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Are Government Documents peer-reviewed or scholarly sources?
The government produces a large amount of publications including congressional, agency and administrative reports from hundreds of departments and agencies. Most of these publications are considered to be authoritative and credible. However, while some government reports may undergo internal review processes, not all of these documents are considered peer-reviewed or scholarly. For more information on how to find peer-reviewed articles, explore the librarys Searching for Peer-Reviewed Articles Research Guide (https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/c.php?g=1282644&p=9413843) . Answered by: Kendall Caple
What are the fines for lost library books?
LSU Library books are considered lost if they are not returned or renewed within 40 days after the due date. Lost book charges consist of a $70 item replacement fee, a non-refundable service charge of $30.00, and any accrued overdue fines (usually $20 max). If you would like to report a book lost, please do so using the Lost Materials Form below. If you report a book lost before the due date, no overdue fines will accrue, and the service charge will be reduced to $25. You will still be responsible for the cost of item replacement. Please click to the Lost or Damaged Items link below for more information. LSU Libraries | Lost or Damaged Items
LSU Libraries | Lost Materials Form Answered by: Access Services Staff
I'm unable to create an account or log in to Scholarly Repository
In order to create an account in the LSU Scholarly Repository, users can create an account by visiting this link (https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/useradd.cgi?context=https://repository.l…) . If users have forgotten their password, users can reset their password by visiting this link (https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/reset_password.cgi?email=&context=https%…) . Once students have graduated, we recommend that they update their LSU Scholarly Repository account with a non-LSU e-mail address as their LSU e-mail address will eventually be deactivated. In order to update an e-mail address, users should login to their account at LSU Scholarly Repository Login (https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/login.cgi?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Freposi…) and click Edit Profile under Account Settings . Once here, users should be able to update their e-mail addresses. If, by chance, former students no longer have access to their e-mail and have forgotten their password, they'll need to contact bepress support at support@bepress.com (mailto:support@bepress.com) . ***Questions regarding the submission of theses or dissertations should be directed to the Graduate School via e-mail at gradsvcs@lsu.edu (mailto:gradsvcs@lsu.edu ) or telephone at (225) 578-2311. Answered by: S. Trent Dunkin
Can members of the public, visiting scholars, independent researchers, and other non-LSU affiliates borrow materials from LSU Library?
Some individuals not affiliated with LSU may receive limited borrowing privileges. These individuals include:
- Louisiana residents (age 18 or older) with valid photo ID
- Out-of-state residents who teach in Louisiana K-12 schools (must be requested by principal or superintendent)
- Out-of-state residents who attend LALINC institutions (must have LALINC Card)
- Out-of-state residents working for Louisiana state agencies
- OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program participants
- Visiting scholars from out-of-state institutions (must be requested by an LSU dean or department head)
- Graduate students from institutions located in other states or countries (must be requested by thesis advisor, department head, or a librarian at their home institution)
- Adjunct LSU Faculty with gratis appointments These privileges do not include offsite access to databases. Public Patrons may borrow up to 10 books for a period of 28 days. Audio-Visual items circulate for 7 days. All Special Borrowers are subject to all rules and regulations including all library fees. Please apply for a public patron account at the checkout desk in room 241 of LSU Library. Please direct any additional questions or concerns to libcirc@lsu.edu (mailto:libcirc@lsu.edu) . LSU Libraries | Borrowing Policies Answered by: Access Services Staff
How do I find U.S. Census data?
Visit census.gov (http://census.gov/) to browse quality information current and historical facts and figures about Americas people, places, and economy. An additional tool offered by the U.S. Census Bureau, the data.census.gov (https://data.census.gov/) is a platform designed to help users access demographic and economic data digitally. The Census Academy (https://www.census.gov/data/academy.html) has many short tutorials for searching this website. For more information, consult the Census Bureau's FAQ (https://ask.census.gov/) , or schedule an appointment with an LSU Libraries Librarian here (https://lsu.libcal.com/appointments/caple) . The census on microfilm LSU owns is limited. The only states in this collection include: Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (and scattered census material for West Virginia). Information on other states may be located at the National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/research/start/index.html) in Washington D.C., the regional branches (http://www.archives.gov/locations/index.html) of the National Archives, as well as the Bluebonnet Regional Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library (https://www.ebrpl.com/) . The collection of census material at LSU Libraries includes population schedules, agricultural census data, lists of manufactures, slave schedules, passenger lists for the port of New Orleans covering 1853-1899, social statistics, and scattered information concerning Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes. Other material that may be helpful for researching archives for genealogy information include Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the "Floridas", New Orleans City Directories for years 1805-1945, New Orleans Christian Advocate concerning Marriage and Death Notices, Military Academy Letters, and Indian Affairs, just to name a few. If you would like to access any of these materials, contact libgovdocs@lsu.edu . Answered by: Kendall Caple
Are there computers I can use in the library?
LSU faculty, staff, and students can use the computer labs located in rooms 141 and 241 of LSU Library. Students should log in using their myLSU credentials. Please contact LSU ITS with any questions regarding computer labs. Public/guest visitors can use the public access computers that are located near the print station in room 241. The primary function of LSU Libraries is academic research. For that reason, the public computers are provided for the public to do research, access the library databases, and search our online catalog. Special notes regarding public access computers:
- Printing is not available.
- Computers do not support non-browser-based applications such as word processors, video conferencing software, etc.
- Downloads are prohibited; therefore, guests are unable to save or upload files via email service providers, USB drives, external hard drives, etc.
- Patrons may be asked to limit session time if others are waiting. LSU Information Technology Services | Service Desk
Related: Does the library loan AV equipment, PC's, laptops, etc.?
Related: Can non-affiliates/public patrons access LSU Wi-Fi? Answered by: Access Services Staff
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Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
The CLCD Enterprise PreK-12 dB is the premier academic resource for courses needing to locate Children’s and Young Adult books and other media. The content includes millions of fiction/non-fiction titles, thousands of awards and quality reviews including author/title links, lesson plans and teaching guides. The search engine offers multiple options including 50 search filters to find materials for determining interest & reading levels; selecting trade books based on standards; creating thematic, annotated biographies; interpreting reviews; developing classroom collections and more.
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Mitch Fontenot
Mitch Fontenot
Humanities and Social Sciences/Outreach Librarian
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State Capacity and the Catch-Up Effect.
Despite considerable economic growth and development over decades in large developing economies, there remain substantial intra-country regional disparities. An increasing body of literature suggests that improving aggregate state capacity is critical in delivering efficient and effective development outcomes and last-mile delivery of public services. However, the role of enhancing local state capacity targeting such regional imbalances and activating a catch-up effect, in terms of economic development, is understudied. We examine this in the context of India’s ‘Backward Regions Grant Fund’ (BRGF) policy, an intervention aimed at enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of local governments and village councils. We use a synthetic difference-in-differences (SDiD) econometric technique to estimate the causal effects of this policy on average luminosity density and growth in total night-time lights. We find that there is a 5–7 per cent increase in the average night-time lights and a 3–4 p.p. growth in total night-time lights. We provide supportive empirical evidence that improved provision of public goods, such as the availability of schools and road infrastructure, and enhanced local state capacity, serve as a potential mechanism causing this effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
CAtCh: Cognitive Assessment through Cookie Thief
Several machine learning algorithms have been developed for the prediction of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) from spontaneous speech. However, none of these algorithms have been translated for the prediction of broader cognitive impairment (CI), which in some cases is a precursor and risk factor of ADRD. In this paper, we evaluated several speech-based open-source methods originally proposed for the prediction of ADRD, as well as methods from multimodal sentiment analysis for the task of predicting CI from patient audio recordings. Results demonstrated that multimodal methods outperformed unimodal ones for CI prediction, and that acoustics-based approaches performed better than linguisticsbased ones. Specifically, interpretable acoustic features relating to affect and prosody were found to significantly outperform BERTbased linguistic features and interpretable linguistic features, respectively. All the code developed for this study is available at https://github.com/JTColonel/catch.
Increase in catch efficiency using a semicircular ground gear in demersal trawls
In demersal trawls, ground gears are typically fixed to the fishing line to protect against the seabed and ensure seabed contact. Rockhoppers (RH) are among the most applied types of ground gears, especially in fisheries with rough seabed. However, their use has earlier been associated with substantial loss of catch under the fishing line and low catch efficiency. A new ground gear concept known as the semicircular spreading gear (SCSG) has been documented to reduce this loss, but the catch efficiency of RH and SCSG gears has never been directly compared in a systematic commercial scale trial. Using twin trawl configuration, the present study compared the catch efficiency of a RH gear and a SCSG gear with both size selective and blinded trawls. Eighteen hauls were conducted in the Barents Sea demersal trawl fishery where cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) are target species and redfish (Sebastes spp.) is an important commercial bycatch species. Using size selective trawls, the catches with the trawl equipped with the SCSG resulted in an average increase of 25.44 for cod, 32.04 for haddock and 64.34% for redfish compared to the trawl equipped with the RH gear. With blinded trawls, the increase changed to 41.35, 65.76 and 44.23% for cod, haddock and redfish, respectively. Despite the significant increase in catch efficiency observed for the trawl equipped with the SCSG, it also caught significantly more undersized fish than the trawl equipped with the RH gear. This increase illustrates the importance of size selective devices, especially if the use of the SCSG is widely adopted by industry.
To a mechanical model of synthetic catch-bonds
We support a preliminary determination of the catch-bond character of a mechanical–chemical toy model using a tweezers construction with some modifications. We discuss a theoretical analysis of the problem using Newton trajectories. We propose a two-dimensional potential energy surfaces for this model. We discuss the slip, ideal and catch-bonds for this model using the previous potential parts of Dansuk and Keten (Matter 1:911, 2019). Chemical examples of the ansatz are allosteric reactions, especially FimH proteins. We note again that Newton trajectories provide the theoretical background of mechanochemistry. Construction of a potential energy surface and use of Newton trajectories by Wolfram Mathematica. Calculation of real catch bond behavior. We get for a tweezers model the catch bond behavior.Graphical abstract: Two barriers under external force, F. The catch-bond barrier increases.
The Hard to Catch Mercy : A Novel
From lowcountry writer William Baldwin comes a new edition of his 1993 Lillian Smith Award-winning novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy. Including a new introduction by the author, this Southern Revivals edition makes available once more a story that touches on the issues of religion, race, and coming-of-age in the post-Civil War South, when the lines between these issues were not always clear. Set in fictional Cedar Point, a small southern community in the early 1900s, The Hard to Catch Mercy is told through the eyes of a young boy, Willie T., who is forced to confront the changing world around him. Including a cast of incredibly outlandish characters, Baldwin's novel is a wild, darkly comic tale rich with trick mules, Christian voodoo, fire, brimstone, first love, death, and the end of the world as Willie T. knows it.
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