http://library.ucf.edu News for the main University of Central Florida Libraries and partners. en Copyright 2004 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:37:47 GMT http://library.ucf.edu mscharf@mail.ucf.edu stephens@mail.ucf.edu http://library.ucf.edu/News/images/PegasusSeal64.gif http://www.ucf.edu/ 54 58 Pegasus the UCF logo and Mascot Graphic Universe(TM): Beowulf by Storrie, Paul D.; Randall, Ron Lerner Publishing Group, 2007
Retold as a graphic novel, this action-packed edition brings to life one of the most enduring legends in the English language.
The hero of Beowulf is a brave and mighty warrior, known to have the strength of thirty men. At home in Geatland, Beowulf hears about the terrible troubles of his father's friend, Hrothgar, the king of the Danes. Hrothgar's land is plagued by Grendel, a vicious monster who attacks the Danes by night. Beowulf sets sail to aid Hrothgar and the Danes. But is Beowulf strong enough to slay the monstrous Grendel? And even if he succeeds, what other dangers lie ahead for the warrior-hero?
In this Graphic Universe(TM) edition from Lerner Publishing Group, the author and illustrator of Beowulf: Monster Slayer bring to life one of the most enduring myths in the English language. Action-packed and richly illustrated, this age-old story will engage readers of all ages with supreme artwork and a faithful interpretation of the original epic.
The UCF Libraries do not yet own this edition of Beowolf. The July eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of Lerner Publishing Group. Graphic Universe(TM): Beowulf will be provided with free, unlimited access July 1-31, 2009. From the list of UCF databases, http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/, click on "N" to find NetLibrary, and click on NetLibrary to access Beowulf. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=547&channel=lib Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:37:47 GMT Want to turn in a better paper? OF COURSE you do!
It's easy: get help from the friendly experts at the University Writing Center. And now it's SUPER EASY because the Writing Center has hours in the main library. AND the Writing Center has expanded their summer library hours!
Just come (it's that easy) to Library Room 359
Monday, 10 am - 5 pm

Tuesday, 10 am - 3 pm
Wednesday, 11 am - 5 pm
Thursday, Noon - 5 pm
Friday, 10 am - 2 pm, 3 pm - 4 pm

OR schedule an appointment at http://www.uwc.ucf.edu .
With help from the University Writing Center, countless UCF students have learned that better papers = better grades = better summer. Now it's your turn. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=546&channel=lib Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:42:01 GMT To celebrate the Fourth of July, there will be no classes held at UCF on Friday, July 3.
But---we the people of the UCF main library have decided that life, liberty, and the pusuit of happiness, as well as research, studying. reading and collaborating, will take place in the main library on Friday July 3, from 7.30 am to 5.00 pm.
Yes, on Friday, July 3, the main library is OPEN. An opportunity to get some of that summer semester work completed.
On Saturday, July 4, the library will be CLOSED. Rest, relax, chill out. Celebrate the founding of the United States of America.
The main library will reopen on Sunday, July 5, noon to 11 pm. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=543&channel=lib Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:47:20 GMT Need information on your student account, financial aid, registration, and courtesy reminders for books that are almost due? University communication with UCF students is sent to Knightsemail. Sign up for Knightsemail at http://www.knightsemail.ucf.edu
The only way you will receive emailed information from the University is through Knightsemail. So it is very important to sign up for your account.
This spring, the library began sending courtesy notices as reminders for books or other library items that will be due back to the library soon. If you have items checked out from the library, you will be receiving email reminders 3 – 5 days before the items are due. For UCF students the email reminders are sent to your Knight’s Email https://www.secure.net.ucf.edu/knightsmail
Sign up for Knightsemail. Stay informed! http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=541&channel=lib Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:43:29 GMT Looking to find out more about the Supreme Court of the United States Judge Nominee - Sonia Sotomayor? The Library of Congress has put togather a list of resources on her and some of her rulings.
http://www.loc.gov/law/find/sotomayor.php
For brief biographical information, check Biography Master Index at http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=orla57816 http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=540&channel=lib Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:26:11 GMT Turtle and tortoise lovers will enjoy this month's exhibit! Dr. Peter Pritchard, renowned turtle expert and founder of the Chelonian Research Institute, recently visited the Galapagos Islands to continue his studies of the species that thrive there. Time Magazine designated this hero to turtles as Hero for the Planet in 2000. On display are photographs of tortoises, iguanas, sea turtles, lava lizards in their terrestrial and marine habitats. All species are native to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. Other artifacts include shells and skeletons collected (no reptiles were killed for thesecollections) from the Islands and wood carvings from local artisans. For more information on Dr. Pritchard's research and the Chelonian Research Institute see: http://chelonianresearch.wordpress.com/ http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=538&channel=lib Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:38:35 GMT The 2009 set of information literacy modules is now available for you to use to enhance students' information literacy knowledge and skills:
1. Focusing an Information Search (teaches advanced database search techniques) 2. Maximizing Google Scholar (demonstrates search techniques that will make searching Google Scholar more effective and efficient) 3. Recognizing a Research Study (identifies characteristics of a research study that distinguish it from other document types)
In addition to the three new modules, the current five modules have all been updated as new versions. (Please make sure to create new instances in order to use the updated modules. Instances created prior to May 11, 2009 will be based on the older module versions.)
1. Avoiding Plagiarism2. Citing Sources Using MLA Style3. Citing Sources Using APA Style4. Creating a Search Strategy5. Evaluating Web Sites
New, Easier Login Procedure:You and your students will no longer need to activate an account via email in order to access the modules. The username remains your NID. Your password is your NID password. (Please remember that NID passwords are "scrambled" at the beginning of each semester and must be reset afterward.) If you are unsure of your NID password, you can reset it here: https://www.secure.net.ucf.edu/extranet/reset/validation.aspx?type=nid
To assign the modules, begin here: http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty-gettingstarted
To facilitate the use of the modules, we've put together instructions you can cut and paste for students:
Below are links to Information Literacy Modules that you will complete. You will login with your NID and your NID password. [Include link to your module instance here]If you don't remember your NID, you can look it up on this site: https://my.ucf.edu/static_support/pidnidwrapper.htmlIf you're unsure of your NID password, you can reset the password using this online form: https://www.secure.net.ucf.edu/extranet/reset/validation.aspx?type=nidIf you need help or have questions, you can use this FAQ: http://infolit.ucf.edu/students-faq( http://infolit.ucf.edu/students-faq) or contact the Ask a Librarian service: http://library.ucf.edu/Ask
These instructions, as well as up-to-date news items including tips to manage your instances of modules, are available here: http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty-news
As always, your input on future module topics, comments, or suggestions are welcomed at http://infolit.ucf.edu/faculty-feedback/ http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=537&channel=lib Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:42:05 GMT Summer is the perfect time to learn about citation management software. Get prepared for Fall.2 library workshops will help you in your quest for easier bibliographies, and footnotes. These tools can help you remember what you've read.
Basic introduction on using EndNote and RefWorks to collect & organize citations, generate bibliographies, and export citations from library databases; plus a demonstration on how both products work with Microsoft Word.
FridayJune 19th10:30-12 NoonLibrary Room 235A
TuesdayJune 23rd3:30-5:00 PMLibrary Room 235A
No RSVP Needed, All are Welcome!
And like all of life's best things, they are free. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=536&channel=lib Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:20:45 GMT Celebutards, Nearsighted Monkey, Fatally Flaky, The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike, That Devil’s No Friend of Mine, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, and One Nation Under Dog.
Intrigued?
These are some of the more unusually titled books in the latest group about to hit the shelves of the main library's Browsing Collection, located in Infusion on the main (2nd) floor, near the plasma screen TV.
So take a look, check them out, and find a sunny spot for your read-fest. And don't forget the suncreeen. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=532&channel=lib Fri, 29 May 2009 14:14:58 GMT The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love
by Maureen Anderson AMACOM Books, 2008
June 2009 NetLibrary eBook of the Month
Since the Baby Boom generation, we have been raised with a sense that self-fulfillment is one of our inalienable rights--yet most of us probably do not love our work. As the longtime host of a radio show devoted to helping people find careers theylove, Maureen Anderson has often invited listeners in to hear firsthand accounts of people who not only relish their work, but live without regret.
The Career Clinic: Eight Simple Rules for Finding Work You Love, by Maureen Anderson (AMACOM 2008) collects intimate and revealing first-hand accounts of people who have made the leap from the 9-to-5 doldrums into jobs that leave them feeling happy, satisfied, and filled with the sense of contentment that comes from knowing they're doing what they were put on this earth to do.
Not yet a part of the collection of the UCF Libraries, the June eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of AMACOM Books. The Career Clinic will be provided with free, unlimited access June 1-30. It can be accessed through the Net Library database at the List of Databases at http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/
If you've decided to "find yourself" this summer, this book could give you a noodge in the right direction. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=531&channel=lib Fri, 29 May 2009 13:49:04 GMT Want to turn in a better paper? OF COURSE you do!
It's easy: get help from the friendly experts at the University Writing Center. And now it's SUPER EASY because the Writing Center has hours in the main library.
Just come (it's that easy) to Library Room 359
Tuesday, 1 pm - 4 pm
Wednesday, 1 pm - 4 pm
Thursday, 12 pm -2 pm and 3 pm -5 pm
OR schedule an appointment at http://www.uwc.ucf.edu .
With help from the University Writing Center, countless UCF students have learned that better papers = better grades = better summer. Now it's your turn. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=530&channel=lib Thu, 21 May 2009 21:50:25 GMT "The migration of books to electronic screens has been accelerating with the introduction of mobile reading on iPhones and Amazon's Kindle and the growing power of Google's book search engine. Even the form of books is mutating as innovators experiment with adding video, sound and computer graphics to text. Some scholars fear a loss of literary writing and reading, others of our storehouse of knowledge if it all goes digital." ---from CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher has released a report entitled, Future of the Book. CQ Researcher's reports contain several viewpoints and a great deal of information, so it will be up to YOU to make up your mind----what is the future of the book? Recent CQ report topics include High Speed Trains, Hate Groups, Reproductive Ethics (so what about that "Octomom"?) and Future of the GOP. A lot of variety, and a lot of interesting information.
So what will happen to books at UCF? Rest assured that, whatever future awaits the book, the UCF Libraries will be there to provide the UCF community with the information content needed to support study, teaching and learning, research and discovery, and creativity---in whatever format is appropriate. Maybe with over 50,000 ebooks, and access to thousands of journals, databases, and digitized images in the UCF Libraries collection, the future is already here!
To read CQ Researcher, and the new report, Future of the Book, select CQ Researcher from the library list of articles and databases, http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/
http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=528&channel=lib Wed, 20 May 2009 16:17:49 GMT Several new titles were published in Synthesis Digital Library during April and May. See the featured title below, or browse new and forthcoming titles.
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering: Biomechanics andBioelectricity, Part I, by Douglas Christensen
Intended as an introduction to the field of biomedical engineering, this book covers the topics of biomechanics (Part I) and bioelectricity (Part II). Each chapter emphasizes a fundamental principle or law, such as Darcy's Law, Poiseuille's Law, Hooke's Law, Starling's Law, levers, and work in the area of fluid, solid, and cardiovascular biomechanics. In addition, electrical laws and analysis tools are introduced, including Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Coulomb's Law, capacitors and the fluid/electrical analogy. Culminating the electrical portion are chapters covering Nernst and membrane potentials and Fourier transforms. Examples are solved throughout the book and problems with answers are given at the end of each chapter. A semester-long Major Project that models the human systemic cardiovascular system, utilizing both a Matlab numerical simulation and an electrical analog circuit, ties many of the book's concepts together.
Table of Contents: Basic Concepts / Darcy's Law / Poiseuille's Law: Pressure-Driven Flow Through Tubes / Hooke's Law: Elasticity of Tissues and Compliant Vessels / Starling's Law of the Heart, Windkessel Elements and Volume / Euler's Method and First-Order Time Constants / Muscle, Leverage, Work, Energy and Power http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=524&channel=lib Fri, 08 May 2009 15:29:45 GMT Encyclopedia of World History by Marsha E. Ackermann,Michael Schroeder, Janice J. Terry, Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur, Mark F. Whitters Facts on File, 2008
In today's world of globalization, there is a growing trend among historians and students alike to study the common challenges and experiences that unite the human past. The seven-volume Encyclopedia of World History is truly a groundbreaking work and one of the first to offer a balanced presentation of human history for a global perspective on the past. A team of distinguished world history academics has brought together scores of specialists in writing signed entries based on the latest scholarship.
The May eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of Facts On File. UCF Libraries does not own the Encyclopedia. It can be accessed through the Net Library database at the List of Databases at http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/
Encyclopedia of World History will be provided with free, unlimited access May 1-31. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=523&channel=lib Mon, 04 May 2009 19:59:24 GMT Three ways to stay current on Swine Flu and Avian Influenza News events:

RSS Feed:
From CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/rss/?s_cid=tw_epr_54
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/32957440.rss


Website:
http://aidailydigest.blogspot.com/


Twitter:
Go to http://twitter.com and sign up. Once logged in, open another tab or window and go to http://search.twitter.com/, search for "AIDigest" and click "follow."
Center for Disease Control (CDC) also has a Twitter feed that contains updates on the Swine Flu: http://twitter.com/cdcemergency



HHS Swine Flu widget: http://www.hhs.gov/web/library/index.html http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=519&channel=lib Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:37:43 GMT Return your books and search your databases…before you leave town, after your final exams are over. Please, please, please.
If you are NOT ENROLLED at UCF over the summer, your library privileges will lapse. This means that you will be unable to renew your books. And it means you will not have access to electronic databases and electronic journal articles.
Contractual arrangements with online vendors state that only those who are currently enrolled have online access to these resources. If you want to do some reading and research this summer, and you are not enrolled, you can access articles and databases in the library building, or at any State of Florida university library. If you do not live near one of these libraries, you can do some searches and download some articles to your jump drive (or email them to yourself) before you leave.
The library wants you to have a great summer, and to return to campus in the fall without overdues. And use sunscreen. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=518&channel=lib Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:00:52 GMT Thanks to the wonderful people of Gamma Phi Delta, final exams week just got a little brighter!
Starting at 7 pm TONIGHT, Tuesday, April 28 (yes, that's what day it is today, for all the study-weary) Gamma Phi Delta will be at a table to the right as you enter the main library building.
And they will be giving away study supplies!
It doesn't get any better than that....not this week, any way. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=517&channel=lib Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:45:16 GMT UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Book Arts Competition. This year features five winners including first, second and third place along with two honorable mentions. Cash prizes will be awarded to all five winners and their books will be added to the permanent collection of Book Arts and Typography within Special Collections & University Archives. The winners are:

1st – Diego Rivera, 9/11
2nd – Jessica DeSalvo, artist and Zack McKenzie, poet, Poems for Me
3rd – Stephanie Barnes, Pig Prints
Honorable Mention – Jon Didier, Cocaine for the American Ambition: A Coffee Table Pamphlet
Honorable Mention – Carolyn M. Davis, Endangered Species

Special thanks to our judges Ms. Janet Kilbride, assistant director of the UCF Art Gallery, Francine Newberg, Associate with Albertson-Peterson Art Consultants and Mrs. Jean Gould, member of the Board of Directors for the UCF Foundation.
Please visit http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/ for more information on the competition, current and past winners, the Book Arts and Typography collection at the UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=514&channel=lib Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:54:29 GMT The artwork of plant collector and artist Mulford Foster is featured in a new online exhibit, “Mulford Foster: from images in the Michael A. Spencer Bromeliad Research Collection”. Foster, a talented artist and plant collector gathered, hybridized and worked with plant life, specifically bromeliads. Through his world travels with his second wife, Racine, the Foster's were credited with discovering several new bromeliad species. Foster used his creative talents to document both his beloved plants and the world around him. Racine eventually had her husband’s artistic work photographed to document his legacy. The images in this online exhibit are largely the result of those efforts.
To see Foster’s work, please visit the online exhibit at:
http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/Exhibits/Foster/default.asp http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=513&channel=lib Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:38:28 GMT Eugene “Torchy” Clark, founder of FTU/UCF basketball died at his home Wednesday, April 24th, 2009 at the age of 80. From now until the end May, UCF Libraries Special Collections & University Archives is displaying scrapbooks, photos and memorabilia featuring Clark during his years with FTU/UCF basketball.
In 1969, Clark founded the then FTU basketball team after 10 years as coach at Xavier High School in Wisconsin. During the following 14 years, Clark led the FTU/UCF Knights to 274 victories, 14 winning seasons, and a trip to the NCAA Division II Final Four. Clark’s contributions to university history also took place in the classroom as a teacher in the College of Education. Given the nickname ‘Torchy’ for his red hair and fiery passion of basketball, Clark’s legacy at UCF will remain a cornerstone to UCF history for many years to come. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=512&channel=lib Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:39:35 GMT Genetria Mills (graduating senior, Speech Therapy), and Ashley Link (junior) http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=511&channel=lib Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:36:25 GMT Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley announced Monday that Thursday, April 23, William Shakespeare's 445th birthday, is to be Talk Like Shakespeare Day, Chicagoans are supposed to toss out lines from Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets.
At UCF, you do not have to speak in iambic pentameter to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday.
At http://library.ucf.edu/Databases, near the top of the page, select “English” from the drop down menu of database subject lists, and a number of databases will be displayed, so that you can find some wonderful scholarly material about Shakespeare.
Or use the catalog to find a book about Shakespeare or one of his plays.
Or use the catalog’s advanced search to find “Shakespeare” and “Video (DVD)” ---take home a DVD and see a little Shakespeare in the comfort of your own home. You can find some films like West Side Story and 10 Things I Hate About You to see those Shakespearean themes and plots translated to modern times---or one of his plays, beautifully acted.
Happy 445th, William! http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=509&channel=lib Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:27:21 GMT SARC, the Student Academic Resource Center, is coming our way---just in the nick of time!
SARC can help you through this end-of-semester crunch time. All you have to do is ask. On Tuesday, April 21, SARC will be at a table to the right as you enter the main library, from 10.30 am to noon.
Get some great advice on ending the semester in the best possible way!
http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=508&channel=lib Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:19:45 GMT Download articles as MP3 files to iPods or other portable devices FREE on these WilsonWeb Full Text Databases:

Applied Science & Technology Full Text
Art Full Text
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus


Book Review Digest Plus
Education Full Text
General Science Full Text
Humanities Full Text
Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text
Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
Readers' Guide Full Text
Science Full Text
Short Story Index
Social Sciences Full Text
Wilson Business Full Text Wilson
OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition

Wilson's ReadSpeaker tool converts the databases’ HTML full-text articles into audio files, without any special software, for immediate listening or downloading to iPods and other portable devices. Besides students on the go, ReadSpeaker makes WilsonWeb’s full-text content accessible to readers and who might like to hear as well as read the words. Hear the text as you read along, for better comprehension and pronunciation. WilsonWeb also provides electronic translation of articles into 10 major languages for further help with research and mastery of English. Listen at your workstation; Hear articles as streaming audio; Listen as you relax, commute, or exercise! Locate Wilson Web on the list of library databases at http://library.ucf.edu/Databases/. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=507&channel=lib Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:04:50 GMT From Monday April 20 to Monday May 4, library classrooms 235A & 235C will be open to the public, from 9 am to 9 pm, making 40 more computer workstations available for that final, frenetic burst of research, writing, homework, and study at the end of Spring Semester 2009.
Signs will be posted to direct students to both classrooms.
If you do not want to read the signs, that's OK: these classrooms are both located off the Infusion area of the main library, to your right as you enter the library building.
It's an end-of-the-semester dream come true.
Here's wishing that another end-of-the-semester dream comes true: the UCF Libraries wishes you the very, very best of luck on your final assignments and final exams. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=506&channel=lib Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:11:34 GMT Today is a great day to remember that Lou Frey's papers are deposited in the UCF Libraries' Special Collections and Archives. A finding aid is available at http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/FindingAids/Frey.xml.
So why today?
UCF's Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government 2009 Spring Symposium is Wednesday, April 15, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Student Union Pegasus Ballroom and continuing throughout the day. The Symposium's topic is The First 100 Days: Policies and Approaches for the New Administration. A variety of speakers and panelists will address such issues as "Economic Policy and the Future," "Security Policy and President Obama," and "The President and the Congress and the Bureaucracy." A complete schedule of events is available at http://loufrey.cos.ucf.edu/include/files/programs/symposium/2009_spring/program.pdf.
The Institute's symposia are some of the best public forums held on our campus.
If you are a student, perhaps, and wondering about Lou Frey, well, the Honorable Lou Frey is a Central Florida resident who was a member of Congress from 1969 to 1979. He was elected one of five Republican leaders in the House of Representatives during the 93rd and 94th Congress. The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government is a nonpartisan organization housed in the UCF Department of Political Science. The Institute promotes civic education and engagement, particularly among young people. Institute programs encourage informed discussion of issues from diverse viewpoints, stimulate participation in the political process, and support research on politics and policy. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=505&channel=lib Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:17:56 GMT Cuban folklorico music performed by Dr. Kevin Meehan & Jorge Milanes, starting at noon today in room 223! http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=504&channel=lib Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:58:04 GMT “Charla,” A Chat With José Martí,
portrayed by Chaz Mena. In 1891, José Martí is preparing for his first trip to Tampa and Ybor City. Time is running out for the Cuban independence movement against Spain, and Martí must inspire and galvanize the Cuban people. Martí, a Cuban national hero, reflects upon his childhood, his studies, his writings, and his loves. Charla, which in Spanish means “a chat,” allows us to appreciate the challenges Martí faced as a leader during the 19th century Cuban revolution.

Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 16 at 3 p.m. in Room 223, Main Library.
The United States is changing some aspects of our relationship with Cuba----it’s a great time to learn about Jose Marti and Cuba’s past!




http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=503&channel=lib Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:11:44 GMT Congratulations to Barbara Mascareno-Shaw, winner of the UCF Libraries Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research!
The Libraries offers this $250 award for the best essay published in each volume of the University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal (UCF URJ)http://www.urj.ucf.edu/ . The UCF Libraries and UCF URJ (along with its hosting program, the Office of Undergraduate Research) share a mission to foster undergraduate research and study in all fields. This award celebrates exemplary undergraduate research from a wide range of student scholarship.
The essays published in each volume of UCF URJ are eligible for this award, and were judged for originality, quality, and the contribution they make to their respective fields of study.
Barbara Mascareno-Shaw’s essay, Computational Analysis of Broad Complex Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors, appears in volume 2, issue 1 of UCF URJ. Her mentor for this work is Dr. Thomas Selby. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=499&channel=lib Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:46:40 GMT UCF offers students many paths to gaining knowledge---and maybe a little wisdom as well. Pointing you in the direction of some of those paths are:
UCF's Office of Experiential Learning (Co-ops, Intenships, Service Learning) from 10.30 am to noon, Tuesday, April 14
UCF's Office of Undergraduate Research from 1 pm to 2.30 pm, Tuesday, April 14
Just look to your right as you enter the main library building to talk to people who can offer you suggestions and advice that will enrich your UCF life experience. http://library.ucf.edu/News/?story=498&channel=lib Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:01:34 GMT