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tion is available at all circulation desks. Atthe beginning of
each semester, the Libraries offer orientation programs
designed to teach those new to campus what services are
available and how to use them. Schedules are posted in
each library at the beginning of each term. Individual
assistance is available at the reference desk in each library.
In addition, instructional librarians will work with faculty
and teaching assistants to develop and present course
specific library instruction sessions. Instruction coordina-
tors are available in Humanities and Social Science Refer-
ence in LibraryWest, in Marston Science Library, and in the
branches.
 Subject specialists, who work closely with faculty and
graduate students to select materials forthe collections, also
advise graduate students and other researchers who need
specialized bibliographic knowledge to define what infor-
mation resources are available locally and nationally to
support specific research. A good time to consult the
subject specialists is when beginning work on a major
research project or developing a working knowledge of
another discipline. A list of subject specialists is available
at reference desks and users may schedule a meeting with
the appropriate specialist.
 The Libraries are members of the Research Libraries
Group and the Center for Research Libraries which gives
faculty and students access to many major scholarly collec-
tions. In addition, the libraries are linked to major national
and international databases such as RLIN, OCLC, NEXIS/
LEXIS, DIALOGUE, and QUESTEL. Many materials that are
not held on campus can be quickly located and borrowed
through one of the cooperative programs to which the
Libraries belong. Consult with a reference librarian to take
advantage of these services. Publications describing spe-
cialized services are available at reference and circulation
desks throughout the Libraries.
 Current information regarding library hours may be
obtained by selecting Library Hours and Phone Numbers
from the LUIS menu or calling the desired library (392-0341
for Library West and Smathers, 392-2758 for Marston
Science Library).



MAJOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
CENTER (MAIC)


 The Major Analytical Instrumentation Center (MAIC) was
established in 1982 to help make available complex mod-
ern analytical instrumentation and to promote its efficient
usage on the campus and in the state. This is accomplished
by coordinating campuswide usage, helping to provide
resources for maintenance, upgrading existing instruments
and developing new techniques, planning purchases of
major new instruments, training and supervising users, and
providing professional scientists to supervise the solution of
individual problems. Center personnel also direct users to
other campus facilities, if necessary. For example, the
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and the
Department of Chemistry both have a number of analytical
facilities that are available to some users.
 The instruments involved include several electron mi-
croscopes (TEM, SEM, AEM) with full analytical and imag-
ing capabilities, instruments directed toward surface analy-
sis (i.e., AES, ISS, SIMS and XPS, RBS, PIXE, and NRA), and
several mass spectrometers.


 Education and training are achieved by a variety of
means. The MAIC offers short courses annually in several
specialized areas, e.g., scanningelectron microscopy, trans-
mission electron microscopy, vacuum technology, surface
science, and optical microscopy. These are open both for
graduate credit and to those outside the University commu-
nity. (The Chemistry Department, IFAS, and the Engineer-
ing and Industrial Experiment Station also regularly offer
several short courses of a complementary nature.) Some
individually supervised training directed by Center person-
nel is available to graduate students.
 The overall aim of the MAIC is thus to make possible the
solution of any scientific or technological problem that
requires state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and to
make these capabilities accessible to all University and
state personnel. Cooperation with state industries is also
encouraged where this is legal and appropriate.
 The administration and professional staff of the MAIC are
located in 217 Materials Science and Engineering Building
where further information may be obtained upon request.



MONOGRAPH SERIES

 The Graduate School sponsors two monograph series
devoted to the publication of research primarily by present
and former members of the scholarly community of the
University. The Social Sciences Monographs are published
each year with subjects drawn from anthropology, eco-
nomics, history, political science, sociology, education,
geography, law, and psychology. The Humanities Mono-
graphs are published each year with subjects drawn from
art, language and literature, music, philosophy, and reli-
gion.



FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

 The Florida Museum of Natural History was created by
an act of the Legislature in 1917 as a department of the
University of Florida. Through its affiliation with the Univer-
sity, it carried dual responsibility asthe Florida museum and
the University museum.
 The Museum is located at the corner of Museum Road
and Newell Drive in a modern facility completed in 1970.
The public halls are open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Tuesday
through Saturday, and 1 to4 p.m. on Sundays. The Museum
is closed on Christmas Day. There is no admission charge.
 The Museum operates as a center of research in anthro-
pology and natural history. Its accessory functions as an
educational arm of the University are carried forward
through interpretive displays and scientific publications.
Under the administrative control of the director are the
three departments of the Museum: Natural Sciences, staffed
by scientists and technicians concerned with the study and
expansion of the research collections of animals; Anthro-
pology, whose staff members are concerned with the study
of historic and prehistoric people and their cultures; Inter-
pretation, staffed by specialists in the interpretation of
knowledge through museum exhibit techniques and edu-
cation programs. Members of the scientific and educational
staff of the Museum hold dual appointments in appropriate
teaching departments. Through these appointments, they
participate in both undergraduate and graduate teaching
programs.