Workshop: Manage Citations with EndNote

Want to get control of your citations? Save time and get organized with EndNote, the citation management tool that helps you organize, format, and insert references into your research paper. Register for the University Libraries’ hands-on workshop: Introduction to EndNote Wed., Sept. 19, 2018 3:30-5 p.m. 127 Hodges Library or Thurs., Sept. 20, 2018 3:30-5 … Continued

UT’s Andrew Jackson Project Adds Tenth Online Volume

The Papers of Andrew Jackson project at the University of Tennessee gathers and publishes the papers of America’s seventh president. A tenth volume of Jackson’s papers is now available online. Since 1971, the project has been dedicated to transcribing and publishing Old Hickory’s entire written record. A worldwide search has gathered copies of every known … Continued

Digital Collection Spotlights Tennessee’s First Home Demonstration Agent

Virginia P. Moore was Tennessee’s first home demonstration agent. Her work with farm women and rural girls in the early 20th century is documented in a new digital collection created by the University of Tennessee Libraries. The Virginia P. Moore Collection can be viewed online at digital.lib.utk.edu/vpmoore. Moore organized canning clubs in rural counties, teaching … Continued

PowerNotes: Organize and save your online research

PowerNotes is a great way to gather, organize, and keep track of your online research. The UT Libraries has purchased a trial subscription that gives members of the UT Knoxville community free access to PowerNotes. To get started, visit powernotes.com and download/install the PowerNotes extension into your Chrome browser. Create a free account using your … Continued

“Crime Documents from the Estes Kefauver Collection” now online

US Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee gained national attention in the early 1950s when he chaired congressional investigations into organized crime in America. Kefauver’s records of those inquiries form the basis of Crime Documents from the Estes Kefauver Collection, one of the newest digital collections of the University Libraries at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. … Continued

Workshop: Intro to Health Sciences Resources, 3/23

Workshop: Introduction to Health Sciences Resources 3:00-4:00 p.m., Thursday, March 23 211 Hodges Library Register at http://s.lib.utk.edu/healthsciencesworkshop  or email health sciences librarian Melanie Allen at melanie-allen@utk.edu   Are you new to health-related research? Join our workshop to learn about health resources that are freely available online and through the Libraries’ website. The UT Libraries subscribes to thousands … Continued

HathiTrust Releases Massive Open Dataset

HathiTrust has announced the release of a significantly expanded open dataset, HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) Extracted Features (EF) Dataset, Version 1.0. This dataset provides researchers with open access to data extracted from the full text of the HathiTrust Digital Library (HTDL) at an unprecedented scale.    The Extracted Features Dataset opens the complete HathiTrust collection for … Continued

Library-hosted Webinar on Gale Researcher and Artemis Primary Sources, November 18

If you missed the Libraries’ earlier training sessions on Gale Researcher and Artemis Primary Sources databases –- or if you’d like to learn more –- join the webinar offered by Gale Cengage Learning on Friday, November 18. Gale Researcher helps students identify and link to relevant, authoritative sources. Introductory essays, peer-reviewed articles, and streamed video … Continued

Oxford University Press to demo databases, Nov. 16 & 17

Oxford University Press (OUP) will will be at Hodges Library November 16 and 17 to demonstrate some of their unique databases. Wednesday, November 16, Room 211 Hodges Library (Sessions: 1:25-2:15 p.m.; 2:30-3:20 p.m.; 3:35-4:25 p.m.) Wednesday’s training sessions will feature Oxford University Press products to which the UT Libraries already subscribes: Oxford Music Online, Oxford … Continued