To help the University Libraries better meet digital scholars’ needs, we would like you to complete a survey designed to help us make decisions about future resources and support for digital scholars. Click here to begin the survey. The survey is brief, anonymous, and participants are eligible for a $10 Starbucks card raffle. Faculty and … Continued

  Do you care about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data?  Do you want to learn from colleagues and collaborators, be inspired, and help make the fundamental right to research a reality?  For these and many more reasons, you should follow updates from OpenCon 2015!   OpenCon 2015 is the student and early career academic … Continued

The University of Tennessee’s two-year subscription for iThenticate plagiarism detection software expired on March 29, 2015, and your account associated with this trial subscription was deactivated. If you or your department wishes to use plagiarism detection software to assist with your publishing, you have several options to choose from. If you are interested in continuing … Continued

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) has long focused on the best ways to get food from the farm to our tables. The National Agricultural Library (NAL) documents USDA’s interest in local foods in its newest online exhibit, “Mailboxes, Mom and Pop Stands, and Markets: Local Foods Then and Now.” The exhibit has three main … Continued

Anytime you create something – a song, a piece of art, a research paper – you hold the copyright to that work. This means creators have control over the permissions granted to others to access, edit, and share a work. If authors want to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a … Continued

Good news for summer readers! You can check out some of the newest books from our Leisure Reading collection at Pendergrass Library’s temporary summer location in Brehm Animal Science Room 243. Popular fiction, fantasy, suspense, romance, and nonfiction books are available. Visit our Relocation Frequently Asked Questions to download a complete list of the books … Continued

There’s nothing like the serendipity of browsing the stacks and discovering that one book that is the perfect reference on your topic. But now that the Pendergrass collection is inaccessible for summer, how can you browse the stacks? This is where “virtual browsing” in the Libraries’ online catalog comes in! If the search box on … Continued

We live in an age when knowledge is power.  New technologies give us unprecedented access to information.  They also facilitate surveillance, with the power to collect and mine personal information. People enjoy the convenience of having information at their fingertips.  But most people don’t realize the trade off.  For example, citizens turn a blind eye … Continued

Are you looking for an article or book to write a final paper or prepare for an exam?  Do you need help navigating all the books, databases, and online resources out there for your major? Meet with our subject librarians for assistance at any stage of the research process.  Subject librarians can help you identify … Continued