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The 65,000-sq.-ft. John H. Evans Library is located in the Learning Pavilion, which also houses the Applied Computing Center, Academic Support Center and a teaching auditorium. Its Web-based Library Information Network (LINK) is accessible 24/7 on campus and remotely. The LINK (www.lib.fit.edu) provides an online catalog, electronic journals, citation and full-text databases and electronic gateways to information resources worldwide. Electronic databases include ACM Portal, Aerospace and High Technology Database, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, CCH Internet Research NetWork and CCH Internet Tax NetWork, EBSCOhost EJS, Engineering Village 2, ENGnetBASE, Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, FirstSearch, Gale Periodicals Package, IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, Ingenta, LexisNexis Academic Universe, Literature Resource Center, MathSciNet, Mergent, ProQuest Research, PsycINFO, SciFinder Scholar, and WilsonWeb. These resources complement the print, government documents and audiovisual collections. A classroom is equipped for multimedia presentations. Library faculty and staff offer specialized instruction and ongoing assistance with information access.
Current holdings comprise in excess of 117,000 books, more than 228,000 government documents, and an extensive collection of scholarly journals including over 17,000 full-text print and electronic journals. The library participates in the Federal Depository Library Program, which provides federally produced information to the library. Library memberships include the American Library Association, the Florida Library Association, the Central Florida Library Cooperative, Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF), the Library Association of Brevard, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET). Of particular interest to undergraduate students is Research Sources and Systems (COM 2012), offered by faculty librarians. This one-credit course familiarizes the student with a variety of research strategies, sources and services, and emphasizes traditional and electronic research tools available in the students' major fields. The skills and knowledge gained prepare a student to effectively perform scholarly library research. Graduate students are invited to attend a three-hour Graduate Research Workshop, offered each semester. |
