Library Lowdown: Randall Library Resources in a Nutshell (video)

This workshop will introduce you to the resources and services available at Randall Library: the library catalog, research databases, library programs and services, your library record and much more. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and get help! This workshop is especially helpful for freshmen, new faculty, new graduate students, non-traditional students and transfer students.

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m. - noon

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 4 - 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 11 a.m. - noon

Library Tours

Tours last approximately 45 minutes and begin at the library’s Customer Services/Circulation Desk on the first floor. This desk is immediately on your left as you enter Randall Library.

Tours of Randall Library are available on request. Contact Anne Pemberton at pembertona@uncw.edu or 910.962.7810 to schedule a tour.

Analyzing Publications for Tenure-Track Faculty (online guide)

This workshop is designed especially for tenure-track faculty. It will assist and guide attendees in utilizing Randall Library resources to analyze the impact of their publications in preparation for annual and/or tenure review.

Wednesday, April. 1, 2 – 3 p.m.

 

Copyright and Creative Commons: All Rights Reserved vs. Some Rights Reserved

If you are an author, you are also a copyright owner. Do you know your rights? This workshop offers a brief introduction to the protection copyright provides and the basics of licensing agreements, including Creative Commons licenses, which are rapidly gaining support in academic institutions.

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 9 - 10 a.m.

 

Fun Learning With SmartBoards

The SmartBoard is an interactive screen that replaces the traditional chalkboard in the classroom.  This workshop will introduce participants to the basic functions of the SmartBoard and its common classroom applications, including access to the Internet.  Participants will have hands-on time to use this technology.

This workshop will be held in Education Building room 130. Please call 910-962-3731 if you have anyquestions.

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m. - noon

ILL and Document Delivery (.ppt)

Designed primarily for faculty and graduate students, this workshop will offer best practices for utilizing interlibrary loan and document delivery at Randall Library. Please join us to learn how to obtain must-have research in a variety of formats for all your scholarly and informational needs!

Monday, Jan. 26, 2 – 3 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1 – 2 p.m.

Information Literacy 101

What is information literacy and how can you help your students achieve it? Discover how teaching librarians can help you ensure your students are critical and literate users of information, technology and scholarly materials. Whether it's designing new interventions or updating old assignments, librarians can help you with instructional design.

Thursday, Feb. 5, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

 

Integrating Library Resources into Blackboard

Don’t forget to include Library Resources when you put together your Blackboard Course. This workshop will show faculty how to integrate research tools into Blackboard.

Friday, Feb. 27, 3 - 4 p.m.

Multimedia Materials in the Classroom: Beyond DVDs and Youtube (online guide)

Find streaming audio and video to support lectures and facilitate interaction in your classroom. A variety of multimedia resources will be covered on subjects including current events, the sciences, history and theater.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 9 - 10 a.m.

MySpace and Facebook: Your Students are Obsessed … But Why? (.ppt)

This workshop provides an overview of social networking tools such as MySpace and Facebook. Your students use these tools, but why? What can YOU do with them?

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m. - noon

NIH Mandate: What You Need to Know (.pdf)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently mandated that all researchers funded with NIH grants deposit a copy of their peer-reviewed articles into PubMed Central. Similar mandates from other agencies are highly likely in the future. This workshop will explain the NIH mandate and what you need to know about it as faculty.

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 9 - 10 a.m.

 

OER Initiatives: Sharing Teaching & Learning Materials (.pdf)

Open educational resource (OER) initiatives support the sharing of teaching and learning materials among instructors around the world. These Internet repositories provide educational materials for any and all to use and re-use for free. Learn more about this effort and the resources you can use to find or share teaching and learning materials.

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 9 -10 a.m.

What Can Seahawk DOCKS Do For You?

Seahawk DOCKS is a new online database of scholarly works produced by UNCW faculty and students, and it is searchable by Google.  In this workshop, we will show features of Seahawk DOCKS and how to submit your works, which can potentially increase your citation counts.  This workshop will also teach you how to retain your rights as an author to use your scholarly publications in ways that you want to.

Thursday, Jan. 15, 9 – 10 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m. - noon

Wednesday, April 8, 9 - 10 a.m.

 

All About Google

Get the most out of Google! Learn about Google’s unique tools: Google Books, Google Scholar, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Uncle Sam, Google Images, advanced searching, site searching, and more!

Monday, March 2, 2 - 3 p.m.

 

Oh, The Audacity

Audacity is a free recording studio in your computer.  Learn the basics of recording, editing, mixing, special effects and exporting sound files using the free, open source software Audacity.

Friday, April 24, 3 - 4 p.m.

Second Life: Living in a Virtual World (Part I) (.ppt)

Second Life (SL) is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since 2003, it has grown explosively and today is “inhabited” by more than 17 million people from around the globe. Students and educators can work together in SL from anywhere in the world as part of a globally networked virtual classroom environment. Using SL as a supplement for traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching an existing curriculum. Many universities and educational institutions are already using SL. This session will introduce you to SL!

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2 - 3 p.m.

 

Second Life: Living in a Virtual World (Part II)

If you already have a Second Life avatar, this is the workshop for you! Take a tour of a variety of locations in SL you may not have seen before and share the locations you are excited about. Find other UNCW SL users and join the UNCW Second Life group! This workshop will happen in SL so you can be anywhere on or off campus to participate!

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 4 - 5 p.m.

Please E-mail Anne Pemberton at pembertona@uncw.edu to register and provide your avatar name. She will “teleport” you to the workshop location at the start of the workshop.

Top Ten Firefox Add-ons for Research & Teaching (.pdf)

Get the most out of your Web browser! Learn about free add-ons to the Mozilla Firefox browser that can streamline your research and teaching.  

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m. – noon

 

Wikipedia 360: The Good, the Bad and the Anonymous (.ppt)

This workshop provides a holistic overview of Wikipedia, “the free encyclopedia anyone can edit.” Faculty/Staff and students will learn to use Wikipedia effectively and critically.

Thursday, April 2, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

 

Advanced Research Techniques for Graduate Students

Learn about selecting and searching the right databases for your research topics, advanced Web searching techniques and Randall Library's Student Thesis Assistance at Randall (STAR) program.

Wednesday, March 4, 4 - 5 p.m.

 

Advanced Searching for Business Information

This workshop will help you get the most out of searching business databases. Learn about advanced search techniques and tips to help you improve the quality of your search results.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6 - 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 12, 1 - 2 p.m.

Finding Stuff You'll Love: Films, Music & Books

If you love Iron Man , what other films would you like?  The last good book you read was Harry Potter, and you haven't been able to find another one you've liked as much since.  You're in the mood for some quirky, fun music. What bands or albums fit your mood?  Using a variety of Internet resources, this workshop will help you find film, music, books and more that you will love at Randall Library.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 9 - 10 a.m.

Heritage Quest:  Who Will You Find?

This workshop introduces Heritage Quest, a database for genealogy and local history research. Heritage Quest provides the full-text of every U.S. Census from 1790 to 1930, more than 22,000 books of family and local history, an index to more than 6,000 genealogy and local history periodicals and more.

Thursday, Feb. 26, 1 - 2 p.m.

 

In the Public Domain: Finding Images (and More) (online guide)

Finding materials that are not protected by copyright can be a challenge. This workshop will help you understand the basics of copyright and suggest ways to find materials that are no longer, or have not been, protected by traditional copyright, with a focus on images and music.

Thursday, Jan. 29, 9 - 10 a.m.

 

Introduction to Business Databases

This workshop will provide an introduction to the databases that Randall Library subscribes to for the research of business disciplines. Topics covered include database coverage, searching strategies and tips for the best results.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 6 - 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19, 1 - 2 p.m.

 

K-12 Teaching Resources and Interactive Web sites

Parents and PreK-12 teachers can benefit from this workshop offering an overview of teaching Web sites and interactive games used for instructional purposes. Handouts will be provided for participants.

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2 – 3 p.m.

Psyched About Research

This workshop explores various resources available for researching the subject of psychology.  We’ll look at books, databases, Web sites and videos available through Randall Library.  Although this workshop is geared towards students taking psychology classes, all students will find the general search techniques helpful.

Friday, Jan. 30, 3 - 4 p.m.

 

Searching for Company and Industry Information

This workshop will demonstrate how to locate information on companies and industries. Attendees will learn how to use Randall Library’s online and print collections to find general information, financial statements, statistics and financial ratios.

Tuesday, March 3, 6 - 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 5, 1 - 2 p.m.

The Truth is Out There: Critical Thinking in Research

If it’s on the Web, it must be true.  This workshop is designed to help you develop critical evaluation skills for online resources.

Friday, March 27, 3 - 4 p.m.

 

Managing Your Citations: EndNote and EndNote Web (EndNote guide in .pdf)

This workshop introduces EndNote (the software) and EndNote Web (available through the Web). These tools enable users to create easily searchable “libraries” of citations and format bibliographies in any format with only a couple clicks of the mouse.

Plagiarism 101 (.ppt)

Despite the best of intentions, plagiarism can sneak up on you when writing papers and projects. Come to this workshop, primarily designed for undergraduates, to learn what to do – and what not to do – to protect yourself and your scholarly work from plagiarism.

Zotero

Faculty, students, and staff – learn how to use the free Firefox extension Zotero to manage your bibliographic citations and export formatted bibliographies in a variety of styles (MLA, APA, etc.).  Zotero will make your research process more productive, efficient… and fun!

If you have other ideas for workshops or would like to attend a workshop but the time listed is inconvenient, please contact:

Anne Pemberton
Instructional Services Coordinator, Randall Library
pembertona@uncw.edu
910-962-7810