What is CrossMark? Isaac Newton attributed his success to “standing on the shoulders of giants.” Relying on previously published research is how knowledge progresses. But did you know that scholarly books, articles, and conference proceedings continue to be cited even after they have been retracted, withdrawn, or revised? Also multiple sources of content are available … Continued
Library Express offers Campus Delivery for UTK faculty, graduate students and staff with departmental offices. ***Before requesting delivery of library materials, you must first update your “patron record” to specify the location of your departmental office.*** Download a PDF of this research hint here. [clear] Begin by signing in, using the Off-campus users: Sign in … Continued
Steve Smith, dean of libraries at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Research Libraries at the Association’s October membership meeting. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the … Continued
Take time to register for an ORCID or Open Researcher and Contributor ID. Publishers, funders, and institutions will all ask for your ORCID if they haven’t already. Why researcher identifiers, and why ORCID? There are over 40 researchers with the name “S. Smith” at the University of Tennessee alone. A researcher’s name isn’t enough to … Continued
Internationally acclaimed writer Colum McCann will appear at Writers in the Library on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus on Monday, November 2. He will read from his work at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of the John C. Hodges Library. The event is free and open to the public. Colum McCann is … Continued
As long as there have been books, readers have been writing in the margins. An exhibit of rare books at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s John C. Hodges Library contains examples of marginalia from over the centuries. The display bears witness to the reader’s abiding urge to respond to the author’s words or otherwise personalize … Continued
PeerJ is an award-winning, innovative, affordable, and high-integrity journal publishing articles in bioscience and computer science. There are many benefits to publishing in PeerJ: PeerJ supports researchers. The journal’s mission is to help the world efficiently publish its knowledge. PeerJ keeps authors at the center of its business model (see PeerJ’s beliefs). Researchers can read … Continued
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Join us Tuesday, October 20, to learn about an important pending international copyright agreement. Krista Cox, director of public policy initiatives for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), was part of the Diplomatic Conference that concluded the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print … Continued
***Note changed location: seminars will meet in Hodges Library, Room 128.*** Interested in the digital humanities and digital scholarship? Illuminations: A Digital Humanities Seminar offers workshops, presentations by UT’s digital scholars, and conversations with guest researchers. The seminar will meet five times per semester during the 2015-16 academic year. Sessions are open to all interested … Continued