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Research protocols and methods are critical to plan an experiment and ensure reproducibility, but can be very time-consuming to discover in typical databases.  Springer Nature Experiments  is a new, free-to-use, research tool to help you easily find and evaluate relevant protocols for life sciences experiments. The platform uses advanced knowledge models to categorize content based on techniques and organisms – the two most commonly used search categories identified in user research. With the help of cutting-edge artificial intelligence and text mining technologies, these terms are recognized and extracted from the content, enabling users to perform searches and narrow down their results quickly and easily.

Check out Springer Nature Experiments  and also take a look at the other Springer Nature journals, books, and databases brought to you by the UCF Libraries:

• Springer eBooks

Over 25,000 scholarly ebooks in science, technology, and medicine.

• Springer Protocols

Reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences.

• Springer Materials

Research platform dedicated to information on materials, their properties and uses.

Need to check out library items over the summer, but you’re not taking classes? Students enrolled for the Fall 2018 semester can still check out all summer long! If you have any questions about your library account give us a call at 407-823-2580.

Have you ever wanted to find out the if the library classrooms are open for quiet study? Or learn about an upcoming library event? Or hear when we’re handing out free popcorn? Now you can through opt-in alerts about UCF Libraries with the UCF Mobile app.

How to Opt-in for Alerts

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Download the UCF Mobile app from your app store

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Open the app

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Tap Messages (all the way down at the bottom)

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Tap the Opt-in option in the yellow bar at the top

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Tap Manage or Explore my opt-in channels

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Select UCF Libraries

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Tap the green Opt-in button

Now you’re all set! You’ll now receive updates about upcoming events, new features, and special alerts from UCF Libraries.

Speak Your Truth: A Queer History of UCF is an archival project exploring the history of the queer experience at the University of Central Florida.

In your own words, and in your preferred format, we want to know what you have experienced as a member of the queer community at UCF. Your experience may have been (or still be) good, bad, ugly, or somewhere in between. The important thing is it is your experience in your own words/images.

The kickoff event for Speak Your Truth is an open mic in library room 223 on Wednesday, April, 18, 2018, from 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm.

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