Library Instruction

WorldCat: The World at Your Fingertips on 11/4

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 order materials via SBU Libraries interlibrary loan Create

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SciFinder Web Workshop on 11/4 @ 2:30 PM

This session will demonstrate how to use one of the premier online databases for searching chemical information, SciFinder. Learn how to: Create a SciFinder Web account Search for articles, structures and reactions Set up automatic search alerts Date: Wednesday, November 4 @ 2:30 PM (1.5 hours)Location: Melville Library, 1st floor,

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Turn Your Learn On Workshop on 11/3 @ 1:30 PM

Turn Your Learn On: YouTube, iTunes and Other Web Multimedia for Researchers Sure YouTube is a lot of fun, but have you ever used it for a class presentation or research project? For the arts, sciences and everything in between there are riches of multimedia content available online. Tap into

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Zotero Workshop on 10/28

Empower Your Browser With Zotero Zotero is a free browser plug-in for Firefox that allows users to collect, manage and cite research sources. Zotero is platform independent and doesn’t discriminate based on institutional affiliation. It is a web-based application that allows access to your library from anywhere. Learn how to:

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Southampton Library Workshops on 10/27 and 10/28

Managing Your Research Using Endnote: Basic Skills Creating the bibliography is often the most tedious part of writing a research paper. Using EndNote X2, a bibliographic management software program, this task just became much easier. In this workshop learn: How to create an EndNote Library How to download results from

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Using EndNote and PubMed Workshop on 10/27

This workshop will cover the basics of the EndNote bibliographic management program with an emphasis on using the tool with PubMed. In this workshop learn: How to create an EndNote Library How to download results from a PubMed literature search into EndNote How to organize your EndNote Library How to

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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 sharing

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Empower Your Browser with Zotero on 10/20 @ 7 PM Online

Zotero is a free browser plug-in for Firefox that allows users to collect, manage and cite research sources. Zotero is platform independent and doesn’t discriminate based on institutional affiliation. It is a web-based application that allows access to your library from anywhere. Learn how to: Install Zotero Import bibliographic data

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