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EndNote and RefWorks Workshops Offered
RefWorks and EndNote logos EndNote and RefWorks are high-powered bibliographic citation management tools that enable users to capture references, embed them in research papers, and create instant bibliographies. This fall, the Library Reference staff is offering 60-minute workshops on these tools.

Announcing ESTS Drop-in Consulting Hours in the Tisch Digital Design Studio
IT’s directorate of Educational and Scholarly Technology Services (ESTS) is now providing faculty, staff, and students with the ability for drop-in consultations in order to assist them with their questions and ideas around the integration of technology into their teaching, learning, and collaboration activities. The consultation desk is located inside the new Digital Design Studio in the Media Center on the third floor of Tisch Library. It will be staffed from 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday by students from the Academic Technology Fellows Program and ESTS staff members. Read more about the AT Fellows program here.

If you want to consult or brainstorm about how to use ESTS tools such as Trunk, Spark, and VUE, or would like to discuss technology for teaching, learning, and scholarly collaboration in general, please stop by.

If you have any questions about the ESTS Drop-in Consulting Hours please contact David Grogan at david.grogan@tufts.edu or call 7-2859.

The Digital Design Studio (DDS) is now open!
Digital Design StudioDedicated exclusively to support course-related media projects, the DDS features 6 iMac workstations with state-of-the-art editing software, an analog-to-digital conversion station, and a recording/practice room including a green screen and audio mixer. The DDS is staffed with a full-time Digital Media Technologist and ESTS Fellows to provide technical support and project guidance. Students may book a workstation in advance by visiting the DDS webpage.

Want to Jump Start Your Thesis Research?
Jump Start Your ResearchResearch for Success: Using the Library for Thesis and Capstone Projects (EXP 19) introduces you to major research tools and techniques at an intermediate-to-advanced level, specific to your subject area. This 1/2-credit evening class runs for 8 weeks, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 13. More info.

RefWorks 2.0 goes live at Tisch
Refworks Tisch has just switched to RefWorks 2.0. This is a new interface for the popular citation management software provided by the Tufts libraries. More information is available in our RefWorks guide.

Tisch Acquires Online Photographic Collection of 1 Million Images
ImagequestNow you can enjoy easy online access to more than two million images from one convenient site: Britannica Image Quest. All images are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use-great for teacher lessons plans, assignments, activities, and whiteboards; student reports and projects; or school Web sites, newsletters, newspapers, flyers, and bulletins.




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