Libraries’ collections and resources, and to leave the event knowing how to contact a subject librarian in their area of research. The program will cover a variety of important topics including library cultural adaption, scholarship/publishing academic integrity, and resources, etc.

Registration link: http://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Q0HbZxqcyzIbu6

On July13th the UCF Libraries switches to Primo, a new library system replacing the library catalog and QuickSearch.

Primo is a next-generation integrated library system (ILS) that leverages cloud-based services and offers a responsive web and mobile design. Primo will improve access to materials and enhance the user experience for students, faculty, and staff. Specifically, Primo allows for:

• searching across books, chapters, articles, videos, and many other document types,
• cross searching the library collections of all 40 Florida public universities and state colleges, and
• virtual browsing, to show book jackets and titles organized as they would appear on the shelf.  This feature is especially useful as more items are stored in the Automated Retrieval Center (ARC).

Migrating to Primo means that links to the old library catalog and to QuickSearch will stop working.  Links that need to be updated include:

• all links to the current library catalog, including records for books, ebooks, videos, and other documents,
• all links to content on QuickSearch (EBSCO Discovery Service), including articles, book chapters, Research Starters, and other documents, and
• all links created using the QuickSearch Lite tool in Canvas.

Please contact your Subject Librarian for assistance with updating course links, chat with library staff real time for an immediate response to questions, or use Report a Problem for issues with accessing electronic materials or other library resources.  

Take a look at Primo!  Contact Library Instruction to schedule an introduction to Primo for your class.