USF Polytechnic Library

This June, we will hold four open, drop-in seminars on library resources:

Database Searching

Tuesday, June 3, 12:00-1:00PM
Wednesday, June 4, 5:00-6:00PM
Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks

Tuesday, June 3, 5:00-6:00PM
Wednesday, June 4, 12:00-1:00PM
Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

All sessions will take place in LTB 2153. These seminars all open to all; no registration required.

These are taking place this week. No registration required.

Database Searching - LTB 2153
Tuesday, March 4, 12 - 1 PM
Wednesday, March 5, 5 - 6 PM

Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks - LTB 2153
Tuesday, March 4, 5 - 6 PM
Wednesday, March 5, 12 - 1 PM

Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

This March, we will hold four open, drop-in seminars on library resources:

Database Searching

• Tuesday, March 4, 12:00-1:00PM
• Wednesday, March 5, 5:00-6:00PM

Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles.

RefWorks

• Tuesday, March 4, 5:00-6:00PM
• Wednesday, March 5, 12:00-1:00PM

Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

All sessions will take place in LTB 2153. These seminars all open to all; no registration required.

This fall, we will hold four open, drop-in seminars on library resources:

• RefWorks - Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.
  • Monday, September 24, 12:00-1:00 PM, LAC 1170A
  • Monday, October 22, 5:00-6:00 PM, LAC 1170A
• Database Searching - Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles
  • Monday, September 17, 5:00-6:00 PM, LAC 11170A
  • Monday, October 22, 12:00-1:00 PM, LAC 1170A

These seminars all open to all; no registration required.

Instructors, please remember that I am available to come to your class to offer instruction on library resources and information literacy to your students. Instruction is customized according to your needs.

You can call or email me to set up a date and time. Online, evening and week-end classes are a possibility as well with advance scheduling.

Coming in June, I will hold two open, drop-in seminars on library resources

• RefWorks - Monday, June 11, 4:00-5:00 PM, LAC 1170A
  Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.
• Database Searching - Monday, June 18, 11:00-12:00, 4:00-5:00 PM, LAC 11170A
  Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles

These seminars all open to all; no registration required.

Next week, I will hold two open, drop-in seminars on library resources

• Database Searching - Wednesday, November 15, 11:00-12:00, LAC 1173
  Learn to select and access the best databases for your subject, search their content and find full-text articles
• RefWorks - Thursday, November 16, 4:00-5:00, LAC 1170A
  Learn how to use this citation management system that makes building bibliographies a flash.

These seminars all open to all; no registration required.

The October 17, 2006 online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education sports an article about the lack of information skills among college and college-bound students. Students Lack ‘Information Literacy,’ Testing Service’s Study Finds (access to the full text should work if you are on campus) relates the results from a study by Educational Testing Service (ETS) using a test designed to measure students’ information literacy and computer savvy.

How can the Library help? I can visit classes on instructor’s request to teach how the use the various sources of information. Drop-in sessions on article databases searching and web sources evaluation are also in the works for November and December.

On Wednesday, April 5th from 10-11 am, there will be a class on Compendex in room LAC1170B. This class will showcase our new interface for the Compendex database, Engineering Village 2. Students, staff and faculty are all invited to attend.

Welcome back, instructors! I hope you had pleasant holidays.

A quick word to remind you that I am available to meet your class to provide library instruction. I can explain the library system and services to your students - for example the library system structure, the catalog and databases; circulation issues, source citations and Refworks; etc. I can also show them how to search the catalog and the article databases. The session content will depend on your needs and the amount of time available.

If interested, you can contact me at 667-7737 or clw@lakeland.usf.edu to schedule a session.