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How to Manipulate Facebook and Twitter Instead of Letting Them Manipulate You
This article from MIT Technology Review by Rachel Metz offers six ways to take control over your online life with Facebook and Twitter. Image credit
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How Not to Spread Fake News
This op-ed from the New York Times by Michael J. Socolow, “How to Prevent Smart People from Spreading Dumb Ideas,” points out that “Too many Americans have no idea how to properly read a social media...
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The Ten Best Genealogy Websites for Beginners
This blog post offers information about the 10 best free and subscription sites that offer databases and information about ways people can discover family histories. Image credit
View ArticleResources for Distance Learners
The library can support student success even at a distance for those enrolled in online courses. Below is a video, “Resources for Distance Learners” that outlines what the library can do for students....
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Academic Writer Guide
The USF Tampa Library has created a guide to Academic Writer, a web-based application providing interactive tools to help students and faculty learn and apply APA Style. It features point of need quick...
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The Digital Instruction Divide During COVID-19
The Hechinger Report indicates that remote learning for children confirm that the quality and quantity of remote learning for children varied wildly depending on where those children happen to live...
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Technology Support with LinkedIn Learning
USF students and instructors who create a LinkedIn account have free access to all of the LinkedIn Learning catalog (previously Lynda.com). This catalog consists of instructional content for software...
View ArticleWhy Use Specialized Subject Article Databases?
In a recent, short video tutorial, we compare large, comprehensive search tools like FindIt with subject specific, specialized databases, outlining the advantages that specialized tools have over...
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The SAGE Video Education Collection
USF Libraries just signed a contract for the SAGE Video Education Collection in August. These videos offer content about teaching and learning topics ranging from early childhood education to...
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Library Numbers and USF ID Cards
The USF ID card is important for all new students to acquire whether they come to campus or not, because it has an important number on it which is a patron’s “library empowerment” number. It is a 14...
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USF Libraries Workshops for Researchers
The USF Libraries has launched a series of virtual research workshops for faculty and graduate students featuring such topics as introduction to citation management tools (Zotero, Mendeley, Endnote),...
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Workshops for Researchers
This spring the USF Libraries will be offering a host of new online workshops for researchers. To browse the list, click here. Some of these workshops focus on software applications for researchers...
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Linked-In Learning
Linked-in Learning offers tutorials on software applications that can help you or your students whether it is accessing a tutorial about Teams orientation, Adobe Photoshop applications, Articulate...
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Workshops for Researchers in March
Check out the latest offerings of library-sponsored workshops for researchers. They include applications such as Python, Photoshop, Illustrator, Endnote, and more.
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Websites use URLs to Track You
This article by Brook Cagle, from Popular Science gives you some tips on how to stop being tracked when you visit Websites. The article describes how tracking URLs work and how to stop them in...
View ArticleOpen Athens–New Authentication Method for Accessing Library Resources
On September 19, there will be a change in the way that USF faculty, staff, and students authenticate to use the USF Libraries’ resources. We will be moving from our current EZProxy authentication to...
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Digital Media Commons and Student Technology Center (Multi-campus Tech Options)
The USF Libraries in Tampa and St. Pete offer faculty and students a wide range of software and hardware to help with various research and creative projects. Located at the Tampa library, the Digital...
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Plagiarism and ChatGPT
This article is all about how students are using AI ChatGPT to answer essay questions on tests as well as write essays for their courses. ChatGPT is very sophisticated technology that generates new...
View ArticleChatGPT AI and Educational Policy
This dramatized video highlights issues regarding ChatGPT and plagiarism. It illustrates the need to fully consider and address this new technology.
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How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy
This article, written by an investigative data journalist and former tech lawyer, offers tips and the hidden disclosures within privacy policy unreadable documents for the average consumer.
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