Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
children's books by subject or genre
There are several ways that you may locate children’s books by subject or genre:
USF Libraries Catalog:
1. Go to the advanced search screen
2. Enter a genre or subject in the first search box (poetry, mystery, science fiction, history, frogs, adoption, Mexico, etc)
3. Select “USF LIBRARY – St. Petersburg – Juvenile” in the pull-down menu for “location”
4. Click “Search” to see results.
NOTE: Call numbers for nonfiction books will begin with a numeric (Dewey Decimal) designation. Easy/picture books will begin with an “E” designation and chapter books will begin with an “F” designation.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database:
1. Go to the USF Libraries web site at http://www.lib.usf.edu
2. Click on “databases by title/subject”
3. In the “by title” box type in Children’s Literature
4. Click on the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database link to enter the database.
5. Use the search form to locate books by keyword. Options on the right side of the screen also allow you to limit your search by genre, age, grade, lexile range, etc. You may also locate award winning books by using the menus near the bottom of the search screen. To locate a list of award winners for a specific award, use a keyword search on the award name: “sunshine state” or “caldecott” or “quill,” then limit your search to the “award” field.
6. When you locate a book of interest, click on the title to see the full record which may also include book reviews and awards. Scroll to the bottom of the full record to find the link to “View the WorldCat Record for this item.” Clicking on this link will allow you to see if USF or another local library owns the title.
Print Reference resources:
A variety of reference books provide lists of children’s books arranged by subject, title, and/or appropriate age. Many of the indexes provide call numbers for the children’s titles that can be found in the Poynter Library collection. Generally, these indexes are located in the PN1009.A1 or Z1037 call number areas in the first floor reference stacks. Specific call numbers for these titles may be located by searching the USF Library catalog for the subject of: childrens literature indexes or picture books indexes.
A selected list of titles includes:
• A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books. REF PN1009.A1L54 2006
• Best Books for Children. REF Z1037.G48 2002
• Best Books for Young Adult Readers Grades 7-12. REF Z1037.C176 1998
• Beyond Picture Books REF PN1009.A1B278 2008
• Connecting Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children. REF PN1009.A1T475 1996
• Radical Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge. Z1037.B65 2002
USF Libraries Catalog:
1. Go to the advanced search screen
2. Enter a genre or subject in the first search box (poetry, mystery, science fiction, history, frogs, adoption, Mexico, etc)
3. Select “USF LIBRARY – St. Petersburg – Juvenile” in the pull-down menu for “location”
4. Click “Search” to see results.
NOTE: Call numbers for nonfiction books will begin with a numeric (Dewey Decimal) designation. Easy/picture books will begin with an “E” designation and chapter books will begin with an “F” designation.
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database:
1. Go to the USF Libraries web site at http://www.lib.usf.edu
2. Click on “databases by title/subject”
3. In the “by title” box type in Children’s Literature
4. Click on the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database link to enter the database.
5. Use the search form to locate books by keyword. Options on the right side of the screen also allow you to limit your search by genre, age, grade, lexile range, etc. You may also locate award winning books by using the menus near the bottom of the search screen. To locate a list of award winners for a specific award, use a keyword search on the award name: “sunshine state” or “caldecott” or “quill,” then limit your search to the “award” field.
6. When you locate a book of interest, click on the title to see the full record which may also include book reviews and awards. Scroll to the bottom of the full record to find the link to “View the WorldCat Record for this item.” Clicking on this link will allow you to see if USF or another local library owns the title.
Print Reference resources:
A variety of reference books provide lists of children’s books arranged by subject, title, and/or appropriate age. Many of the indexes provide call numbers for the children’s titles that can be found in the Poynter Library collection. Generally, these indexes are located in the PN1009.A1 or Z1037 call number areas in the first floor reference stacks. Specific call numbers for these titles may be located by searching the USF Library catalog for the subject of: childrens literature indexes or picture books indexes.
A selected list of titles includes:
• A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books. REF PN1009.A1L54 2006
• Best Books for Children. REF Z1037.G48 2002
• Best Books for Young Adult Readers Grades 7-12. REF Z1037.C176 1998
• Beyond Picture Books REF PN1009.A1B278 2008
• Connecting Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children. REF PN1009.A1T475 1996
• Radical Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge. Z1037.B65 2002
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Read,gov
Published by the Library of Congress. Includes:
Classic Books
Episodic Reading
Author Webcasts
Booklists
Local/Community Resources
Information about, “Book Fairs, Storytelling Festivals and Other Literary Events Across the U.S.A. and Around the World” and One Book Projects (By State or Country). Australia, Canada, and the UK have One Book Projects.
A New Online Book Club: Books and Beyond
Accessible via Facebook. Read.gov offers two RSS feeds or e-mail update lists.
Classic Books
Episodic Reading
Author Webcasts
Booklists
Local/Community Resources
Information about, “Book Fairs, Storytelling Festivals and Other Literary Events Across the U.S.A. and Around the World” and One Book Projects (By State or Country). Australia, Canada, and the UK have One Book Projects.
A New Online Book Club: Books and Beyond
Accessible via Facebook. Read.gov offers two RSS feeds or e-mail update lists.
Monday, October 5, 2009
network status/blackboard status
http://www.nelson.usf.edu/systems/status.html
That will take you to a status page for Blackboard and MyUSF.
That will take you to a status page for Blackboard and MyUSF.
FAFSA form for Financial Aid
The FAFSA form for Financial Aid must be electronically submitted. Financial Aid is not allowed to accept paper copies. One computer is available for use in the Financial Aid office, but often students end up in our Information Commons to submit the document. The computers in the Library Information Commons are set to display PDF documents in the full version of the Reader, and not through any IE or FireFox Acrobat "plug-in". If not set properly by default to open the full version of Acrobat, articles do not print from library databases (a far more frequent use of Acrobat in our Commons!)
Where to Direct the Student:
The only computer that is set up to allow the form to submit properly is the Reference Desk (Student Use) computer. This computer has a different setting for Acrobat Reader than the computers in the General Information Commons. The setting is changed by opening Acrobat, navigating to the the default preferences (Edit and Preferences) and changing the way PDF's are displayed under the Internet section, by making sure that the checkbox for "display in browser" is checked. this setting can be changed by the end user, so you may have to reset this if not set properly.
Other Issues:
If a student leaves any field blank on the form, the form can not be submitted. According to Erin, there are two fields in particular that appear to be problematic; the student has to enter a zero or an “NA” if the questions do not apply. They may not leave any field blank. She said that although the students are told this, there are always some who do not pay attention to this detail. Erin said that it is printed in red even but some still goof.
Where to Direct the Student:
The only computer that is set up to allow the form to submit properly is the Reference Desk (Student Use) computer. This computer has a different setting for Acrobat Reader than the computers in the General Information Commons. The setting is changed by opening Acrobat, navigating to the the default preferences (Edit and Preferences) and changing the way PDF's are displayed under the Internet section, by making sure that the checkbox for "display in browser" is checked. this setting can be changed by the end user, so you may have to reset this if not set properly.
Other Issues:
If a student leaves any field blank on the form, the form can not be submitted. According to Erin, there are two fields in particular that appear to be problematic; the student has to enter a zero or an “NA” if the questions do not apply. They may not leave any field blank. She said that although the students are told this, there are always some who do not pay attention to this detail. Erin said that it is printed in red even but some still goof.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
H1N1 student information
Friday, September 25, 2009
Hotspot wireless connections
Just had a call from a non-student asking about wireless access in the library. When I told him he had to be a USF student he asked if he was allowed to use his own “hotspot” wireless connection via Verizon in the library. I’ve never heard of getting in that way. Would it interfere with our wireless?
Systems response:
He would need to be sure that it is locked down properly, and running on a channel that does not interfere with ours. Since it would be impossible to regulate this effectively, I would tell him that he needs to go outside of the library to use it, such as on the breezeway. If we begin to allow this technology, it will interfere with student use of our wireless eventually, even if not on this occasion. It really depends upon how it is set up, which we cannot control.
Systems response:
He would need to be sure that it is locked down properly, and running on a channel that does not interfere with ours. Since it would be impossible to regulate this effectively, I would tell him that he needs to go outside of the library to use it, such as on the breezeway. If we begin to allow this technology, it will interfere with student use of our wireless eventually, even if not on this occasion. It really depends upon how it is set up, which we cannot control.
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