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The 3rd floor of the John C. Hitt Library will be closed between Tuesday, January 19 – Saturday, January 21, 2021.

This temporary closure is part of the preparation for the upcoming renovations to the 3rd floor spaces which will begin later this year. Stairwells and elevators will be marked with signs and caution tape as a reminder that the floor is not accessible.

If you need a book or other physical library material located on the 3rd floor, please request it at ucflib.fyi/requestbook

The 3rd floor restrooms in the original 1967 portion of the building near the bank of three elevators will permanently close on January 19, 2021. New restrooms will be added to that section as part of the renovations.

For updates on the renovations, check out our 21st Century Library page.

Start the new semester off with a resolution you can’t wait to keep! Spend two minutes or less with the UCF libraries each Thursday learning a new skill that will make your life less stressful and improve your research.

See our Research Tips Thursday archives for more videos: guides.ucf.edu/rtt

Each December, the UCF Libraries’ Featured Bookshelf celebrates the favorite books of employees of the UCF Libraries. And you know a major thing about librarians and library staff? They love talking about their favorite books. The books listed below are some of the favorite books we read in 2020.

Click on the link below to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links for our favorite 2020 titles. These 20 books plus favorites from previous years are also on display in the 4^th floor Reading Room of the John C. Hitt Library.

Featured Bookshelf: 2020 Staff Favorite Reads

And if you find someone has checked the one you’re interested in out before you had a chance, did you know you can place an interlibrary loan and have another copy sent here for you? Click here for instructions on placing an interlibrary loan.

The key to understanding a situation is to get the whole story, and in research that means tracing the scholarly conversation. This last Research Tip Thursday of the Fall Semester with show you how to jump backwards and forwards through a scholarly conversation using just one article.

Find this video and more at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

Struggling to identify unanswered questions? Check out this guide to recognizing further areas of exploration in the scholarly conversation.

Find this and more at guides.ucf.edu/rtt