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The library offers workshops to help students, faculty and staff learn how to research, reference and access library resources from their office or home computer. Library workshops are available throughout the semester, both in the Library and at Valley Road. Dates, times, and location are listed below:
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| Need extra help? Don't wait until the last minute. Make an appointment with a member of the reference staff to review Library resources. Fill out a Research Assistance Request Form and we will contact you to set up a meeting. | |||
| Discover Your Library Week September 8-13, 2009 |
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| Program Title | Date | Time | Location |
| Making the Most of Your Library A one-hour orientation session with special emphasis on online resources and services for new undergraduate and graduate students. For more information, visit the Discover Your Library Week schedule. Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students that are new to the University. |
See schedule | See schedule | Library, Amy Job Classroom, Room 114a |
| Valley Road Open House Students and faculty based at 1600 Valley Road are invited to meet with Cheng Library staff and receive an orientation to Library services and resources available online. For more information, visit the Discover Your Library Week schedule. Audience: Students and faculty based at 1600 Valley Road. |
Tues., Sept. 9 Wed., Sept. 11 |
4:00-6:00 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Lobby |
| September | |||
| Program Title | Date | Time | Location |
| Introducing RefWorks: Building and Generating Bibliographies RefWorks is a web-based, personalized system for managing citations and notes for research projects of any size. This session covers creating an account, adding citation records from online catalogs, databases and other sources, and using RefWorks to produce bibliographies formatted in any major style. Audience: Students and faculty writing a research paper, literature review, thesis, or scholarly article. |
Thurs., Sept. 24 | 12:30-1:45 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, Room L-01 |
| Education Research: Using ERIC and Education Abstracts with RefWorks Need articles about education topics? Don’t know how to use APA format? Starting your thesis? Each workshop focuses on online Library resources (ERIC, RefWorks, etc.) that can help you meet the challenges of your Education courses. All sessions are customized to meet your needs. Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and anyone interested in an introduction to the Education literature. |
Thurs., Sept. 24 | 3:45-4:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1021 |
| Streaming Video for Courses Learn how to incorporate online, streaming video into your classroom or online course, using Films On Demand (formerly FMG On Demand, and Films Media Group, Inc.) Search the Library’s more than 120 videos or preview others online. These videos can be viewed in the classroom or on your student’s computers without ever having to make a trip to Media Services for check-out or return. Audience: Faculty |
Tues., Sept. 29 |
12:30-1:45 PM | Library, Library, Amy Job Classroom, Room 114A |
| From Vague Topic to Killer Questions: Using Library Resources to Design Successful, Manageable Research Projects The best student research is built around specific questions that can be used to manage all parts of a project, from data collection to analysis to organization of a final paper. This workshop will focus on the all-important process of moving from an initial research topic to the kind of research questions that make for feasible student projects. The workshop will use four common steps in this process to illustrate how library resources can help transform an initial topic into an effective and productive research question that will enable students to succeed in term project work. Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students. |
Tues., Sept. 29 | 4:00-5:00 PM | Library, Paterson Room, Room 213 |
| Searching the Business Literature Topics include: database search strategies and techniques, Google Scholar, business websites, evaluating results and organizing citations. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. |
Wed., Sept. 30 | 3:45-4:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1020 |
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| October | |||
| Program Title | Date | Time | Location |
| Researching Companies This workshop covers strategies for locating information and research on companies, practice tips, and techniques for scanning and organizing primary and secondary sources. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. |
Tues., Oct. 6 | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1004 |
| CINAHL Searching This session will review the CINAHL database and focus on effective search techniques, evaluating results, and locating journal articles for nursing. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students and faculty in Public Health and Nursing. |
Tues., Oct. 6 | 5:00-6:00 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, Room L-01 |
| Advanced RefWorks: Customizing Bibliographies and Formatting Papers This session, intended for those with a basic knowledge of RefWorks, covers how to use the Output Style Editor to modify the content and appearance of bibliographies and how to use RefWorks to format a paper. Audience: Graduate students and faculty writing a research paper, literature review, thesis, or scholarly article. |
Tues., Oct. 13 | 12:30-1:45 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, L-01 |
| Education Research Series: Using ERIC and Education Abstracts with RefWorks Looking for information about education topics? Need help with APA formatting? These workshops focus on online Library resources (ERIC, RefWorks, etc.) that can help you meet the challenges of your Education courses. All sessions are customized to meet your needs. Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and anyone interested in an introduction to the Education literature. |
Wed., Oct. 14 | 3:45-4:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1021 |
| CINAHL Searching This session will review the CINAHL database and focus on effective search techniques, evaluating results, and locating journal articles for nursing. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students and faculty in Public Health and Nursing. |
Thurs., Oct. 15 | 5:00-6:00 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, Room L-01 |
| Better Searching with Google We all use Google, there's no use in denying it. And, while it's not always the best place to find sources for your papers and projects, there is still plenty of useful information out there. But, how do you get to it? This workshop will take a look at some of Google's Advanced features, and show you shortcuts and tips to help you get to the information that you really want. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. |
Tues., Oct. 20 | 12:30-1:45 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, L-01 |
| Locating and Using Geographic Data Geographic or geospatial data can be used to support a wide range of research goals and decision-making tasks in fields like health, environmental studies, education, business, politics, urban studies, and other fields. This introductory workshop will survey some of the most useful and easily accessible data sources for student research, review common data types, and acquaint you with Arc Explorer, a free educational Geographic Information Systems program that can be downloaded and installed from the web. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. |
Wed., Oct. 21 | 4:00-5:00 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, L-01 |
| Smart Search The Web: Moving beyond Google This session will review a number of specialty search tools to enable you to more effectively locate scholarly and locate scholarly and reliable information. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. |
Thurs., Oct. 22 | 12:30-1:45 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, L-01 |
| Introducing RefWorks: Building and Generating Bibliographies RefWorks is a web-based, personalized system for managing citations and notes for research projects of any size. This session covers creating an account, adding citation records from online catalogs, databases and other sources, and using RefWorks to produce bibliographies formatted in any major style. Audience: Students and faculty writing a research paper, literature review, thesis, or scholarly article. |
Thurs., Oct. 29 | 4:00-5:00 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, L-01 |
| Statistics Sources: Around the World Use the web to locate socioeconomic data on countries and international organizations, trade and international financial statistics. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. |
Thurs., Oct. 29 | 3:45-4:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1020 |
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| November | |||
| Program Title | Date | Time | Location |
| Advanced RefWorks: Customizing Bibliographies and Formatting Papers This session, intended for those with a basic knowledge of RefWorks, covers how to use the Output Style Editor to modify the content and appearance of bibliographies and how to use RefWorks to format a paper. Audience: Graduate students and faculty writing a research paper, literature review, thesis, or scholarly article. |
Mon., Nov. 9 | 4:00-5:00 PM | Library, Instruction Classroom, L-01 |
| Education Research: Using ERIC and Education Abstracts with RefWorks Need articles about education topics? Don’t know how to use APA format? Starting your thesis? Each workshop focuses on online Library resources (ERIC, RefWorks, etc.) that can help you meet the challenges of your Education courses. All sessions are customized to meet your needs. Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and anyone interested in an introduction to the education literature. |
Tues., Nov. 10 | 3:45-4:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1021 |
| Statistics Sources: Changing Face of the US Census Topics include American Factfinder, Economic Censuses, Business Dynamics Statistics, Local Employment Dynamics and the wealth of data available from the US Census Bureau. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. |
Thurs., Nov. 12 | 3:45-4:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1020 |
| Searching the Business Literature Topics include: database search strategies and techniques, Google Scholar, business websites, evaluating results and organizing citations. Audience: Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. |
Tues., Nov. 17 | 12:30-1:45 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1020 |
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| December | |||
| Program Title | Date | Time | Location |
| Education Research: Using ERIC and Education Abstracts with RefWorks Need articles about education topics? Don’t know how to use APA format? Starting your thesis? Each workshop focuses on online Library resources (ERIC, RefWorks, etc.) that can help you meet the challenges of your Education courses. All sessions are customized to meet your needs. Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and anyone interested in an introduction to the education literature. |
Mon., Dec. 7 | 4:00-5:00 PM | 1600 Valley Road, Room 1021 |
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