The UT Libraries will soon launch a new homepage. The new page will go live immediately following spring semester. In the meantime, users can test-drive our leaner, cleaner homepage at lib.utk.edu/testing. Our new homepage has fewer distracting graphics. A slimmer OneSearch box and the smaller footprint of the page reduce the need for vertical scrolling. … Continued
Students can reserve a group study room in advance from wherever they happen to be, through the Libraries’ new online reservation system. Group study rooms on the 1st and 2nd floors of Hodges Library and the group study in the Music Library are available for booking. Access the reservation system at s.lib.utk.edu/studyrooms. A valid UT … Continued
The Libraries’ website allows you to request items online, but you must be signed-in to do so. If you access the website from off-campus — whether you’re a UTK-affiliated user or non-UTK user — you will not be able to see the full range of One Search results unless you sign-in prior to conducting your … Continued
Okay, so UT doesn’t own the book and doesn’t provide access to the e-book . . . But I know it’s out there! Why don’t I see it among my search results? Download a PDF of this research hint here. [clear] [clear] Click Expand My Results to retrieve an even larger universe … Continued
Last year, the Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library added 3D printing to the technology they provide to library users. 3D printing lets designers rapidly turn their ideas into plastic prototypes. Engineering students from the College of Agriculture are using the AgVet library’s 3D printer to test their design ideas. The library’s IT technologist, Richie … Continued
Two historically important books, acquired by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been added to the library’s special collections. Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved person in the household of a prosperous Boston family. Her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (published 1773) was the first published book by an African-American woman. Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, … Continued
The culmination of fifteen years of research, Terra Incognita: An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934 is the most comprehensive bibliography of sources related to the Great Smoky Mountains ever created. The book is now available for purchase from the University of Tennessee Press. Terra Incognita catalogs printed material on the Great Smoky … Continued
BIG IDEAS demand reliable information. The University Libraries supports scholarship, research, and learning at UT by acquiring, organizing, preserving, and facilitating access to the world’s knowledge. The wide-ranging expertise of our librarians might surprise you. This semester we begin a series of profiles of UT Knoxville librarians. Watch for a new profile each week. As … Continued
BIG IDEAS demand reliable information. The University Libraries supports scholarship, research, and learning at UT by acquiring, organizing, preserving, and facilitating access to the world’s knowledge. The wide-ranging expertise of our librarians might surprise you. This semester we begin a series of profiles of UT Knoxville librarians. Watch for a new profile each week. As … Continued
BIG IDEAS demand reliable information. The University Libraries supports scholarship, research, and learning at UT by acquiring, organizing, preserving, and facilitating access to the world’s knowledge. The wide-ranging expertise of our librarians might surprise you. This semester we begin a series of profiles of UT Knoxville librarians. Watch for a new profile each week. As … Continued