2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

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be the primary support of specific colleges and degree programs.
Because of the interdisciplinary nature of research, scholars may
find collections built in one library to serve a specific discipline or
constituency to be of great importance to their own research in
another discipline. Usually, more than one library is needed to
discover all the resources that pertain to a particular research
interest. The University of Florida Gator 1 card gives students and
faculty access to library services. This card is used to circulate
books, to borrow reserves, and to establish identity for other library
services such as Interlibrary Loan and remote access to databases.
The library home page, http://www.uflib.ufl.edu, offers a wealth of
information about the Libraries and links to a vast array of
resources. The Libraries are integrating electronic collections and
services, and are digitizing materials from our Florida and other
unique collections. Indexes, abstracts, and other reference
resources (including over a thousand specialized databases) are
increasingly available. From the home page it is possible to connect
to the full text of articles in more than 158,695 full-text electronic
journals and thousands of books, documents, maps, and
manuscripts.
The library home page has a link to the library catalog that contains
records for all UF collections in all formats (except for some special
archival, map, and document collections that must be accessed
through catalogs and finding aids at the collection location). It
connects to library books currently on course reserve and provides
links to a growing number of books, journals, and newspapers that
are available in electronic form. The Subject Guides and Specialists
page provides guides to subject literature and links to key resources
and pertinent websites as well as the name of the library subject
specialist. The library home page provides links to the pages of
individual campus libraries, lists library training opportunities, and
provides a great deal of information on services and policies. It
enables students to link to the libraries' Ask a Librarian IM chat
reference service, and to electronic forms for making suggestions,
renewing materials, initiating interlibrary loan requests, and recalling
materials charged to other borrowers.
Workstations in UF libraries provide access to this whole array of
electronic resources and services. Most library databases, ejhournals
and e-books are purchased from publishers or services
that restrict access to authorized users by detecting the IP address
of any computer attempting to connect. Campus computers are
allowed access automatically. As members of the UF academic
community, you may connect to these resources from home or
abroad. To do so, connect to the library using Off-Campus Access
from the libraries' home page. Log in using your Gatorlink username
and password, or download the VPN for a more secure and stable
connection. More information is available at
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufproxy.html.
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