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Ask A Librarian Featured Questions

Ask A Librarian Featured Question: March 2021

Our featured question this month is: “How do I find peer reviewed articles?”

There’s lots of options to use. In the center of the library homepage, you can use QuickSearch, search using the Articles tab, or the Database button to select a specific database that covers your subject area. 

QuickSearch searches many of our databases. Enter in your search terms, search, and on left side of the screen select Scholarly Journals/Peer Reviewed. This option does pull from all Libraries’ resources, not just articles.

The Articles tab works similarly to QuickSearch but limits the search to articles only with a default selection of “Full Text Online.” You can even limit by publication date.

Database search screens may look different. Look over the page to find the Peer Reviewed option.

We have a Peer Reviewed or Refereed Scholarly Journals guide that explains what peer reviewed and scholarly articles are and suggests databases used to find them.

You can view this short video from UCF Libraries “How to Find Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles” that contains what peer reviewed articles are and how to search for them here:

Research Tips Thursday: Using the DIG Method to Minimize Visual Misinformation

Research Tips Thursday: Using the DIG Method to Minimize Visual Misinformation

In this age of photoshop and deepfakes, developing expert image evaluation skills is a key element to navigating the information landscape. Learn how the DIG method can help you quickly get to the heart of any image.

You can view the full Research Tips Thursday series at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

2021 Poetry Contests

National Poetry Month is just around the corner and we’re looking for a few good poets! How do you stack up against other Knights?

There are two poetry contests open to UCF students this year, Haiku and Limerick. You can eve enter both! The deadline to enter for both contests is Sunday, April 18 at 11:59pm.

Winners receive a UCF Libraries reusable water bottle and a Libraries duckie temporary tattoo!

Full contest rules and the submission form are available at ucflib.fyi/npm

Research Tips Thursday Time Management Tips for Writing

Research Tips Thursday: Time Management Tips for Writing

As the end of the semester approaches, it all begins to pile up. Here are some time management tips you can use to organize your workflow and finish all your projects on time and with minimal stress.

You can view the full Research Tips Thursday series at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

Women and Academic in the Time of COVID

Women & Academia in the Time of COVID

Friday, March 26, 2021 at 3pm

Join a virtual panel of women academics from disciplines across the University of Central Florida as they discuss the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their teaching, scholarship, service loads and personal lives.


Panelists:
Dr. RoSusan Bartee, Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Dr. Nessette Falu, Anthropology
Dr. Amelia Lyons, History
Dr. Leandra Preston, Women’s & Gender Studies
Dr. Linda Walters, Biology

Watch the event recording on YouTube with closed captions or STARS with open captions.

Panel hosted by Megan Haught, UCF Libraries, in partnership with UCF Women’s & Gender Studies program.

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