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:
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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?
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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 leading with a kind heart and pure ambition Peggy has solidified herself as an integral part of UCF Libraries. We sat down with Peggy to see her journey through UCF, how exactly she got here, and what she enjoys most about her work as a librarian.
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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.
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UCF’s mascot history is rich in folklore. Long before Knightro, there were official mascots of the university, like Sir Wins-a-lot, Puff, and Mack the Knight. But before that, there were some unofficial mascots that have gained a lot of attention. The most popular would be Citronaut but right along side him was (believe it or not) an actual turkey vulture.
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