Paraphrasing statements from a research article is a difficult feat, as you must accurately capture what the original source material is saying without using their words verbatim. The video below details how you can do so, step by step:
Are you interested in learning a new language? From refreshing your French from those classes you took in high school to taking on the challenge of Korean or Igbo, Mango Languages has all of the resources you need to progress! Below, I give a brief rundown of the content Mango Languages has to offer and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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?
Today we are celebrating one of our UCF Libraries superstars, Peggy Nuhn! Working as our CMC (Curriculum Materials Center) interim department head, the UCF Connect Librarian at Seminole State College, and the instructor of a credit-bearing course, Peggy is certainly an exemplary example of what it means to be a superstar librarian at UCF. Constantly […]
If you are a UCF student, chances are you’ve used your UCF account to access various databases, journals, and articles. The UCF Libraries provides students with access to a variety of subscriptions, including research materials, historical artifacts, skill modules, educational videos, online newspapers, and more. Now, there’s a new collection available for your use.
Google Scholar is a free web search engine that indexes the full text of academic articles across an array of disciplines. This video demonstrates searching on Google Scholar and explains how to use the resulting links.