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February 16, 2010

Faculty Workshop: Using RefWorks for Citation Management

The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to attend a workshop on using RefWorks for citation management. With RefWorks it’s easy to import references from online databases, organize your references into folders by topic or project, and generate a bibliography formatted in a variety of citation styles. In this workshop we’ll cover the basics of using RefWorks from both on- and off-campus.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 1-2pm in the library classroom, A540. RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748. For more information, visit the Faculty Workshops page on our website.

January 28, 2010

Spring semester begins today

Welcome back, students and faculty! Beginning today the library resumes our normal semester hours:
Monday-Thursday: 9am-10pm
Friday: 9am-7pm
Saturday: 10am-4pm
For exceptions and hours in the Internet Lab and Multimedia Resources Center, visit our website.

December 23, 2009

Holiday Hours at the Library

The library will be open reduced hours, from 9am-5pm, on December 22nd, 23rd, and 28th-30th. The library will be closed from December 24th through December 27th, and December 31st through January 3rd. We’ll return to our regular schedule in the new year. Happy Holidays!
Update:Regular schedule resumes Jan 28. Reduced hours resume Jan 4.

December 1, 2009

Two Student Workshops Today!

The library is offering two workshops for students today:
Finding Literary Criticism
Tuesday, December 1, 1-1:45pm
Avoiding Plagiarism in Your Coursework
Tuesday, December 1, 5:15-6pm
Workshops are open to all City Tech students. All workshops are held in our electronic classroom, Rm A540, on the 5th Fl. of the City Tech Library (Atrium).
For more information, visit the library website.

November 30, 2009

PubMed Faculty Workshop This Wednesday

The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to attend a workshop on the PubMed database, the National Library of Medicine’s premier search system for biomedical and health information. Topics covered include the scope and content of PubMed (e.g., how it differs from MEDLINE); building a search using keywords, MeSH terms, and other PubMed search tools; and linking to full-text articles in PubMed Central and City Tech Library databases.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 1-2 pm in Rm. A540, on the 5th fl of the library. RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.

November 23, 2009

Students: Come to a Workshop on Finding Articles

All students are welcome to attend a library workshop this week. Learn how to use the EBSCO databases–Academic Search Complete and others–to get full-text articles from scholarly journals and magazines on your research topic.
Details:
Tuesday, November 24
1-1:45pm
City Tech Library, Rm A540 (5th floor classroom)
For more information, contact Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
Student workshops continue next week! To view our full schedule of student workshops, visit the library website.

November 17, 2009

Students: Take the Library’s New Course

LIB1201
Learn to research more efficiently and effectively!
The Library is pleased to announce our new course: LIB 1201 – Research & Documentation for the Information Age. This 3 credit course is scheduled for Tue/Thu 10-11:15am during the Spring semester. The course is open to all students (prerequisite: ENG 1101) and may be taken to satisfy Communications Core requirements or as an elective.
Visit our website for more information on the course. If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Maura Smale, Information Literacy Librarian, at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.

October 20, 2009

Today: Open Access Publishing for Faculty

It’s Open Access Week, so join faculty from the library and across the college to discuss the reality and potential of Open Access Publishing, as it ties into the economics of and access to scholarship, and offers opportunities for peer-reviewed publication.
Publication Opportunities: What’s New with Open Access
A Discussion with and for City Tech Faculty
Date: Tuesday, October 20
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge A632
Coffee & Cookies will be served.

October 7, 2009

Save the Date: Open Access Publishing

Join faculty from the library and across the college to discuss the reality and potential of Open Access Publishing, as it ties into the economics of and access to scholarship, and offers opportunities for peer-reviewed publication.

Publication Opportunities: What’s New with Open Access
A Discussion with and for City Tech Faculty

Date: Tuesday, October 20
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Venue: Faculty Lounge A632

RSVP is encouraged to Prof. Maura Smale, msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.

Coffee & Cookies will be served.

October 6, 2009

RefWorks Faculty Workshop Wed 10/7

Faculty, join us in the library for a workshop this week:
Introduction to RefWorks for Citation Management.
Streamline your research with RefWorks, a bibliographic citation management tool available to all City Tech faculty. With RefWorks it’s easy to import references from online databases, organize your references into folders by topic or project, and generate a bibliography formatted in a variety of citation styles. In this workshop we’ll cover the basics of using RefWorks from both on- and off-campus.
When: Wednesday, October 7, 1-2 pm
Where: Rm. A441 (small library classroom), on the 4th fl of the library
RSVP: Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748

Author: Maura A. Smale