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New book alert! UCF Basketball fans will be familiar with the author of one of our newest autobiographies, Tacko Fall: To New Heights. Great book to read with your kids or younger siblings; it tells the story of Tacko’s early life in Senegal and immigration to America to play basketball. Out of forty colleges vying for his attention, Fall chose University of Central Florida where he helped lead the Knights to the 2019 NCAAS tournament. He qualified for the NBA draft by his sophomore year but chose to finish his degree first in 2019 and was signed by the Boston Celtics after graduation. Get the whole inspiring and fun story from our Curriculum Materials Center in the Education building rm 194.

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Tacko Fall article from UCF Pegasus

While you can usually count on the John C. Hitt Library to be open, there are some days when library hours change. This is usually done to accommodate national holidays, football games, and more. UCF Libraries will have adjusted hours during the the 2024 winter intersession, and you can always check our hours for every UCF Libraries location and most up-to-date schedule here on our Hours page.

• December 14-15 (Saturday-Sunday) CLOSED
• December 16-18 (Monday-Wednesday) 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• December 19 – January 1 CLOSED
• January 2-3 (Thursday-Friday) 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• January 4 (Saturday) CLOSED
• January 5 (Sunday) 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m
• January 6 (Monday) First Day of Classes: 7:30am – 1:00am

Hello, everyone! My name is Sofia Arias, a senior graduating with my bachelor’s in history this semester at UCF. This Fall 2024 semester I was able to join the University of Central Florida’s Special Collection & University Archives (SCUA) team as the processing intern.

We’ve got our Study Sounds playlist up on Spotify and ready to help with finals week! Enjoy some mind-sharpening tunes to help you get by and good luck to everyone! You can use this direct link to the UCF Libraries Study Sounds Playlist or play below:

Lateral Reading is a technique used to evaluate if a source is legitimate; it helps save time otherwise wasted on reading unreliable sources. The process includes asking three questions about the webpage: Who is behind the information? What is the evidence of their claims? What do others say about them and their work?