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I work at an Ag Extension research station in Louisiana. Do I have remote access to the library's electronic resources?
Yes, you should be able to access our electronic resources. If you are authenticated via your MyLSU account and still unable to access our e-resources remotely, please report the issue to the library's Virtual Help Desk (https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/) by filling out the form on the left and selecting the Database or Full-Text PDF Access help topic. Provide a brief description of the issue, and someone from Digital Access & Discovery Services will follow up with you. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
How do I access the Chronicle of Higher Education?
If youre on-campus and authenticated via LSU Wifi or wired network 1. Simply go to Chronicle.com (https://www.chronicle.com/) for complete access. If youre off-campus and authenticated via your MyLSU account: 1. Go to Chronicle.com (https://www.chronicle.com/) and click on the Log In link at top, right-hand side of the web page. 2. Choose the Create an account now option. 3. Enter and confirm your campus e-mail address, then follow the steps on the account setup pages. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
I'm an LSU Online/remote learner. Am I able to borrow books and other physical materials from the library?
Yes. Submit your request through your Interlibrary Loan (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/services/ill) (ILL) account. When you create your account, choose the status "Undergraduate-LSU Online" or "Graduate-LSU Online." To change your status on an existing account, click "Change User Information" on the left menu. When you place an interlibrary loan request, we will contact you with options for obtaining physical items. ILL Tutorials: Creating (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8FxBGRLok ) an ILL account Answered by:
Where do I search for electronic theses/dissertations published by other universties?
The best database for searching and locating electronic theses and dissertations not published by LSU is Proquest Dissertations and Theses: Global (https://libezp.lib.lsu.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/pqdtgl…) . As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. You can find this database by going to the Databases tab on the library's homepage (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/) . Either search the name of the database or select the letter that its name begins with, and scroll down. The databases will be listed in alphabetical order. See the attached screenshot. In the event the title is not available digitally through this database, I would recommend placing an interlibrary loan (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/services/ill) request. They will try to borrow a hard copy from another library or explore purchase options for obtaining the title. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
I need access to an article/book that the library doesn't have. Is there a way I can get access?
Yes, we can borrow materials (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/services/ill) from other libraries for you. Create an interlibrary loan (ILL) account to begin borrowing materials. Once in your account, choose the type of item you want from the left menu, complete the form, and submit the request. Scans usually arrive in 24-48 hours. Books arrive in about 1-2 weeks. ILL Tutorials: Create (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8FxBGRLok) an ILL account Requesting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPRq6oqU3m4) an Article Answered by: Jacob Fontenot
I have a folder or articles in my EBSCOhost account. On the left of each article, there are words like "export", "cite", and "notes". What do they do?
Please see the answers to your questions below about features in EBSCO's MyEBSCO folder. On the left of each article, there are words like "export", "cite", and "notes".
- These features allow you to manage the contents of the folder. For example, if you want to export the citation to a citation management (https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/c.php?g=279388&p=1862193) tool like Endnote or Zotero, you can do that. Or if you want to make notes about the citation and come back to them at a later date, the note for that citation will still be there. If you are interested in learning more about citation management and how it can help you organize your research, refer to our Citation LibGuide (https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/citation) as well as our workshop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRcFIlrWpDg&list=PL5ZtZe36ynPlutYgX4_x0…) about Zotero where you will learn how to set up Zotero to save and store sources and generate citations. To view upcoming workshops, please use our events calendar (https://lsu.libcal.com/calendar/eventsandprogramming) . What do these features actually do? How long does content remain in my folder?
- As long as you are logged into the MyEBSCOhost platform, the citations will stay there until you remove them. Here are some FAQs (https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCOhost-Folder-Frequently-Asked-Q….) regarding how long content is kept in the folder. How do I delete an article from my folder if it is not relevant?
- To remove result(s) from your personalized folder, select the result by clicking on the appropriate check box, then click the Delete Items link. You may find this page (https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/How-to-Use-the-My-EBSCOhost-Folder?…) useful in learning how to use the folder as well. Feel free to reach out to your subject librarian (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/staff?field_staff_type=2&search_api_staff=&fiel…) for more assistance. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
I am unable to return my Interlibrary Loan on time, due to an accessibility issue. What are my options?
LSU Libraries offers a limited pickup service for ILL materials for faculty and staff. When an accessibility issue prevents you from returning the material on time, reply to our due soon or overdue notification or email libill@lsu.edu (mailto:libill@lsu.edu) . We will ask you to either mail the book back to us, or place the book in your departmental mailbox for pickup. Answered by: Jacob Fontenot
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State Papers Online 1509-1714 Part 3: The Stuarts 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic Digital Archive
State Papers Online, 1509-1714: Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic is a collection of English government documents originating primarily from the seventeenth century. The Stuarts' internal struggles come to life through a wealth of primary source documents from one of the most compelling and turbulent eras in Britain's social, political, and religious history. Among the more than one million pages of manuscripts, researchers will find accounts of the English Civil War, the execution of Charles I, and the invasion of William of Orange.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
Mass Observation Project: 1981-2009
Welcome to Mass Observation Project. Launched in 1981 by the University of Sussex as a rebirth of the original 1937 Mass Observation, its founders' aim was to document the social history of Britain by recruiting volunteers to write about their lives and opinions. Still growing, it is one of the most important sources available for qualitative social data in the UK. This collection consists of the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation in the 1980s and the thousands of responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers.
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Economic Growth by Catch-up Nations in an Age of Neo-protectionism and Smart Automation
The global economic landscape has recently undergone significant changes, marked by the rise of neo-protectionist policies and the emergence of a new techno-economic paradigm driven by smart automation technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots. Advanced nations have increasingly used neo-protectionism and smart automation technologies to address their structural problems. These policies will inevitably trigger changes in global supply chains and trade networks. This could undermine the competitive advantages of catch-up nations, and an economic growth strategy centred on foreign direct investments. While these changes in the global economy may have negative impacts on the economic progress of some catch-up countries, they may open new windows of opportunity for others. This article examines the challenges and opportunities for catch-up nations in an era of neo-protectionism and smart automation technologies.
Catch Me If You Can: Signal Localization with Knockoff E-Values
We consider problems where many, somewhat redundant, hypotheses are tested and we are interested in reporting the most precise rejections, with false discovery rate (FDR) control. This is the case, for example, when researchers are interested both in individual hypotheses as well as group hypotheses corresponding to intersections of sets of the original hypotheses, at several resolution levels. A concrete application is in genome-wide association studies, where, depending on the signal strengths, it might be possible to resolve the influence of individual genetic variants on a phenotype with greater or lower precision. To adapt to the unknown signal strength, analyses are conducted at multiple resolutions and researchers are most interested in the more precise discoveries. Assuring FDR control on the reported findings with these adaptive searches is, however, often impossible. To design a multiple comparison procedure that allows for an adaptive choice of resolution with FDR control, we leverage e-values and linear programming. We adapt this approach to problems where knockoffs and group knockoffs have been successfully applied to test conditional independence hypotheses. We demonstrate its efficacy by analysing data from the UK Biobank.
The Chasing Dragon: To What Extent and How Does China Catch Up with USA under Global Value Chains?
An indisputable fact in Global Value Chains (GVCs) is the rapid catching-up of China with U.S.A.; however, the convergence speed and depth have yet remained to be explored. On the one hand, the heterogeneity of different business functional activities, i.e., management, R&D, marketing and fabrication, is barely discussed. On the other hand, the international income transfers further complicate catching-up issue, since wedge between value-added and national income exists. Taking account of both them in a global multi-country input-output setting enables us to better understand the speed and depth of catching-up for China vis-a-vis U.S.A. China has made progress on narrowing the gap, albeit slowing down in the mid-2010s, but far from complete. This convergence speed is unevenly proceeded across business functions/industries. Similar catching-up finding holds for our new national income approach, but to a lesser extent. GVC participation scale enlarging and productivity improvement jointly lead to this catching-up, wherein scale contributes more than does productivity. We also find that the scale role is quite heterogeneous across business functions and industries. Despite catching-up in productivity at all levels, but starting from an extremely low level, a major lagging productivity gap remains. Also, the increasingly important role of productivity is observed.
Catch Me If You Can: Informal Tourism Employment of Locals in Scenic-Oriented Rural Communities
The expansion of the tourism industry has generated a plethora of informal job opportunities. However, existing literature has not thoroughly explored the extensive involvement of local residents in rural areas in informal tourism employment. This study focuses on the Fujian Tulou villages in China and employs the fieldwork method to investigate the phenomenon of informal tourism employment among local residents in scenic-oriented rural communities. The findings indicate that the dearth of employment prospects in rural areas, coupled with China's distinctive rural land ownership system and the support from the rural social network, are the primary drivers motivating locals to participate in informal tourism employment. Locals employ tactics such as camouflage, tacit collusion, lurking, and covert actions to engage in informal tourism employment while navigating the regulations imposed by scenic area management. In efforts to standardize management within scenic areas, both local governments and tourism management companies are implementing measures such as offering formal employment opportunities and profit-sharing arrangements to incentivize the regularization of local employment in the tourism sector.
How to catch a ghost? Comparing two camera trap-based monitoring methods for elusive small mustelids in the Italian Alps
Small mustelids are increasingly recognized as species requiring conservation attention. In recent years, several camera-based methodologies have been developed to study them, but studies comparing different methods are still rare. To identify the most effective method to study small mustelid populations, we compared two camera-based monitoring methods in the Italian Alps. We also examined the effects of sampling session and habitat type on the occupancy probability and tested the “umbrella effect” of these methods for rodents. After superimposing a 700 × 700 m grid on an Alpine valley (Maritime Alps Natural Park, northwestern Italy), we surveyed 36 cells over three separate 45-day sessions from June to October 2023. In each cell, we employed (1) an “Alpine Mostela”, a foldable PVC box containing a camera trap and a PVC 9 cm Ø tube, and (2) a stand-alone trail camera. All devices were located at least 150 m from the others, and salmon oil was used as bait in half of the cells. To compare the methods, we used a single-season Bayesian occupancy model. The detection probability of stoats was higher with unbaited Alpine Mostelas and baited external cameras. We found the highest occupancy probability in the second session and non-forested habitats. Bait use positively affected the number of non-target videos. In this study, unbaited Alpine Mostelas and baited external cameras demonstrated reliable performance in detecting stoats. However, with the Alpine Mostela accomplishing slightly better results with much fewer non-target videos, it emerged as the preferred choice for long-term stoat monitoring.
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