Library Announces Free Graduate Student Workshops
Date: September 3, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu
The NMSU Library announces a series of helpful free graduate student workshops to be held this fall to better acquaint graduate students with resources and services available to them.
– Basic Library Tools, Wednesday, September 15, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Get acquainted with all of the Library tools you’ll want to use as a graduate student, including Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, Librarian Subject Specialists, EndNote Web, Google Scholar Customization, Specialized Databases, Global Catalogs, Dissertation Abstracts and more!
– Citation Management: Mendeley, Wednesday, September 22, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Mendeley is a free bibliographic management program that can index a collection of pdf documents, look up and import document details from PubMed, Web of Science, DOIs, and other online information sources, cite references from your collection in a paper you’re writing and construct the reference list for you. It integrates seamlessly with CiteULike, Zotero and BibTeX, and it features a built-in pdf viewer that allows you to highlight and annotate your pdf files.
– Citation Management: EndNote Web, Thursday, September 30, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. EndNote® Web is a Web-based program that is free to those affiliated with the university. It is used to collect and organize references, manage citations in papers and create bibliographies.
– Special Topic Workshop: Researching LGBT Topics, Tuesday, October 12, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Branson Library Classroom. An interdisciplinary approach to researching issues concerning the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) population.
– Thesis/Dissertation Preparation, Friday, December 3, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. The end is in sight! Covers the process of submitting your thesis/dissertation to the Library, copyright considerations and more.
– Advanced Library Tools-Engineering, Wednesday, October 6, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Advanced database searching (including Web of Science and Engineering Village), federated searching, searching and acquiring industry codes and standards, citation searching, setting up alerts and more.
– Advanced Library Tools-Humanities, Thursday, October 21, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Advanced database searching (including Historical Abstracts, MLA Bibliography and Google Scholar), federated searching, criticism and review searching, citation searching, setting up alerts and more.
– Advanced Library Tools-Social Sciences, Wednesday, October 27, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Advanced database searching (including SOCIndex, PSYCHInfo and Google Scholar), federated searching, evidence-based practice searching, setting up alerts and more.
– Advanced Library Tools-Education, Thursday, November 4, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Advanced database searching (including ERIC and Education Research Complete), federated searching, citation searching, setting up alerts and more.
– Advanced Library Tools-Sciences, Wednesday, November 10, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Zuhl Library Classroom. Advanced database searching (including Web of Science and Google Scholar), federated searching, citation searching, setting up alerts and more.
Visit http://lib.nmsu.edu/workshops/ for the schedule of topics, dates, places and times.
For more information, contact the Library’s Instruction Coordinator Theresa Westbrock at twestbro@lib.nmsu.edu or (575) 646-3079.
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