Natalie Abbott, a Gleeson Library | Geschke Center intern, wrote this post. Whether you are new to San Francisco or just want to become better acquainted with the city, here are some useful resources for exploring the area: Streets of San Francisco: The Origins of Street and Place Names Louis K. Loewenstein Reference Stacks: F869.67 … Continue reading Reference Books of the Month: Exploring San Francisco
Greg Borman, a current Gleeson Library | Geschke Center intern, wrote this post. The three titles detailed below represent the kinds of art-related print reference books that the Gleeson library holds. These can be found near the reference desk on the library’s first floor. Further information about the Gleeson library’s art reference materials, including online … Continue reading Reference Books of the Month: Art Books
This is pretty nifty. Hathi Trust is a digital repository of materials being scanned at research libraries. (Hathi is the Hindi word for “elephant.”) You can get the fulltext of out-of-copyright books and government publications. I found examples of old government documents with fulltext in Hathi Trust, but not in Google nor Google Books. I’ll be using this a … Continue reading Hathi Trust Digital Library
In 6 Lessons One Campus Learned About E-Textbooks the Chronicle of Higher Education provides an intriguing report on Northwest Missouri State University’s experiment with e-textbooks. In a move to cut costs of the campus textbook-rental program, the university provided 240 students with textbooks on Sony Reader devices. Frustrated with the software and format, the next … Continue reading E-textbooks experiment — wave of the future?
Is swine flu a whole lotta hype or a big heap of scary? You be the judge! Get the facts about swine flu (aka H1N1 flu) from credible sources using Gleeson Library’s Swine Flu Research Guide. Continue reading Swine Flu (aka H1N1 Flu)
If you’ve noticed that a book search in our library catalog Ignacio looks different than you remember, it is because we’re using a new keyword search engine that we first introduced as “Encore” about six months ago (it had a separate search box at that time, underneath Ignacio on the home page). The “traditional” Ignacio … Continue reading Is Ignacio different?
Becky Miller, a current Gleeson Library | Geschke Center intern, wrote this post. School is winding down for most students and many will be graduating, so we decided to focus on the library’s career resources. The highlighted books, which will be available for viewing this month at the Reference Desk, are especially appropriate for those … Continue reading Reference Books of the Month: Career Resources
This post was written by one of our current library interns, Amna Ali. Gleeson Reference is home to a wealth of dictionaries ideal for quick searches on specific terms and phrases, or browsing and explorations related to subjects of interest, be it something as specific as “microbiology or molecular biology” and “investment” terminology or more … Continue reading Reference Books of the Month: Dictionaries
The USF web site, including the Library web site, will be getting a makeover this summer. The local company creating the new design, White Whale, has started a public blog on the USF redesign, and is looking for community input. Now is your chance to wield your influence! Continue reading Redesigning the USF Web Site
Credo Reference is a great resource for finding articles from hundreds of reference sources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and factbooks. The topics covered include almost anything: art, biography, business, education, geography, history, literature, medicine, movies, music, psychology, religion, science, and world cultures…if it’s included in a reference book it’s probably in Credo Reference. You can … Continue reading Featured database: Credo Reference