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Simple Ways to Add Active Learning to Your Library Instruction (open access)

Simple Ways to Add Active Learning to Your Library Instruction

This paper discusses library instruction. Assessments are recommended to determine the effectiveness of student learning. This paper also discusses a project by the UNT Libraries' in which they developed software to assess library instruction, called Library Instruction Software for Assessment (LISA) and the outcome of that study.
Date: 2008
Creator: Downey, Annie; Ramin, Lilly & Byerly, Gayla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Access: A New Paradigm for Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Access (open access)

Open Access: A New Paradigm for Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Access

The notion of open access to scholarly information is not new. In recent years, however, it has taken on prominence within the broader context of scholarly work, communication, and publishing. This brief paper intends to highlight and clarify key aspects of open access to assist UNTs initial discussions of the utility of open access for UNT researchers and scholars.
Date: April 28, 2009
Creator: Moen, William E. & Hartman, Cathy Nelson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources (open access)

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources (open access)

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: December 16, 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Antonovic, Annette; Buete, Sherri; Deardorff, Philip; DoCarmo, Tania; Gutierrez, Paula et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving (open access)

Current Quality Assurance Practices in Web Archiving

This paper presents the results of a survey of quality assurance (QA) practices within the field of web archiving. To understand current QA practices, the authors surveyed 54 institutions engaged in web archiving, which included national libraries, colleges and universities, and museums and art libraries.
Date: August 19, 2014
Creator: Reyes Ayala, Brenda; Phillips, Mark Edward & Ko, Lauren
System: The UNT Digital Library
White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries (open access)

White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries

Paper discussing a proposal for redefining collection development at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Crawford, Laurel; Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler; Harker, Karen; Enoch, Todd & Condrey, Coby
System: The UNT Digital Library
Instance Based Learning with Automatic Feature Selection Applied to Word Sense Disambiguation (open access)

Instance Based Learning with Automatic Feature Selection Applied to Word Sense Disambiguation

This paper discusses instance based learning with automatic feature selection applied to word sense disambiguation.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter Level Learning for Language Independent Diacritics Restoration (open access)

Letter Level Learning for Language Independent Diacritics Restoration

This paper discusses letter level learning for language independent diacritics restoration.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974- & Nastase, Vivi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Multilingual Semantic Networks with Non-Expert Contributions over the Web (open access)

Building Multilingual Semantic Networks with Non-Expert Contributions over the Web

This paper discusses building multilingual semantic networks.
Date: November 2003
Creator: Ayewah, Nathanial; Mihalcea, Rada, 1974- & Nastase, Vivi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbon Forestry Projects in Developing Countries: Legal Issues and Tools (open access)

Carbon Forestry Projects in Developing Countries: Legal Issues and Tools

Paper outlining basic legal issues related to international forestry carbon projects. It includes introductory and legal background information, pre-implementation issues and activities, and a sample contract and annotated hypothetical project description, as well as a bibliography of relevant sources.
Date: April 2000
Creator: Davis, Patsy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal (open access)

The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal

Paper for the 2005 IS&T Archiving Conference. This article discusses the issues of compliance and interoperability in integrating heterogeneous digital resources and lessons from the Texas History Portal.
Date: April 2005
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study (open access)

How Descriptive Metadata Changes in the UNT Libraries' Collections: A Case Study

Paper describing the results of initial research to evaluate general information about how records change in a digital library, using the UNT digital collections as a sample set. The analysis looked at several key concepts including the number of records that have been edited, the number of edits per record, the number of editors per record, the amount of change in file size and in completeness (i.e., values in required fields), and changes in access to digital objects.
Date: 2014
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Shakeri, Shadi
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Novel Methodology to Mimic Biological Properties using Ionic Liquids: An Extensive in silico Study (open access)

A Novel Methodology to Mimic Biological Properties using Ionic Liquids: An Extensive in silico Study

Paper discussing an extensive in silico study and a novel methodology to mimic biological properties using ionic liquids.
Date: October 2014
Creator: Mehta, Sumedha; Kuprasertkul, Nina & Wadawadigi, Akash
System: The UNT Digital Library
Barriers to Adopting PREMIS in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study (open access)

Barriers to Adopting PREMIS in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study

Paper for the 2009 IS&T Archiving Conference. This paper discusses an exploratory study on barriers to adopting PREMIS in cultural heritage institutions.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fractional calculus ties the microscopic and macroscopic scales of complex network dynamics (open access)

Fractional calculus ties the microscopic and macroscopic scales of complex network dynamics

Paper discussing fractional calculus tying the microscopic and macroscopic scales of complex network dynamics.
Date: September 10, 2014
Creator: West, Bruce J.; Turalska, Malgorzata & Grigolini, Paolo
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

An Exploratory Study of the Description Field in the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of an exploratory, quantitative analysis regarding the application of a free-text Description metadata element and data values associated with this element within aggregated metadata harvested from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Zavalina, Oksana & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Psychological Warfare (open access)

Psychological Warfare

Paper written on methods and uses of psychological warfare that includes an examination at the end with true/false questions on the reading.
Date: April 1962
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II (open access)

A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II

Essay by former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Eleanor Brown, discussing the history and importance of the WASP and their long struggle for militarization. Included are a photocopied newspaper clipping describing the resistance to militarization and a small note about the essay. Various grammatical and syntactical corrections are handwritten in pen throughout the piece.
Date: December 2, 1982
Creator: Brown, Eleanor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Literature Review: Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library (open access)

Literature Review: Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library

Paper discussing a literature review on the assessment of cataloging services in an academic library. This paper is part of a Cataloging Survey Project at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries.
Date: February 18, 2015
Creator: Welch, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library
Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity of Siloxane Based Polymer Electrolytes With Pendant Propyl Acetoacetate Groups (open access)

Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity of Siloxane Based Polymer Electrolytes With Pendant Propyl Acetoacetate Groups

This paper discusses decision to develop solid polyelectrolyte membrances on the basis of new siloxane matrices.
Date: April 13, 2018
Creator: Mukbaniani, Omai; Brostow, Witold, 1934-; Aneli, Jimsher; Tatrishvili, Tamara; Markarashvili, Eliza; Chigvinadze, Maia et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing of a Low Energy Ion Beam (open access)

Modeling and Optimization of Deflection Slits for Fast-Pulsing of a Low Energy Ion Beam

This paper discusses research on modeling and optimization of deflection slits for fast-pulsing of a low energy ion beam. The authors also investigate simulated slit configurations that reduce the length of the fields along the beam axis, thus optimizing the pulsing mechanism.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Bosca, Ryan & Weathers, Duncan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mental Illness in Literature: Case Studies of Sylvia Plath and Charlotte Perkins Gilman (open access)

Mental Illness in Literature: Case Studies of Sylvia Plath and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This study examines mental illness in literature, with a focus on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar', the primary texts of the research, and develops similarities and personal connections between the authors and their mentally unstable main characters.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Dyer, Darby & Flowers, Theresa
System: The UNT Digital Library

HIV/AIDS Morbidity in Youths and Teens, Ages 13-24, in Texas Counties

This paper discusses research on HIV/AIDS morbidity in youth and teens, age 13-24, in Texas counties. Using case data provided by the Texas State Department of Health Services, this paper seeks to understand the spatial distribution of HIV/AIDS morbidity among youths and teens and the variables that are significantly related to the disease.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Hatton, Meagan & Oppong, Joseph R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Mutual Partner Violence on Women's Mental Health (open access)

The Effects of Mutual Partner Violence on Women's Mental Health

This paper discusses research on the effects of mutual partner violence on women's mental health.
Date: March 31, 2005
Creator: Foster, Eric; Temple, Jeff R. & Marshall, Linda L.
System: The UNT Digital Library