October 2, 2009

EndNote Workshop at HSC on 10/8

Managing Your Research Using Endnote: Basic Skills @ HSC Creating the bibliography is often the most tedious part of writing a research paper. Using EndNote, a bibliographic management software program, this task just became much easier. In this workshop learn: • How to create an EndNote Library • How to

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Xtreme Googling Workshop on 10/8

So you thought you knew Google? Watch a librarian reveal some of the secret powers of this amazing search engine. See Google challenge scholarship – and lose! Watch as Google redefines the law! Go places you never dreamed were possible sitting down! Discover answers for which there are no questions!

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Library Tour on 10/7

Take a tour of the Melville Library’s main public service areas. Learn about our collections and services and get some freebies while you’re here. Meet us @ the Central Reading Room, Melville Library. Tour runs about 30 minutes. Date: Wednesday, October 7 @ 1:30 PM Register online at http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/index.html.

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Get Your Learn On: Web Research 2.0

Web research is like juggling dynamite: done right it’s spectacular, done wrong it blows up in your face. Effective Web research requires training and knowledge of select tools and resources. Learn how to do it right: • 10 rules for effective Web research • Tools and applications for organizing and

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WorldCat Workshop at Southampton

WorldCat: The World at Your Fingertips What if there was a catalog that you could use to search almost all the books, DVDs, articles, music and other materials in all the libraries in the world? There is! With WorldCat you can: • find materials in libraries near you • one-click

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Research Skills Workshop Online

You have a 15 page paper due and don’t know where to begin. In this workshop, learn how to: • Get started doing research• Narrow your topic• Where to look for information (books, articles, and websites)• Use subject headings and keywords• Evaluate sources and create a bibliography Date: Tuesday, October

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