UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 3
September 19, 1996
Electronic workshops set  for fall in Morris Library

     This fall, the University Library will present a series of
hands-on workshops about electronic library resources. Taught by
librarians, the workshops will provide practice as users learn
more about working with electronic library resources. The free
sessions will be held in the Morris Library, Room 056, which is
on the lower level.
     Preregistration is advisable since space is limited. To make
a reservation, call 831-2432.
     The fall workshops include:
      Electronic access to journal information-10:30 a.m.-noon,
 Thursday, Sept. 26-An introduction to the electronic journal
 indexes available on library networked databases. The workshop
 covers considerations in choosing an index, search strategies
 that can help in refining searches and obtaining articles in
 the library or through Interlibrary Loan.
      Accessing the library from your home or office-2:30-4
 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1-Many members of the University community
 prefer to communicate and do their research online. The
 library's new World Wide Web home page delivers a "virtual
 library" to the homes and offices of its online users. This
 workshop will provide an overview of the resources and services
 now offered via the web, including direct access to the
 library's catalog, networked databases, electronic journals and
 newspapers, ILL and document delivery services, a Virtual
 Library Tutor for new users, course reserve and Books I Have
 Checked Out listings, the AskRef electronic reference service
 and web search tools for identifying other Internet sites of
 interest.
      Articles at your fingertips: Full-text databases-9:30-11
 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, 4:30-6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29-Two
 electronic databases, Expanded Academic ASAP and Business Index
 ASAP, provide the entire text of articles from more than 1,000
 magazines and journals. Learn how to access these full-text
 databases, explore search options and print or download
 articles.
      Term paper clinic-2-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 3-4:30
 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23- The library provides access to many
 electronic library resources, including more than 70 networked
 databases. This workshop will cover the development of an
 effective research strategy as well as the selection and use of
 full text and other databases likely to provide information on
 your topic.
      What if the library doesn't have it?- 10:30 a.m.-noon,
 Tuesday, Oct. 22-This session will focus on Interlibrary Loan
 and Document Delivery, two ways that the user can obtain
 materials that are not held in the library's collection.
 Included will be information on the various electronic options
 for requesting items that the library does not have.
      "Search Engines" on the Web-10-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct.
 30-The proliferation of web pages on the Internet has
 necessitated the development of more powerful search engines.
 This session will explore advanced searching techniques using
 search engines such as AltaVista, Excite and Open Text, and
 will allow participants to analyze their differing results. The
 workshop also will explore some of the new "metasearch"
 engines, which allow users to launch simultaneous searches on
 many engines, e.g., Metacrawler and Savvy Search.
      The government connection: Finding federal government
 resources on the web-2-3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6-Government
 information on the Internet has tripled in the last year. It
 will highlight government agency web sites and nongovernmental
 web sites that have a government focus. Session will include
 techniques for locating information on the web.
      World Wide Web as a library resource-2-3:30 p.m.,
 Thursday, Nov. 14- The World Wide Web is an Internet network
 that features linked hypertext documents as well as graphical
 capabilities and teaches participants how to use the Netscape
 browser to access the wealth of information available on the
 World Wide Web. Participants also will learn how the web
 relates to the Internet and gain hands-on experience in
 searching for subject resources and saving favorite sites as
 web bookmarks.