Class Descriptions
Tisch Library invites you to sign up for the workshops listed below. Feel free to forward this message to any colleagues or students who you think will benefit. To register for any workshop, please complete the Workshop Registration Form. For more information, email Laurie Sabol.
All workshops take place in the Electronic Resources Center, Room 223, Tisch Library.
The Basics: Finding Your Way around the Tisch Website and the Tufts Catalog
Tisch provides access to a growing number of electronic databases and e-journals… just the thing to jumpstart research! In the catalog, learn effective search methods, including how to place holds and set up alerts that automatically notify you of new available material.
| Monday, January 28 12:00-1:00 |
Instructor: Wayne Powell |
| Thursday, February 7 4:30-5:30 |
Instructor: Beth Rohloff |
Register for The Basics: Finding Your Way around the Tisch Website and the Tufts Catalog
Mining for Gold: Finding Full Text Articles
Learn your way around full-text databases such as LexisNexis, Project Muse, ScienceDirect and many more.
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Wednesday, January 30 |
Instructor: Regina Raboin |
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Thursday, February 7 |
Instructor: Connie Reik |
Register for Mining for Gold: Finding Full Text Articles
Cross-database Searching with Research Pro
You’ve been asking for a method to search several databases simultaneously. It’s here and this session will teach you all you need to know to get started.
| Wednesday, February 6 12:30-1:00 |
Instructor: Wayne Powell |
| Friday, February 8 12:00-12:30 |
Instructor: Beth Rohloff |
Register for Cross-database Searching with Research Pro
Web Searching and Evaluating Made Easy
Use search engines to unlock the enormous research potential of the web. Learn standard criteria to evaluate websites for validity, currency, authorship, etc
| Wednesday, February 13 12:00 - 1:00 |
Instructor: Laurie Sabol |
Register for Web Searching and Evaluating Made Easy
Taming the Infoclutter: Using Search Alerts and RSS to Stay Current and Manage Overload
Search alerts let you conduct a search, retain the search criteria to use again, and receive automatic notifications when new matches are found. RSS feeds are similar except for your method of receiving them. Learn both methods to keep yourself organized.
| Thursday, January 31 12:00-1:00pm |
Instructors: Laurie Sabol |
Register for Taming the Infoclutter: Using Search Alerts and RSS to Stay Current and Manage Overload
Take full advantage of this academic search engine. Compare Google Scholar to Google and to subject-based databases.
| Wednesday, February 6 12:00-12:30 |
Instructor: Chao Chen |
Tufts Libraries provide this web-based citation manager software free of charge to all members of the Tufts Community. Use this innovative tool to organize the bibliography of your next research paper. By saving and automatically formatting a bibliography as you go, you can avoid duplicating efforts to verify sources when you are up against a deadline.
| Friday, February 1 12:00-1:30 |
Instructor: Regina Raboin |
| Monday, February 4 4:30-6:00 |
Instructor: Connie Reik |
| Monday, February 11 12:00-1:30 |
Instructor: Laurie Sabol |
Register for How To Use RefWorks
This introductory session covers downloading from Tisch databases such as WorldCat. For databases that aren’t compatible with EndNote, learn to use RefWorks to download into EndNote; then create footnotes and in-text citations in Microsoft Word.
| Friday, January 25 1:00-2:30 |
Instructor: Abigail Cross |
| Wednesday, March 5 10:30-12:00 |
Instructor: Abigail Cross |
Register for How To Use EndNote