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“The Forms of Things Unknown:” Insights from a Librarian-designed Shakespeare Course
A Shakespeare and Film course taught by a librarian at Miami University was designed as a test bed for new models for supporting multimodal inforamtion creativity in academic libraries. This interactive panel conversation ... -
FORTIFYING DIPLOMATIC BUILDINGS: NECESSITY OR PARANOIA?
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Fouling-Release Performance of Silicone Oil-Modified SiloxanePolyurethane Coatings
The effect of incorporation of silicone oils into a siloxanepolyurethane fouling-release coatings system was explored. Incorporation of phenylmethyl silicone oil has been shown to improve the fouling-release performance ... -
Four Positions of Leadership in Planning, Implementing, and Sustaining Faculty Learning Community Programs
This chapter describes four new leadership areas in the development of faculty learning community programs and provides perspectives and resources that these leaders can use to engage their work. -
Free from Frenzy: Reducing Final Exam Stress for First-Year Students
Most students experience a flurry of stress and panic regarding final exams—especially first-year students. Discover how one library has helped alleviate some of that stress for students. The weekend before finals week the ... -
Free Range Databases
Overview of some of the freely-available subject-specific bibliographic databases, their features and drawbacks. -
Free Range Databases
An overview of freely-available bibliographic databases including: when to use them, their drawbacks, and how to find them. Includes short reviews of a handful of these resources and whether or not their content is indexed ... -
Freezing impairment of male reproductive behaviors of the freeze-tolerant wood frog, Rana sylvatica.
The wood frog (Rana sylvatica), a temperate-zone anuran that overwinters within the frost zone, is adapted to tolerate the freezing and thawing of its tissues. Because the effects of freezing on complex neurobehavioral ... -
From ADL to V.A. : a glossary of long-term care terms
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From Civil War to Civil Rights: The Politics of New Freedom
(2011-10-22) -
FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO CHARLOTTESVILLE: HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE NEW AMERICAN REPUBLIC
(2012-04-24)This thesis examines the change in higher education curriculum in the state of Virginia in the half-century following the American Revolution. It analyzes how the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia ... -
Full-Cycle Assessment of Critical Thinking in an Ethics and Science Course
Enhancing critical thinking skills for undergraduate students is important across the curriculum and between disciplines. We report on a method of improving critical thinking skills, which was studied through an Ethics and ... -
Functions of personal experience and of expression of regret
Although learning and preparing for future behavior are well-established functions of regret, social functions have been largely ignored. We suggest a new model of the functions of regret, the Privately Experienced versus ... -
Future Focused Outreach with Campus and Community Collaborations
In changing times, outreach efforts play a major role in meaningfully connecting users to the academic library of the 21st century. Collaborations, both on- and off-campus, are vital to the success of such endeavors. This ... -
FYRE in Special Collections: Exploring Scientific History in a First-Year Research Experience Course
A case study discussing the use of special collections in a STEM-focused first-year research experience course. -
Gamification in SE Courses
The sources and styles of student motivation have changed as the use of computing technology has become more ubiquitous. Instructors observations often lead to the conclusion that students’ attention span has shorten. ... -
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Citation Generator Tools
Students may not always know how to do thorough research but they sure do find out quickly that EasyBib, BibMe and other free citation tools can supposedly make their lives easier. The citation tools in subscription ... -
Garden to Table: A Pilot Home Gardening Program for Food Pantry Clients
The use of gardening has become very popular in interventions pertaining to social well-being, physical health, vegetable consumption, food preference, nutritional status, inter-generational relations, food security, and ...