Plagiarism software

Question:

Does anyone know where the link to the plagiarism software/ info is located on the usf / usf st pete site?

Answer:

There isn’t one. Faculty members who want to use Turnitin have to go through VITAL (I think—or the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence) to sign up. They have to plan ahead to use the service since a notification that it may be used must be included on their syllabus.

Evening Independent

We often get asked whether we have microform copies of the Evening Independent newspaper and it isn't easy to be sure that you have checked all angles on the OPAC. When asked about this, Jim responded: "We do not own the St. Petersburg Evening Independent, an afternoon paper that ceased publication in 1986. The St. Petersburg Public Library's main branch (9th and 37th St.) does have the Independent. " The cost of purchasing the microfilm is prohibitive.

Journalism class: country information

From Jim:
I just worked with a group of students in a journalism class who have an assignment to ask the reference librarian to find print and electronic information about different countries. Of course, I referred them to databases, showed how to use the library catalog with the country as subject, and, most helpfully, introduced them to info at the U.S. State Department (www.state.gov), such as the “Background Notes” area that we all know so well.

MSN Email Attachments

Two different students have tried to open and Excel or Word attachment from their MSN email and it won’t allow them to open it OR save it to the temp drive. Berrie found that the only way to get the attachment to work was to email it to a non-MSN email account. When the message was forwarded to a USF email or to a Yahoo email, the attachments opened up just fine. 4/4/2007

Wireless printing

Question:

There apparently is wireless access to a color printer in the computer lab, and another in the college of business. For folks using Photoshop, they could theoretically print to one of these two color printers, correct? If folks ask us about color printing, should we tell them bout the wireless access?

Berrie's reply:

Yes, theoretically (it has not been tested), and only for wireless users who bring their own laptops, not through our Macs or PCs in the horseshoe. I would suggest that you tell users to visit those facilities, since they will have to go there anyway to release the print jobs.

Saving documents

Saving files to email:

If a student does not have a portable storage device such as a disk, CD or memory stick, they may use their email to save a document. Instruct the student to open their email program, compose a message to themselves and attach the file or files they wish to save. Saved in their email, they may retrieve the files any time they wish.