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The UMUC Library makes a continued effort to ensure that its patrons have the best research resources possible at their disposal. The following additions and updates are now available.

Information and Library Services is pleased to announce the launch of UMUC Library OneSearch.

Evaluating electronic resources at UMUC is a complex process that involves a wide range of resources and tools as well as numerous library staff and faculty. If not well managed, the annual review process of over 200 resources can become increasingly fragmented and inefficient. The library recently repurposed its existing LibGuides service to help manage this critical process, resulting in a Web site that organizes each aspect of the review process in an efficient, flexible, and easy-to-maintain manner.

UMUC librarians led an Association of College and Research Libraries webcast, "The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty," during which participants learned how to translate their face-to-face library instruction into an online, asynchronous format, with an emphasis on engaging students through active-learning exercises and strengthening their critical thinking skills. The UMUC librarians also provided guidelines for effectively assessing an online library instruction program and fostering involvement by classroom faculty.

Starting this fall, the UMUC Library is excited to offer access to two major e-book collections that will greatly benefit students, faculty, and staff in computer and information technology-related disciplines, cybersecurity, digital media, business, and accounting and finance: Books24x7 and Safari Books Online.

Cynthia Thomes, Reference and Instruction Librarian and ILS GSMT Liaison, gave a presentation on August 5 entitled "Library Instruction for Online Undergraduate or Graduate Classes" at the 26th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning in Madison, WI.

ILS has a new location in the Academic Center at Largo and continues to serve as a resource for faculty conducting research or other professional development work. It has also developed a new business research guide for students, faculty, and staff.

Information and Library Services has developed a new business research guide, Business Research: Tips and Techniques.

ILS has created a new guide to open educational resources as well as Cite Right, a tutorial to help with properly citing sources.

Visit the new Faculty and Student Research @ UMUC Web page from Information and Library Services, which provides one-stop access to the growing body of research-related materials produced by UMUC faculty, students, and visiting scholars.