This week a UW Tacoma writing class got to play our prototype of “Research-to-Research,” a card game inspired by Mattel’s popular Apples-to-Apples. This is one of the ways our librarians bring innovative instruction exercises to the research environment! Look forward to learning more about this evolving activity in a future blog post. For now, please Read More…
Category: Teaching & Learning
Hack@UWT – UW Tacoma’s first annual hackathon
Eyhab Al-Masri from the School of Engineering and Technology and the UW Tacoma Library are proud to announce the first ever UW Tacoma Hackathon, Hack@UWT set to take place on June 7th, 2019. Here’s the best part: You don’t need specialized equipment or a coding background to participate. Hackathon kits and training materials will be Read More…
Database Spotlight: SAGE Research Methods Online
This database would have, if I am honest, made my undergraduate years (way back when) a lot easier. Faculty: this is a fantastic tool to refer your students to if you are teaching an Intro to Research Methods course, and content could easily be embedded in your curriculum! SAGE Research Methods Online is a really nifty database Read More…
Join the Conversation: Mindful Tech by David Levy
WHEN: Monday, March 4th, 2019, 12:30-1:30pm WHERE: Tioga Library Building, 307b Please join us for an open and interactive discussion with the author of Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to our Digital Lives, which has been the focus of the Winter 2019 UW Tacoma Emerging Practices Reading Circle. Professor Levy will introduce several practices Read More…
Intellectual property and Fair Use
It is very possible that you have created original work in your personal and professional life — your own intellectual property. But as a student, and perhaps at the start of a profession, you are likely using the work of others in new ways. Copyright is legal protection for creators of these works against losing Read More…
Snow Day: how to get research help!
Campus emergency updates As the snow and ice continue, please stay updated on campus closures on the UW Tacoma Emergency Communications Blog. Fines & due dates We’ve been receiving a lot of questions about due dates and late fines. Any item that is due while the University and Library are closed will be backdated to the Read More…
Aren’t encyclopedias for little kids?
In short, no! The UW Tacoma library has hundreds of subject encyclopedias, a great resource for some very non-elementary academic work. There are several reasons to use a subject encyclopedia. Encyclopedias are curated and ad-free Subject encyclopedias give an overview of a broad topic, but are narrow enough to be applicable. Unlike a search engine, Read More…
UW Tacoma Library and Tacoma Public Schools
It is no secret that students can struggle to make the transition from high school to college. As the First Year Experience Librarian here at UW Tacoma Library, one of my main focuses is to look at this issue from the perspective of the library and work on addressing issues systematically. As part of this Read More…
Good luck on finals!
“I am almost always able to find a quiet study space which really helps me out because my home life is too hectic to be able to concentrate on my studies there. The library is really the only quiet place I can find on campus.” Undergraduate student, 2016 Triennial Survey The UW Tacoma Library Read More…
Teaching for the first time
I had the honor to provide some basic source-seeking instruction for a class two weeks ago. After consulting with our first-year experience librarian, Alaina Bull, I prepared some materials and went to class. It was a writing class in which the students had chosen topics and begun their initial search for information in order to Read More…