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The UCF Libraries held it’s inaugural “Color Your Stress Away” event during finals week. We added a coloring station to the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library with coloring supplies, including UCF Librarian paper dolls, and custom UCF coloring sheets with Knightro and our stained glass window.

We handed out approximately:
800 crayon packs
120 UCF Librarian paper dolls
265 Knightro coloring sheets
60 UCF John C. Hitt Library stained glass coloring sheets
850 assorted non-UCF coloring sheets

Head over to our Facebook page for a gallery of event photos, and look out for the coloring table during Spring semester finals week!

Spend the Knight before the Study Day at the John C. Hitt Library! Kram 4 the Exam will be happening Monday, December 7th. SGA will be distributing study materials and snacks between 7pm and midnight!

Did you know that coloring is a great way to relieve stress? Come and color your stress away during finals week. The John C. Hitt Library will have coloring supplies and stations set up starting December 8th.

Contact Carrie Moran (carrie.moran@ucf.edu) if you have questions.

Scott, N. (2015). Between the lines: the adult colouring book phenomenon. Director, 69(1), 104. Retrieved from https://login.ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?auth=shibb&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ofm&AN=109518730&site=eds-live&scope=site 

Join us on Wednesday, October 21st from 10AM-2PM for our Carnival of Open Access, to celebrate the world of Open Access knowledge. Try your hand at carnival games, get your fortune, enjoy some popcorn, and learn about Open Access.

https://www.facebook.com/events/510428772457924/ 

UCF Libraries “Publishing in the Academy”
Fall 2015 — Graduate Workshops

Students must register for workshops through the College of Graduate Studies website at
http://www.students.graduate.ucf.edu/pathways/

Literature Review Toolkit
This session will cover library research strategies to help differentiate sources and tools for conducting literature reviews and locating resources for projects. The discussion, demonstrations, and Q&A will focus on identifying subject databases, making use of review articles and citation tracking options, creating alerts to stay updated on publications, using Google Scholar options such as links to UCF databases and researcher profiles. An overview of library services for graduate students will also be provided. Please bring your laptop if you would like to set up options during the session.
Wed., 9/9 10:30-11:30 am Graduate Student Center
Tues., 10/6 12:30-1:30 pm Graduate Student Center
Wed., 10/14 2:00-3:00 pm Lib 235C
Fri., 11/6 12:30-1:30 pm Graduate Student Center

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