Category: workshops & classes

Faculty Workshop: Creating ProQuest, EBSCO, JSTOR, & CSA Static Links

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The Bentley Library is offering the following workshop for faculty and Ph.D. students:

Creating ProQuest, EBSCO, JSTOR, & CSA Static Links
Monday, February 1, 2010@ 2:10pm (Activity Period)
Research Instruction Center (RIC), Library Lower Level, Room 011

A number of Bentley databases offer “persistent” or static links to articles that can be accessed for several years. Vendors such as EBSCOHost, ProQuest, JSTOR, and CSA provide different levels of linking to full-text articles and bibliographic citations.  This workshop will show you how to create durable links to articles with the comfort of knowing that copyright permission and royalties have been taken care of by Bentley’s site license.

Static links to database content can be used with your Blackboard course sites, online bibliographies, or personal websites. Workshop attendees will also learn how to make links available to off-campus users by including a proxy server tag with a static URL.

Please RSVP for this workshop by sending email to library@bentley.edu.

EndNote X3 Now Available! Learn More at EndNote Workshop on 1/25

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The Bentley Library is pleased to announce EndNote X3 is now available via the VLAB.  X3 offers users more online resources and publishing styles – now totaling over 3,900. This latest version of Endnote also includes over 700 import filters. EndNote X3 users will also be able to create a personal EndNote Web account to quickly move references from the web to their personal desktops.   To download EndNote X3 simply visit the VLAB and click on the link titled “Install Endnote X3. 01″.

The library will be offering a workshop to introduce EndNote X3’s newest features – including EndNote Web – on Monday, January 25 at 2:10pm (Activity Period). If you are interested in attending this workshop please contact librarian Stephen Tracey at stracey@bentley.edu or 781-891-2302.

“Help, I Just Need 3 Sources by Tomorrow!” Drop-in Research Help for Students

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Do you have a paper or project due soon? This drop-in research help session is for you! Bring whatever you are working on to a reference librarian and get immediate expert assistance. You will walk away with the source or two (or three) that you need! (Of course, you can always contact a Reference Librarian to get immediate help – they are here 7 days a week).

Pre-registration is NOT required!  Drop-in to the library’s Research Instruction Center (RIC), during the scheduled times (the RIC is located on the lower level in room 11). We are holding six drop-in sessions during the week of November 16:

Monday, November 16:
2:00pm – 3:00pm
6:00pm – 7:00pm

Tuesday, November 17:
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Wednesday, November 18:
1:00pm – 2:00pm
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Thursday, November 19:
6:00pm – 7:00pm

Workshop: How to Find the Full-text, and Other Library Mysteries Explained

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A library workshop for students, faculty and staff:

Have you ever become frustrated trying to find something at the Bentley Library – perhaps an online article, newspaper, book or DVD?  Or, have you ever walked away empty-handed, disappointed that the library didn’t have the materials that you wanted? Then this workshop is for you!  Open to all Bentley students, faculty, and staff, this workshop will focus on library essentials, including finding materials here at the Bentley Library and utilizing Interlibrary Loan to retrieve items from other libraries.

This workshop is being offered on Thursday, October 22 @ 10:00am and Wednesday, October 28 @ 1:00pm in the library’s Research Instruction Center (lower level, room 11).  Please RSVP by sending an email to library@bentley.edu.

Note to attendees: If you have specific examples of items you’d like to find (articles, journals, etc.), please bring them with you to the workshop.

Upcoming Library Workshops for Faculty and Ph.D. Students

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The Bentley Library is offering the following workshops for faculty and Ph.D. students this month:

MLA/APA Citation Styles Workshop

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 23 @ 12:45pm
Description: Within the last year, new editions of both the MLA Handbook and the APA Publication Manual have been released. This workshop will cover changes to MLA and APA citation styles, and how those changes are reflected in RefWorks, EndNote, and other library sources. Further resources and suggestions for how to incorporate the changes into student citation practices will be offered.

EndNote X2

Dates & Times: Thursday, September 17 @ 12:30pm to 1:30pm – OR – Monday, September 21 @ 2:10pm to 3:10pm
Description: EndNote is bibliographic citation software that allows users to manage and store bibliographic citations, PDFs and research notes. EndNote provides citation style and manuscript formatting for hundreds of top publications, as well as, the APA, MLA, Chicago and many other associations. EndNote provides over 700 import filters for direct import of citations from online databases, including EBCSOHost and ProQuest. This Endnote workshops will focus on getting started EndNote X2, including manual and direct import of citations, selecting manuscript styles, and creating bibliographies. EndNote X2 is available via the VLAB.

All library workshops are held in the Library’s Research Instruction Center, located on the lower level of the library in room 11. Seating is limited – please RSVP to library@bentley.edu and indicate which session you are registering for.

You can view more information about upcoming library workshops – for students and for faculty – by visiting our events calendar.