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.
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.
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.
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
This week's faculty workshop: EBSCO databases
Calling all faculty! Please join us at the library this Wednesday, September 16, from 1-2pm for a workshop:
Getting the Most from EBSCO Article Databases
The City Tech Library subscribes to more than 20 EBSCO article databases covering a wide range of scholarly and professional subjects. During this workshop you’ll learn strategies to help you search these databases more effectively. We’ll also review EBSCO’s research productivity tools, from keeping lists of search results to emailing articles to creating search and journal publication alerts.
The workshop will be held in the library classroom, Rm A540. RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718.260.5748. Hope to see you there!
Fall Workshops @ the Library
Welcome back to campus! The library has a full lineup of faculty and student workshops this semester to help with all of your information needs. Save the date!
Fall 2009 Faculty Workshops
New Faculty Workshop
TWO SESSIONS: Thursday, Sept 3, 1-2pm and Wednesday, Sept 9, 5:30-6:30pm
Getting the Most from EBSCO Article Databases
Wednesday, Sept 16, 1-2pm
Introduction to RefWorks for Citation Management
Wednesday, Oct 7, 1-2pm
Finding Scholarly Information with Google Scholar
Wednesday, Oct 28, 1-2pm
Getting the Most from JSTOR and Project Muse
Wednesday, Nov 4, 1-2pm
Using PubMed to Find Biomedical Information
Wednesday, Dec 2, 1-2pm
Web 2.0 Happy Hour: The Firefox Web Browser
Tuesday, Dec 8, 5:30-7pm (this event will be held in Rm A632)
Fall 2009 Student Workshops
Finding Newspaper and Magazine Articles
Wednesday, November 18, 5:15-6pm
Research without Tears
Thursday, November 19, 1-1:45pm
Finding Scholarly Journal and Magazine Articles
Tuesday, November 24, 1-1:45pm
Finding Literary Criticism
Tuesday, December 1, 1-1:45pm
Avoiding Plagiarism in Your Coursework
Tuesday, December 1, 5:15-6pm
Good Googling: How to Evaluate Websites
Wednesday, December 2, 5:15-6pm
Using APA Style to Cite Your Sources
Thursday, December 3, 1-1:45pm
Find workshop descriptions and more information on the library website.
Fall 2009 Student Workshops
Finding Newspaper and Magazine Articles
Wednesday, November 18, 5:15-6pm
Research without Tears
Thursday, November 19, 1-1:45pm
Finding Scholarly Journal and Magazine Articles
Tuesday, November 24, 1-1:45pm
Finding Literary Criticism
Tuesday, December 1, 1-1:45pm
Avoiding Plagiarism in Your Coursework
Tuesday, December 1, 5:15-6pm
Good Googling: How to Evaluate Websites
Wednesday, December 2, 5:15-6pm
Using APA Style to Cite Your Sources
Thursday, December 3, 1-1:45pm
Find workshop descriptions and more information on the library website.
Summer Technology Workshops for Faculty and Students
ALL WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN G-604
(Back classroom in the General building, behind the 6th floor open lab)
Blackboard workshops for faculty:
Monday June 1st: 2:00-3:30pm
Wednesday June 3rd: 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday June 4th: 1:00-2:30pm
Tuesday June 9th: 1-2:30pm
Thursday July 9th: 1-2:30pm
Grade Center workshops for faculty:
Monday June 8th: 1-2pm
Tuesday June 9th: 5-6pm
Wimba workhsops for faculty:
Tuesday June 2nd: 3-4pm
Wednesday June 10th: 12-1pm
Blackboard workshops for Students:
Tuesday June 2nd: 1-2pm
Wednesday June 3rd: 1-2pm
Wednesday June 10th: 5-6pm
Thursday June 11th: 1-2pm
Thursday July 2nd: 1-2pm
Wednesday July 8th: 5-6pm
Faculty Workshop: Web 2.0 Happy Hour
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, invites all faculty to:
Web 2.0 Happy Hour
Tuesday, May 5
5:30-7:00pm
Faculty Lounge A632 (Atrium Bldg)
Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues, and learn about online technologies for teaching and scholarship:
– Twitter: a microblogging service for conversation and announcements
– Delicious: a website for organizing and sharing your bookmarks
– Google Docs: a service for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations
– RSS Feeds: receive journal publication alerts and read blogs and news websites
RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 718-260-5748.
Faculty Workshop: EBSCO Article Databases
The City Tech Library subscribes to more than 20 EBSCO article databases covering a wide range of scholarly and professional subjects. During this workshop you’ll learn strategies to help you search these databases more effectively. We’ll also review EBSCO’s research productivity tools, from keeping lists of search results to emailing articles to creating search and journal publication alerts.
This workshop will be held on Thursday, April 30, 1-2 pm in the library classroom, A540. RSVP encouraged to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
Today! Intro to RefWorks for Faculty
The library is repeating our Introduction to RefWorks for Citation Management workshop for faculty. Stop by Rm. A540 today (Tuesday, March 3) from 4-5pm.
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.
