July 31, 2009
Faculty Workshop August 13
The Library and CTL Staff “Imagine, Investigate, and Innovate: Student Research Assignments Redefined Workshop” being held August 13, 2009 is now full. If you were thinking of signing up for the workshop, another workshop will be offered soon.
This collaborative workshop taught by faculty, librarians and CTL staff will focus on:
1. Designing an effective research assignment
2. Finding and using library and outside resources for your own research or for use in developing a course assignment
3. Applying these skills in creating a technology based project for your class/instruction
The workshop will take place in the Crounse computer lab (basement of the Library). Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Thursday, August 13th
9:00am-11:00am – Finding and using resources for student and/or faculty research
11:00am – 1:00pm – How to build a research project (Presented by Beau Weston and Jennifer Muzyka), during Library-sponsored lunch in the Grissom Reading Room.
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Multi-media projects and text-based projects for presenting research
Let a librarian know if you had hoped to attend, but did not sign up. If there is a cancellation, we will be sure to give you a call and if not we will try to arrange a later workshop at a time that is convenient to you. Keep in mind that we are always willing to provide a personal tour of a database or our website.
July 28, 2009
Google Moon
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to set foot on the moon? With the new Google Moon application, it is now possible to experience firsthand the thrill of exploring the surface of the moon. In order to use Google Moon, you must first download Google Earth 5.0. Take a look at this link for more information on this exciting new application from Google:
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/07/fly-yourself-to-moon.html
A wonderful experience for the hidden astronaut in all of us.
July 24, 2009
Enhancements to EBSCOhost Databases
New Enhancements to EBSCOhost Databases (Academic Search Premier)
Digital Archives and EBSCOhost® Content Viewer with Notetaking
Navigate historical content online in a more interactive and intuitive way. The new browser-based EBSCOhost® Content Viewer was designed to enable researchers to navigate historical content in a manner that is fast, natural and allows for the serendipitous discovery valued by historians.
Check out these features:
Single and Facing-Page Image views which users can Pan, Rotate, Zoom-on,double-click
Search within entire documents with distinctive highlighting styles for exact and approximate word-matches
Image Quick View previews of visual content
Periodical issue browse menus which mimic “shelf-browsing”
A collapsible Document Map providing hover previews of each page and indicators of word-matches and illustrations
Custom PDF-generation from historical page images, with embedded citation information and persistent links to source
Integration with EBSCOhost folders
Persistent links to pages
Notetaking – users can annotate pages and articles, and save their notes to their EBSCOhost folder
Section 508 Compliant – machine-generated full text of historical documents accessible to screenreading software
COUNTER Statistics Reporting Compliant
July 23, 2009
Endnote Workshop for Faculty
The reference librarians will be offering a workshop on Endnote expressly for our faculty. Check out the details below:
BASIC TRAINING IN ENDNOTE!
If you would like to learn more about EndNote, please plan to attend this workshop.
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WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 20, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (we’ll have coffee & donuts!)
WHERE: Crounse Training Lab in the basement of the library
LED BY: Carrie Frey, Lesley Jackson & Mary Beth Garriott, Centre College Reference Librarians
Please email one of your reference librarians if you would like to be included in this training opportunity.
WHAT IS ENDNOTE? EndNote is the industry standard bibliographic software tool used for publishing and managing research. Used with both Windows and Macintosh, EndNote helps to organize citations and interpret styles when creating bibliographies for curricula vitae, manuscripts, thesis/dissertations, grant proposals and term papers. EndNote also includes a Web-based tool for managing and citing references. EndNote Web makes it possible to compile bibliographical information from any computer.*
*If your currently have a version of EndNote installed on your computer, please include this information in your email. We recently received an upgrade to the most recent version of EndNote, EndNote 3, and will be providing training on this version. An upgrade is available to you if you are interested in having the new version.
Carrie Frey
Lesley Jackson
Mary Beth Garriott
July 21, 2009
Upcoming Faculty Workshop
Make sure to sign up for the upcoming faculty workshop provided by the CTL, Library and our esteemed faculty members, Beau Weston and Jennifer Muzyka. Below are the details and a link at which you can sign up for the workshop:
The Library and CTL Staff would like to invite you to participate in the “Imagine, Investigate, and Innovate: Student Research Assignments Redefined Workshop” being held August 13, 2009.
This collaborative workshop taught by faculty, librarians and CTL staff will focus on:
1. Designing an effective research assignment
2. Finding and using library and outside resources for your own research or for use in developing a course assignment
3. Applying these skills in creating a technology based project for your class/instruction
Please sign-up for the workshop below. The workshop will take place in the Crounse computer lab (basement of the Library). Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Thursday, August 13th
9:00am – 11:00am – Multi-media projects and text-based projects for presenting research
11:00am – 1:00pm – How to build a research project (Presented by Beau Weston and Jennifer Muzyka), followed by Library-sponsored lunch in the Grissom Reading Room.
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Finding and using resources for student and/or faculty research
Click on the link below to sign up to attend this informative workshop
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cmlSWjlZR3JUOEM4RVhWTkluY1lxb2c6MA.
July 16, 2009
iPhone Apps
Do you need some new apps for your iphone? Here is a link to an article from the Online College website which lists 100 Awesome iPhone Apps for Culture Snobs.
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/07/06/100-awesome-iphone-apps-for-culture-snobs/
July 14, 2009
Open Library
Open Library, an initiative sponsored by the Internet Archive and funded by a grant from the California State Library, seeks to develop one web page for every book. The project is “open” in every way. Open documentation, open programming, open wiki, etc. Since there are just a handful of programmers collecting and managing the project full-time, the hope is that interested parties will contribute. To read more about the project, check out this link: http://openlibrary.org/about
Take a look at the website, do some browsing, or add your own content here: http://openlibrary.org/
July 9, 2009
New Features in Academic Search Premier Database
Some helpful new features have been added to the Academic Search Premier Database.
Have you ever wished that you could add annotations to the articles you access and read in an online database? The new note taking function in Academic Search Premier makes it easy to jot down notes as you are reading a journal article online; these notes can then be saved and accessed again, as needed. To turn on the note taking feature, log in to the Academic Search Premier Database and click on the tab located at the top of your screen, titled New Features. From here, you can check the box under Note taking titled Try it!. Or, click go to this link: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/newfeatures?vid=2&hid=5&sid=ec6f888d-d565-4077-8870-3a71db048a60%40sessionmgr9
Another helpful addition to searching functionality in Academic Search Premier is the Zero Results Prevention feature. If your search generates zero results, a Smart Text Search will launch. The Smart Text Search will be indicated by the following: Note: Your initial search query did not yield any results. However, using SmartText Searching, results were found based on your keywords. Smart text searching enables the user to quickly and easily refocus a search and to find materials that would not have otherwise been returned with the original search query.
July 7, 2009
HelloMovies
HelloMovies is a fun site at which to find that old movie you loved, but have not been able to find anywhere. The site will provide recommendations for you, based upon your interests. HelloMovies lists obscure movies and lets you know where you can find them to rent or purchase. The site is useful for movie fans ranging from the casual movie watcher looking for a comedy to watch with friends to the movie fanatic searching for the most obscure Italian giallo horror. With HelloMovies you can:
Browse movies by genres, tastes, and other categories.
See where to get movies.
Get the information that matters to you including aggregated ratings, trailers, synopses and other facts and opinions from the Movie Genome Project.
Catalog what you’ve watched.
Track the movies you want to watch and see where to get them.
See what people you care about are watching.
Faculty Workshop Coming Soon!
The Library and CTL Staff would like to invite you to participate in the “Imagine, Investigate, and Innovate: Student Research Assignments Redefined Workshop” being held August 13, 2009.
This collaborative workshop taught by faculty, librarians and CTL staff will focus on:
1. Designing an effective research assignment
2. Finding and using library and outside resources for your own research or for use in developing a course assignment
3. Applying these skills in creating a technology based project for your class/instruction
Please sign-up for the workshop below. The workshop will take place in the Crounse computer lab (basement of the Library). Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Thursday, August 13th
9:00am – 11:00am – Multi-media projects and text-based projects for presenting research
11:00am – 1:00pm – How to build a research project (Presented by Beau Weston and Jennifer Muzyka), followed by Library-sponsored lunch in the Grissom Reading Room.
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Finding and using resources for student and/or faculty research
Click on the link below to sign up to attend this informative workshop
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cmlSWjlZR3JUOEM4RVhWTkluY1lxb2c6MA