Library Workshops

Dear Students,

We invite you to join us for our upcoming November Workshops:

3 November (Tuesday) 14.00-15.00
Explore Library Resources
Learn how to search resources both print and electronic through NU Library Catalog and E-Resources search tool (EBSCO Discovery Services). Search specifics in NU Library catalog. Search specifics in EDS.
Practice: Searching in EBSCO database - Academic Search Complete (choosing keywords, filtering of results, saving articles).

4 November (Friday) 14.00-15.00
Introduction to searching Google+Google Scholar. Open Access resources
Do you know Google? You will found out how google algorithm works: truncation, wildcards, personal search engine.
Google scholar library and tags.
What is open access and how access is provided by Google Scholar?
Practice: Searching, creating personal search engine and library. Identifying document source.

7 November (Monday) 14.00-15.00
Evaluation of online resources
CRAAP method will be introduced:
What types of internet resources are right for assignments? Indicators?
How to identify low-quality web resources?
Practice: Distinguishing quality internet sources.

8 November (Tuesday) 14.00-15.00
EndNote citation-reference tool
Learn more about a tool that will save you a lot of work in creating citations! How EndNote can help you organize your references and create citations/works cited lists for your papers.
Practice: Collecting and organizing references, using CiteWhileYouWrite.

9 November (Wednesday) 14.00-15.00
Mendeley citation-reference tool
Learn more about a tool that will save you a lot of work in creating citations! How Mendeley can help you organize your references and create citations/works cited lists for your papers.
Practice: Collecting and organizing references.

10 November (Thursday) 14.00-15.00
Zotero citation-reference tool
Learn more about a tool that will save you a lot of work in creating citations! How Zotero can help you organize your references and create citations/works cited lists for your papers.
Practice: Collecting and organizing references.

11 November (Friday) 14.00-15.00
Plagiarism and citing
We all understand the importance of being honest in our work and making sure those who have helped us get due credit. This session will help you learn more about the resources available to properly cite your sources and lead your readers to other good information.
Practice: Techniques for citing resources from EBSCO, GoogleScholar, print materials and other.

14 November (Monday) 14.00-15.00
Productivity Tools and Keeping up-to-date with information
Time and project management tools and techniques are not just for project managers - they are available for anyone to use! Alerts, RSS, Google news, professional associations, social media - choose all or the one that will work best for your.
 

The language of workshops is English.

All workshops will be held in a Small CompLab, 2d floor, NULibrary

Registration is open here.