Research Made Easy workshops next week!

Sullivan Library Workshops

Research Made Easy

Monday, February 20  from 5:45 to 6:45 PM  

Thursday, February 23 from 10:45 to 11:45 AM

Discover all the tricks and tips needed to gather your research into something spectacular, from setting deadlines to creating thesis statements – and everything in between. Register for this and other Spring 2012 workshops here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/2012Workshops

Please note registration must be made by 12PM the day of. Workshops with no registrations at this time will not be held.

 

ProQuest workshop, Updates to the Handouts page

Sullivan Library Workshops

ProQuest

Tuesday, February 7th, 10:45 – 11:45 AM
Friday, February 10th, 5:45 – 6:45PM

With a user-friendly interface, ProQuest makes it a snap to find the articles you need, including journal articles, newspapers and magazines. This database is useful regardless of the degree you are pursuing here at Dominican – be it criminal justice, nursing, occupational therapy, education, social work, business, or more! Come learn how to get the most out of this wonderful resource by attending one of the two workshops being held next week.

Register for this and other Spring 2012 workshops here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/2012Workshops

Additions to the Handouts Tab

In addition, the following items have been added to the handouts tab:

Updates to APA 6th guide and Using Boolean Operators in Searches.

New files include: Quick Guides to EasyBib and PubMed, as well as new RefWorks documents for the RefGrabIt browser tool and the Write-n-Cite MS Word add-on. There are also two new files for research: a research log for writing down what searches you have done, and a citation log for writing down what items you have found. Highly recommended!

Let us know if there is any other handouts you would like us to add!

Workshops: Intro to Sullivan Library, RefWorks

Sullivan Library Workshops

Intro to Sullivan Library

Monday, January 23rd, 5:45 – 6:30 PM
Tuesday, January 24th, 11:00 – 11:45 AM
Get information about all the Library’s services, including how we can help you find resources both in person and online.

RefWorks

Friday, January 27th,

5:45 – 6:45 PM

Designed for the more serious scholar, this APA & MLA citation service includes RefShare for group collaboration, RefGrabIt for pulling bibliographic information from websites, and Write-N-Cite, a Microsoft Word plugin to help you cite your paper as you write it!

Register for this and other Spring 2012 workshops here:

http://www.tinyurl.com/2012Workshops

RefWorks workshop – two sessions this week!

This service helps you store your research and create a reference list automatically in either APA or MLA format with the click of a mouse! Come try it out!

Monday, October 24 from 5:45 to 6:45 PM

Thursday, October 27 from 11:30 AM – 12:30PM

Register today! http://tinyurl.com/WorkshopsOct2011

RefWorks 2.0

Don’t pull your hair out!

RefWorks is a tool which makes it easier to create your reference lists (APA, MLA, etc) and create citations in the body of your paper itself. Last year RefWorks was upgraded to version 2.0.

A streamlined version of RefWorks classic, 2.0 makes all of the most important buttons — adding a reference, creating a bibliography, and creating a folder, visible and readily apparent on the main page of the screen. Adding a reference by hand is now a breeze, with the information on the screen reduced to the bare necessities to help novice users find their way around.

Just like RefWorks classic, you still have the option of exporting references from all the major databases (EBSCOhost, ProQuest, and more) with a single click of the mouse.

Creating your reference list and works cited page has never been THIS easy — until now! Give RefWorks 2.0 a try today.

The newly added Quick Guide to RefWorks 2.0 has been added to the handouts page.

Workshops: ProQuest, RefWorks, and more!

Rehabilitation Reference

Friday, April 1^st from 5:45 to 6:45 PM

This database is useful for students who are doing clinicals and require plans of care, assessments, drug information, and more.

ProQuest

Monday, April 4^th from 12:45 to 1:45 PM

ProQuest database has switched to an all new platform this semester. Come get help with the new features! The ProQuest database is useful for students who are looking for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles.

RefWorks

Tuesday, April 5^th from 2:15 – 3:15 PM

This service helps you store your research and create a works cited page in APA, MLA, and other formats with the click of a mouse. It’s that easy!

Register here:

https://my.dc.edu/ICS/Library/Workshops.jnz

Sullivan Library Workshops: EBSCOhost, Research Help, & APA/MLA

Here are the remaining workshops for the Fall 2010 semester. Is there a workshop you are interested in but cannot attend? Feel free to take a look here: http://sullivanlibrary.wordpress.com/handouts/. After each workshop is completed, a handout is uploaded with the information that was given to the students who attended in person.

All students, faculty, adjuncts and staff are invited to the following workshops. Each workshop is held in the Sullivan Library computer lab.  If you have not attended a library workshop yet this semester, you are missing out!

Research Made Easy
Thursday, November 4 from 12:45 to 1:45 PM     (tomorrow!)
Working on a research assignment? This workshop will go over everything you need to know, from when you receive the assignment to when you start writing it. Topics include where to search for sources, figuring out your research question, and designing a thesis statement.

The Perfect Head Start: Journal Articles for Arts & Sciences and Education
Tuesday, November 9 from 12:45 to 1:45 PM
Take a look at EBSCOhost databases that might be useful for your academic research by finding journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Also useful for Psychology students. Open to all students, faculty and staff regardless of major.

Citin’ in Style: APA and MLA Explained
Tuesday, November 16 from 5:45 to 6:45 PM
This workshop goes over the differences between APA and MLA when writing citations by hand, and explains how to construct an annotated bibliography.

Citing Your Work with RefWorks
Wednesday, November 17 from 2:15 to 3:15 PM
Working on a paper or annotated bibliography? RefWorks will help you with your in-text citations and your reference list/works cited page – you fill in the information, and it creates the reference list for you.

Register by calling me at (845)848-7506 or by emailing me at Nicole (dot) Kranich (at) dc (dot) edu. 

RefWorks 2.0

RefWorks will soon be changing to version 2.0! This will occur sometime this summer. Don’t know what RefWorks is? Here is a refresher:

RefWorks is a bibliographic management tool which helps users manage research, writing, and collaboration. It helps build the reference list or works cited page and allows one to store one’s research (including full-text articles) on RefWorks servers, so that it can be viewed and printed from any computer with internet access.

The best place to connect to RefWorks through the RefWorks portal page (scroll down select either on-campus or off-campus to connect), as this page has FAQs, tutorials, and other information. You can of course still connect to it through the normal database login page if you do not need the extra assistance.

Here is a preview video of RefWorks 2.0.

Here is a temporary web-site to use to preview RefWorks 2.0 (citations will not be saved unless you back them up before the site disappears).

Registration is open for the following two workshops

Register by calling 848-7506 or by emailing Nicole.Kranich (@) dc.edu.

NowQuest and Academic Search Elite
Thursday, February 18th
2:15 – 3:15 PM
NowQuest is Sullivan Library’s federated search engine. Simply enter your search once to search across all of our databases! Academic Search Elite is part of the EBSCOhost family. Learning this database will go a long way towards learning the other EBSCO databases, including CINAHL and Health Source (Nursing), ERIC (Education), PsychINFO, Business Source Elite, and more!

Citing Your Work With RefWorks
Tuesday, February 23rd
12:45 – 1:45 PM
RefWorks helps you build your works cited or reference list page, organize your citations, and store full-text documents remotely. Simply attach the journal article’s PDF file to the citation you created, and then you are free to access it on any computer with Internet access across the world.

RefWorks: Your Works Cited page… in style!

RefWorks is a subscription service that Sullivan Library has recently provided to the students, faculty, and staff of Dominican College. It is a web-based program which:

1. Assists you in building and saving reference information about each of your sources, either by exporting them directly from a database or typing them in manually.

2. Allows you to clip attachments to any created reference (be it .PDF, .doc, etc). Your attachments are stored on RefWorks servers, making them accessible on any computer with an internet connection.