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Your UCF ID serves as your Library card. Activation of your Library ID number is necessary to check out library materials, view electronic resources off-campus, and utilize Interlibrary Loan. If you are an enrolled student, staff or faculty member of UCF and have never checked out materials at any of the UCF Libraries, please fill out the form below. Circulation staff will activate your ID during regular Library operating hours. If your ID is not activated within 48 hours, or have any other problems or questions, please call (407) 823-2580 or email us at circ@mail.ucf.edu for assistance. If you are having difficulty accessing the electronic databases, please contact Ask-A-Librarian or call (407) 823-2562 (local) or 1-866-271-7589 (toll free).

Library Modules for WebCT Courses

Library Services and Resources for Faculty

Research Guides are prepared by UCF reference librarians to assist users in finding resources and materials in the UCF Libraries. Most guides include sections on how to find books, journal articles, and Internet sources. If you are seeking assistance with a subject area not represented in this list, please contact the Ask a Librarian service.

Learn how to find books, journal articles, and other resources at the Libraries.

Off-campus access to the Libraries' electronic resources is limited to faculty, staff and currently enrolled UCF students.

Professors have the option of placing materials on reserve for students enrolled in their classes to access. These items are available for checkout at the Reserve Desk, located at the Circulation Font Desk near the Library's main entrance. For media items placed on reserve, a second desk is located on the 3rd floor at the Media Desk.

A variety of materials can be placed on reserve by a Professor. Circulation Services offers two ways to utilize the reserve function; many items are made available both physically at the library and on the internet via the Course Reserves website. Copyright restrictions prevent all materials from being available electronically.

Get Full Text is a way to find the full text of a given article, and to see other services and options related to the article. To use Get Full Text: 1. Look for the Get Full Text or SFX button and when you search databases 2. Click the button to see a menu of full text and more. See Example Menu below. 3. Click on links in the menu to get full text, info about the volumes the library owns, services and additional search options.

Research Guides are prepared by UCF reference librarians to assist users in finding resources and materials in the UCF Libraries. Most guides include sections on how to find books, journal articles, and Internet sources. If you are seeking assistance with a subject area not represented in this list, please contact the Ask a Librarian service.

Library Resources Introduction

The UCF Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department is committed to supporting the research of UCF faculty members. In addition to interlibrary loan services, we offer a faculty document delivery service which provides scanned copies of UCF-owned journals and books held at the Circulation Desk for quick pickup. Document Delivery requests may be submitted through the ILLiad interlibrary loan system and are automatically requested via interlibrary loan if there is no copy available at the UCF Main Library. If you have a question about a specific request, or need clarification about the following services, please contact our office.

Citation Management Options

ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.

The Orange Grove Florida's Digital Repository & Orange Grove Texts Plus are libraries for your to browse/search for learning objects and open textbooks.

EBSCOhost Research Databases EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries. EBSCO Support Site EBSCO's Support Site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our FAQ database, tutorials, and user guides can provide answers to your technical questions. EBSCO Customer Support Representatives are also available by phone and e-mail 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, as well as Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (US EST). How to Use Help * When the Help icon Help Question Mark appears, you can click the icon and help for the screen you are on will display. * To obtain help for the database(s) you are searching, click the Help icon Help Question Mark to the right of the Find field and click on the Database name at the bottom of the left-hand side of the Help window. Database help is also available from the Choose Databases window. * To view the entire Help System, click the Help link at the top right-hand corner of the screen. Note: The recommended screen resolution for EBSCOhost is 1024 x 768.