Librarians at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are linking STEM students to some useful online resources. Knoxville’s new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) high school opened in the fall of 2011 in the former L&N Railroad station on World’s Fair Park. The L&N STEM Academy is committed to using the latest technology to prepare … Continued
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries announces two new digital collections. Theatre playbills and an early student publication drawn from the University Archives are the newest digital collections available on the UT Libraries’ website at www.lib.utk.edu/digitalcollections. UT THEATRE PLAYBILLS. The University of Tennessee Theatre Playbills Collection showcases the history of theatre at the University of … Continued
The University of Tennessee Libraries announces the launch of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (trace.tennessee.edu), a digital repository which will expand access to the university’s intellectual capital and help preserve the creative work of its scholars and researchers. Open access services like Trace provide free online access to scholarly work and apply tags that … Continued
Join us Friday, August 21, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, at the Melrose entrance (2nd floor) of Hodges Library for the Graduate Student Open House. Register for Interlibrary Services. Meet your department’s subject librarian. Bring your laptop to register for wireless access at UT. Familiarize yourself with the library and its services in a relaxed atmosphere. … Continued
The UT Libraries will unveil a new homepage on Friday, August 7. Online visitors will immediately notice a new look, but the changes are more than superficial. Improved search capabilities are available thanks to a new “discovery and delivery platform” that overlays the Libraries’ catalog and other online resources. The most obvious change is the … Continued
The University of Tennessee is launching a service that will promote and preserve the university’s scholarly and creative work in a universally accessible digital repository. “Trace, the Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange, will promote the visibility and permanence of the UT community’s research, scholarship and creative activity,” said Barbara Dewey, dean of the UT Libraries. … Continued
The latest addition to the University of Tennessee Libraries’ digital collections provides an intimate look into the daily life of a Civil War soldier. Three journals kept by Union soldier Henry Pippitt describe life in Company G of the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The diaries are the property of the … Continued
University of Tennessee, Knoxville students can now enter a contest to win free gadgets. Students may enter the Knovel University Challenge by using the UT Libraries’ subscription to Knovel, a database of chemistry and chemical engineering textbooks, and following the instructions to play. By answering three questions correctly, students are entered into a drawing for … Continued
Changes at John C. Hodges Library for the fall 2008 semester: • Reserve requests • Media collections and services • Reference services • Current Periodicals While they can expect the same great services from University Libraries, faculty members returning for the fall 2008 semester should be aware of a few changes in procedures and service … Continued
Join us at Hodges Library on Friday, August 22, from 2-4 p.m. at the 2nd floor Melrose entrance for First Aid for Graduate Students, a grad student’s ultimate survival guide and information resource. All graduate students are invited to attend and get a jump start on the fall semester with assistance from our helpful and … Continued