This workshop will focus on the skills needed to do advanced research in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies. Learn: Where to find information (books, articles, and websites) Which resources are best for your subject area About the strengths of Stony Brook’s collection How to use subject headings and keywords Date:
Zotero is a free browser plug-in for Firefox that allows users to collect, manage and cite research sources. Zotero is platform independent and doesn’t discriminate based on institutional affiliation. It is a web-based application that allows access to your library from anywhere. Learn how to: Install Zotero Import bibliographic data
Are you a Mac or PC? In this session Mac users will learn about a number of applications and techniques to optimize your library Web experience: Mac browsers and plug-ins for an enriching online library experience Bibliographic management tools for the Mac Mac and cross-platform messaging apps Microsoft Office (and
Sure YouTube is a lot of fun, but have you ever used it for a class presentation or research project? For the arts, sciences and everything in between there are riches of multimedia content available online. Tap into this wealth of resources to include multimedia in your research and classwork.
This workshop will focus on exporting citations from chemistry databases into EndNote . Learn how to: • Create an EndNote library. • Import citations from SciFinder Scholar and Crossfire Beilstein/Gmelin. • Attach PDF documents to EndNote citations. • Format a bibliography in Word using “Cite While You Write”. Date: Wednesday,
Feeling stressed by the amount of time you need to spend working on assignments? Having trouble getting assignments completed on time? Find out how to make your research more productive while reducing the time spent on it. Learn: • Where to look for the information you need • How to
Managing Your Research Using Endnote: Basic Skills @ HSC Creating the bibliography is often the most tedious part of writing a research paper. Using EndNote, a bibliographic management software program, this task just became much easier. In this workshop learn: • How to create an EndNote Library • How to
So you thought you knew Google? Watch a librarian reveal some of the secret powers of this amazing search engine. See Google challenge scholarship – and lose! Watch as Google redefines the law! Go places you never dreamed were possible sitting down! Discover answers for which there are no questions!
Take a tour of the Melville Library’s main public service areas. Learn about our collections and services and get some freebies while you’re here. Meet us @ the Central Reading Room, Melville Library. Tour runs about 30 minutes. Date: Wednesday, October 7 @ 1:30 PM Register online at http://www.stonybrook.edu/library/services/instruction/index.html.
Web research is like juggling dynamite: done right it’s spectacular, done wrong it blows up in your face. Effective Web research requires training and knowledge of select tools and resources. Learn how to do it right: • 10 rules for effective Web research • Tools and applications for organizing and
