TODAY! Getting Started at UBC Library Workshop

Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 4:30PM – 5:30PM

This will be a general introduction to the library. Please bring your questions!

This session is offered online. Please see: How to Prepare for an Online Class

Click http://ubc.wimba.com/launcher.cgi?room=leeann on date of class to join the class:

If you are not able to access the class and need technical assistance, please call our reference desk at (604) 822-4440.

Instructor:  Lee Ann Bryant

TODAY Wednesday, September 15th,  2010 at 4:30PM – 5:30PM

Need a jumpstart on PubMed? Join us for an online workshop on how to maximize PubMed’s current search capabilities and link to UBC library’s full text journals.

This session is offered online. Please see: How to Prepare for an Online Class

Click on the following link to join the class: http://67.202.226.156/launcher.cgi?room=pubmed_newlook

If you are not able to access the class and need technical assistance, please call our reference desk at (604) 822-4440

Instructor: Teresa Lee

TODAY: Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 4:30PM – 5:30PM

This ONLINE live workshop will cover subject and keyword searching, applying limits, getting the full-text, and saving searches and creating alerts when using CINAHL, a database of nursing and allied health literature, and PsycInfo, a database for psychosocial aspects of health.

This session is offered online. Please see: How to Prepare for an Online Class

Click on the following link to join the class: h ttp://67.202.226.156/launcher.cgi?room=CINAHL_PSYCINFO

Instructor: Charlotte Beck

UBC Library teaches over 1,400 classes and workshops to over 30,000 students and faculty each year as part of its instructional program. In addition to our extensive in-class and computer lab classes, we will be offering on online workshop series in mid-September to get you ready for research.

Upcoming online workshops include:

• Introduction to the Web of Science (Mon Sep 13 4:30-5:30 PM)
• Introduction to Health Sciences databases on EbscoHost: CINAHL and PsycINFO (Tue Sep 14 4:30-5:30 PM)
• Introduction to PubMed (Wed Sep 15 4:30-5:30 PM)
• Getting Started at UBC Library (Thu Sep 16 4:30-5:30 PM)
• Google & Google Scholar (Fri Sep 17 4:30-5:30 PM)

To register for any or all of these workshops go to:  http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/series/38

For more information on how to prepare for an online class, see: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=810

Check out the Library’s full workshop calendar at: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/calendar/

Learn how to find theses and dissertations written by students at universities around the world. Online class on Friday February 26th at 11:00-11:45 AM.

This session is offered online. Please see: How to Prepare for an Online Class

1) Please register here:  http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/934

2) Click on the following link to join the class:  http://67.202.226.156/launcher.cgi?room=theses

If you need help once the class has started, please phone 604.822.4440

Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database that indexes over 10000 journals and offers powerful search options, including:

• refining results by subject, author, source, year or country
• tracking how often an article has been cited and the articles that have cited it
• creating search alerts via email or RSS

Its companion tool, Journal Citation Reports can be used to find the impact factor of a journal to identify highly cited journals in a discipline.

This session is offered online. Please see: How to Prepare for an Online Class

1) Please register here: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/937

2) Click on the following link to join the class: http://67.202.226.156/launcher.cgi?room=WebofScience

If you need help once the class has started, please phone 604.822.4440

Over 1600 digital images from Cook’s Voyages to the South Seas are now available.

To find the images,  click on Artstor ,  then next to “enter Artstor digital library”, click on go.  Under Browse, choose “collections” and select “Cook’s Voyages to the South Seas: Natural History Museum, London”. This will show all 1647 images.

Just let us know if you’d like more help searching this collection!

Help us plan your space – Tell us what is important to you!

Click here to access  the short survey.

Are you curious about PubMed but never had a chance to try it out?  Or are you an avid user but haven’t found the time to explore the redesigned search interface?

Come to the online library workshop for some tips on using PubMed’s most popular features to retrieve the best search results!  The workshop will be held Monday, December 14^th from 12:00-1:00pm. 

Click here to register.

This workshop will be held ONLINE using Wimba Classroom. To participate, you will need speakers or a headset. A microphone is optional.  After registering, we’ll contact you with additional information for joining the session. More information about online classes.

As part of the Year of Science Zine-a-Thon contest, Woodward Library is holding a zine making workshop on Monday October 26 at 2 pm in the McKechnie room.

Kelly McElroy, MLIS Candidate at SLAIS, GAA at Woodward Library and Zine writer will be leading a workshop on how to create a science zine.

For more information, see Invitation to Science Zine Making Workshop

Register here

picture from Flickr Colorado College Zine Collection