Library Services for Faculty & TAs

Instruction Services

• Information + Data Literacy Canvas Workshops
  _{Add research & skills based interactive, online tutorials.}
• Workshops for Researchers
  _{Virtual workshops that will help you take your research to the next level.}
• Library Instruction Request
  _{Schedule a library instruction.}
• Avoiding Plagiarism
  _{Short videos & online workshop to help your students learn & use the skills to avoid plagiarism.}
• Course & Subject Online Guides
  _{Provide quick & customized access to USF Libraries content.}
• Course & Textbook Reserves
  _{Request textbook and e-reserves for your canvas courses.}
• Data Literacy Toolkit
  _{Curriculum to integrate data evaluation, interpretation, & citing into your courses.}
• Digital Learning Objects & Tools
  _{Curated list of digital objects (virtual tours, media, & other content) for inclusion in your courses .}
• Digital Scholarship Toolkit
  _{Tools, resources, & communities to integrate digital scholarship into your teaching & research.}
• Ebooks+ for the Classroom
  _{Search & request e-book adoptions for courses.}
• Open Educational Resources (OERs)
  _{Teaching resources (activities, courses, textbooks, etc.) freely available for re-use.}
• Presentation/ Media Scheduling
  _{Request & schedule media materials.}
• Research Posters Toolkit
  _{Templates & best practices for students to prepare research poster presentations.}
• Student Tech Center
  _{Student computing helpdesk, training on virtual platforms & software, digital makerspace, & video production
  USF campus: St. Petersburg.}
• Textbook Affordability Project
  _{Provides resources to help you find low or no-cost textbook options for your students.}

Faculty Impact & Visibility

• Promotion & Tenure
  _{Resources to help researchers select, measure, & promote their book, article, & chapter impact.}
• Faculty Insight Portal
  _{USF has partnered with Academic Analytics to offer a variety of tools to assist faculty in advancing their research and scholarly activity through use of the Discovery Suite. Requires NetID authentication. .}
• Grants & Foundation Info
  _{Curated list of online & print resources for researchers.}
• Selected Works
  _{Web-based research profiles highlighting USF Faculty research & scholarship.}
• SciVal
  _{Quick link to database of peer-reviewed literature; also includes journal metrics & author profiles.}
• Scopus
  _{Quick link to Citation database; features tools to track, analyze, & visualize research impact.}

General

• InterLibrary Loan & Pronto
  _{Borrow materials from other libraries or have articles & chapters in the library scanned and emailed to you.}
• ADA Services
  _{Guides to help students equitably access library materials & services.}
• Carrel Requests
  _{Request a carrel in the library for your use for the academic contract year
  USF campus: Tampa.}
• Checkout & Renewing Materials
  _{Borrowing Policy Quick Reference & renewal request forms.}
• Connecting from Off Campus
  _{Provides instructions for accessing USF resources that require authentication, such as databases and journals.}
• Proxy Card Request
  _{Assign a grad student or other proxy to pick up and check out materials for you.}
• Staying Current: News & Professional Development Resources
  _{Provides links to current topics of interest in The Chronicle of Higher Education and other sources.}

Research Services

• Research Consultation Request
  _{Request a consultation with a librarian to save time & learn about specialized resources for research.}
• Alerting Service
  _{Info on 1) database services to alert you to new content & 2) a service to alert you when your checked out materials are coming due.}
• Citation Tools & Guides
  _{Lists citation softwares available from the USF Libraries and links to other helpful resources.}
• Copyright
  _{Links to information about copyright, fair use, and how to contact a librarian for help.}
• Data Management
  _{Outlines what the library can do to help you manage, and in some cases, archive, your research data.}
• Find My Librarian
  _{Find the library liaison who serves as a point of contact for your discipline.}
• Geographic Information Systems
  _{GIS helps you analyze spatial location and organize layers of information to visualize your data.}
• Open Access Initiatives
  _{Info on Open Access initiatives at USF in support of faculty research & instruction.}
• Planning a Grant with the USF Libraries
  _{Information on partnering with the USF Libraries for Grant opportunities.}
• Scholarly Communications
  _{The USF Scholarly Communications team aids faculty and graduate students by building digital collections, advocating author rights, guiding research, preserving work online, deploying new technologies, and assisting with copyrights, working alongside liaison librarians.}
• Scholarly Communication Lifecycle
  _{Overview of USF libraries Scholarly Communication services: from planning, to project management, to publication, to preservation & discovery support.}

Collections

• Databases
  _{An A to Z list of all USF Libraries databases.}
• E-Journals
  _{An A to Z list of all electronic journals in the USF Libraries collections.}
• Collection Management
  _{Info on collection management, guidelines, assessments, access status, & user terms.}
• Data & Statistics
  _{Quick list of USF Libraries & open access data & statistic repositories, organized by subject.}
• Digital Commons @ USF
  _{Virtual showcase of USF’s research & creative content for long-term preservation & worldwide electronic accessibility. This site also includes our digital collections of images, documents, prints, maps, 3D models, & more digitized by the USF Libraries.}
• e-Book purchase Request
  _{Electonic form to request the USF Libraries e-books for faculty instruction.}
• Library Collections
  _{A listing of the various types of library collections owned, licensed, & and created by the USF Libraries.}
• Media Resources: Images, Video, and Audio
  _{Process and link to form to request the purchase or licensing of new videos for faculty instruction.}
• Special Collections
  _{Find primary source and rare materials for your research and instruction through our special collections.}