We are currently working to pull together a comprehensive list of UT Libraries resources that will be affected by the government shutdown.

If the information below does not cover an issue of particular concern to you, feel free to contact us for more personalized assistance. You can find us through any of the avenues outlined at this link.

So far, we can tell you that ERIC reports are not available online.  As a workaround, you can still request ERIC microfiche from Library Express. You will need to specify the title and the DE number of the report.

The U.S. Census site also is down.  You can still use ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States from our databases page to access much of that data.  We also have old census data in print on the third floor (Call number: HD7293 .A6113).

Another good database of statistical data from the government is Statistical Insight.

If you need information normally housed on an affected web site, don’t forget about The Wayback Machine.

For example, their archive of the USDA site works fairly well.

Here is a more comprehensive list of affected web sites.

 

 

 

September is upon us, along with a new line up of movies on Residence Life Cinema (http://movies.utk.edu).

See the list of September movies below, and join us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/utklibraries) to let us know what you’d like to see in October!

NOW SHOWING:

The Big Wedding   R
The Great Gatsby (2013) PG13
No Place on Earth  PG13
Place Beyond the Pines  R
Rapturepalooza  R
Scary Movie  5  PG13
To the Wonder  R
What Maisie Knew  R
The Blind Side PG13
Les Misérables (2012)  PG13
October Sky  PG
Frida  R
The Motorcycle Diaries  R
United 93  R
A Late Quartet  NR
Space Jam PG
Kon Tiki
Tyler Perry Presents: Peeples  PG13
V/H/S/2   NR
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks R

We’ve been receiving lots of feedback on the new website over the past week. So far, it has been largely positive.

It became clear over the past week that the biggest concern among users was the inability to find a link to “My Account.” We’ve had enough requests for this that we feel it makes sense to address the issue. You should now see a link to “Your Library Accounts” on the bottom left side of the home page. The “Your Library Accounts” button will take you where you need to go to renew books, request materials and otherwise manage your own library-related information.

We have also created a new form to provide feedback on the website. Drop by there and let us know what you think.

 

 

The UT community has a new way to read scholarly journals: on a tablet. The UT Libraries now subscribes to BrowZine, an application that lets users browse and read journals in a format that is optimized for their tablet devices. The BrowZine app is available for the iPad and tablets running Android.

To get started, just search for “BrowZine” in the app store on your tablet. Simply register your NetID and password, and you’ll have access to all the UT Libraries’ electronic journals (issues back to 2005) and lots of useful features. BrowZine users can create a personal bookshelf of favorite journals, be alerted when new editions of journals are published, and easily save to Zotero, Dropbox, and other services. Remember to update your password with BrowZine whenever you change your NetID password.

If you have further questions, contact Gayle Baker at the UT Libraries (865-974-3519, gsbaker@utk.edu)).