by Jessica Gentile
Over the summer, the Libraries will continue to offer many free research and technology workshops to support students and faculty. Here’s a listing of what’s coming up this June and July. (You can find a complete listing of Libraries workshops and instructional classes on our website.) We hope to see you soon!
Adobe Photoshop
Butler Library, Room 306
A brief tutorial on this basic image manipulation tool, covering workspace, tools, basic functions, and some advanced features.
- June 15, 2011 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Advanced Google
Butler Library, Room 306
This workshop will focus on best practices for searching the Google universe (Books, Scholar, Images, Web, Blogs, etc).
- June 16, 2011 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
EndNote Bibliographic Software
Butler Library, Room 306
The classic bibliographic citation software, still the best choice for managing large collections of citations and customizing citation styles and reference types.
- June 14, 2011 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
- June 28, 2011 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
NVIVO Qualitative Analysis Software. Part 1
Butler Library, Room 306
The leading qualitative analysis software, supporting the annotation and analysis of text and media files.
- June 10, 2011 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- June 30, 2011 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
NVIVO Qualitative Analysis Software Part 2
Butler Library, Room 306
The leading qualitative analysis software, supporting the annotation and analysis of text and media files.
- June 17, 2011 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- July 07, 2011 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
RefWorks Bibliographic Software
Butler Library, Room 306
A web-based bibliographic software, most reliable for citation harvesting from the widest range of the Libraries’ databases and the best solution for group projects, but less satisfactory than other available softwares as a writing tool.
- June 07, 2011 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Zotero Citation and Resource Management Software
Butler Library, Room 306
An introduction to the various features of this FireFox plugin, an exciting new program that allows the easy capture of web pages and records from many of the Libraries’ databases, the production of bibliographies and citations in various styles, the downloading and indexing of full text resources, and the creation and management of reading notes.
- July 05, 2011 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Bloomberg (Please visit the Watson Business Library blog to register.)
All sessions will take place in the 1st Mezzanine reading room on the west side of Watson Library.
This session will teach the basic navigation and searching skills necessary to begin using Bloomberg, an online database providing current and historical financial quotes, business newswires, and descriptive information, research and statistics on over 52,000 companies worldwide.
- June 17, 2011 11am to 12pm
- July 15, 2011 11am to 12pm