A digital collection of over a thousand photographs of trees, flowers, mosses, ferns and other plants is now available on the University of Tennessee Libraries’ website. THE BOTANICAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALAN S. HEILMAN was digitized from color-film photographs taken over more than sixty years by Alan S. Heilman, retired professor of Botany at the University … Continued
Linda L. Phillips, Alumni Distinguished Service Professor and Associate Dean of Libraries, announces her retirement from the University Libraries. Phillips served as interim dean of libraries during the 2010-2011 academic year. Phillips began her 35-year career at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries as head of reference in the Hodges Undergraduate Library (UGL), which closed … Continued
During the fall semester, the library will be open the following hours: Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
The UT Libraries will host an afternoon of events celebrating the achievements of African American students and faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Music, poetry, displays — and more — are scheduled for Thursday, September 8, 2:00-4:00, in the John C. Hodges Library. Events centered at the Melrose Place entrance (2nd floor) will include … Continued
Graduate students are invited to an Open House at the library. OPEN HOUSE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Friday, August 19, 1:00-2:30 pm Hodges Main Library First Floor Galleria • Meet your department’s subject librarian • See how the Libraries can help you with your research • Learn about: –> Support for teaching –> Library workshops –> … Continued
Tennessee has now made its first contribution to a national electronic database of historical newspapers, thanks to a federal grant. The Tennessee Digital Newspaper Project (TDNP) is a joint effort between the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), … Continued
Training is available, both live and recorded, with guides available in an array of languages. There are significant differences and new features to learn (for example: lemmatization) in the new Web of Knowledge environment. Five databases crucial to UTIA research and teaching are on the Web of Knowledge interface: CAB ABSTRACTS Food Science and Technology … Continued
Retraction Watch is a blog started in August 2010 to track retractions in scientific publications by Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky Read what people are saying about it. Here is one comment: “Retractions and the risk of moral panic,” Kevin Smith writing in Scholarly Communications At Duke: What I like about Retraction Watch is that … Continued
Studying for the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination? Check out Pendergrass Library’s NAVLE preparation resources at: http://libguides.utk.edu/content.php?pid=184074&sid=1547036
Dean Smith joined us in Tennessee this week. Click here to read his University of Tennessee Libraries welcome message http://ow.ly/5hlkK