Come check out our new equipment at Pendergrass Library! 3 Macbook chargers (45W, 60W, and 85W) 2 Digital Voice Recorders 1 Snowball Microphone 2 Lightning to USB Cables 2 Lightning to 30-pin Adapters 2 Computer Mice For more information on these items and other loanable equipment, please visit libguides.utk.edu/content.php?pid=377609&sid=3093022.
Students: take a well-deserved break from final exams, refresh and recharge at the library. The UT Libraries will once again offer finals week activities to help students “De-Stress for Success.” Activities in Hodges Library begin on Study Day, April 29. UT’s Student Assessment of Instruction System will host a free ice cream social from noon … Continued
Zotero now works with Internet Explorer, iPads, and other mobile browsers. Use the Zotero Bookmarklet to save sources directly to your Zotero library online. You must have a (free) Zotero account, but no other software installation is needed. Zotero users now also have access to 300MB of free storage (for PDF’s and other attachments, upgraded … Continued
A new guide has been released for Open Access Week 2012. From the Web site: “This resource outlines the core components of open access (e.g., reader rights, reuse rights, copyrights, author posting rights, etc.) across the continuum from “open access” to “restricted access”. Its aim is to help authors make informed decisions on where to … Continued
Pendergrass Library has recently acquired several new pieces of equipment to loan out in addition to our existing collection. That equipment collection includes: 15 Dell laptops, 9 of which are brand new 5 Macbook Pro laptops 6 Garmin GPS units, all with mapping software 1 digital SLR camera 2 waterproof digital cameras 1 digital point-and-shoot … Continued
UT is now a member of BioMed Central. BioMed Central is an open access publisher owned by Springer. BMC is committed to the free widespread dissemination of scientific research with high standards for review and reporting. BMC publishes 200+ peer-reviewed open access journals across the disciplines of biology, medicine and chemistry. A full list of … Continued
From Dr. Festing’s site, first page: “This site provides an interactive short course on experimental design for research scientists working with laboratory animals. The aim is to reduce the number of animals which are used, improve the quality of the science and save time, money and other scientific resources. Ethical review committees, IACUCs and Ph.D. … Continued
Altmetrics is poised to replace the old models of assessing scholarly impact and quality, namely peer review, journal impact factors, and citation statistics. Read more about altmetrics: Altmetrics Manifesto “No one can read everything. We rely on filters to make sense of the scholarly literature, but the narrow, traditional filters are being swamped. However, the growth of … Continued
Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library is pleased to offer Scan on Demand service. If you need an article or chapter from an item in our collection, you may request a PDF of that article/chapter through the online catalog. We will scan the requested pages and you will then receive the PDF in your email. … Continued
From the Zotero Blog: Zotero 3.0 Is Here! Today we’re delighted to announce that Zotero 3.0 has officially arrived. Zotero 3.0 marks a major departure from previous versions, most notably with the new ability to run outside the Firefox browser. Available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, this standalone version of Zotero contains all the great … Continued