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
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
Gleipnir: A Memory Analysis Tool (open access)

Gleipnir: A Memory Analysis Tool

This paper from the International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2011 conference proceedings describes a program profiling and analysis tool called Gleipnir.
Date: May 14, 2011
Creator: Janjusic, Tomislav; Kavi, Krishna M. & Potter, Brandon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editing of Library Metadata Records and its Effect on Subject Access: An Empirical Investigation (open access)

Editing of Library Metadata Records and its Effect on Subject Access: An Empirical Investigation

This paper was presented at the 2016 IFLA World Library and Information Congress Satellite Meeting on Subject Access: Unlimited Opportunities. This paper reports on the change in a sample of MARC 21 library metadata records over a period of two years.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Shakeri, Shadi & Kizhakkethil, Priya
System: The UNT Digital Library

The roles of stress, self-distraction and behavioral disengagement: Perceived stigma in HIV-positive individuals

Paper on denial, daily hassles, and health distress in HIV positive individuals. The authors' findings are important from a therapeutic perspective, and suggest that experiencing hassles and choosing to use denial as a coping strategy are associated with more health distress.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Gomez, Brooke; Chng, Chwee-Lye & Vosvick, Mark A.
System: The UNT Digital Library