Subscribe to this blog's feedLibrary Workshops
This semester, the Library is offering the following workshops to help pump up your research skills. Please let your students know. Hope to see you here!
Alerting Services for the Sciences
USF Tampa Library LIB 209
Workshop Description: What is an Alert Service? Why use an Alert Service? How can it help you with your research? Find out more about how this database service works, how you can use it to streamline your research, and why it is important for you to know how to use it. Set up an alert service using a major scientific database during this workshop.
Intended Audience: Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in the sciences.
Researching the Literature in the Social Sciences: Beyond the Basics
Friday, February 29, 2008, 2-4:00 pm
USF Tampa Library LIB 209
Workshop Description: You know the basics—the library catalog, the databases in your discipline and many of the tools for coursework and basic projects, but now you want to go deeper either because you are getting ready for writing your thesis or you want to submit a manuscript for publication. This workshop will cover the tools researchers use to go beyond the basics to do an exhaustive review of the literature. Learn how to follow the bibliographic trail by using super-googling techniques, World Catalog, cited author references, and bibliographies.
Intended Audience: Faculty, graduate and honors students in the social sciences.
Using the ideas of others: Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 2-3:30 pm
USF Tampa Library LIB 209
Workshop Description: Almost all fields of research involve the intensive tracing of theories and ideas already authored. As critical thinkers, we are invited to evaluate, extend, and create our own ideas by examining the fine research available. There’s always an art to science, however, and part of this art involves using the right sources and giving proper credit to the academic achievements already published. This workshop will explore the basics of citation and its many styles, as well as how to avoid plagiarism and use new tools, like RefWorks.
Intended Audience: Faculty, graduate and honors students in all academic areas.
Citations Cramping Your Style: Use RefWorks
USF Tampa Library
Workshop Description: RefWorks is an online bibliographic management program that allows faculty, students, and staff at USF to create a personal database of references. Learn how to automatically export citations from a search performed in some online databases or enter citations manually and then automatically create your bibliography in a host of styles including APA, MLA, Chicago, or Turabian. RefWorks can also be used to organize your citations by topic. Or, try the Write-n-Cite addon with MicroSoft Word to input in-text citations and automatically generate a bibliography when your paper/article is complete. USF faculty, staff and students have unlimited access to this software.
Intended Audience: Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students in any discipline.
Click here to register.
