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“happily leave enough disdain there”
“uptight versatile whispers are sublime” “we cry above our anatomy” Those are a few of the odd thoughts and profound notions currently gracing our Reading Room. Think you can do better? Make us a poem with our poetry magnets on the PN1998 stack end in the Humanities Reading Room (14S-200) and we’ll publish selections on this news blog! |
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Upcoming IAPril Events!
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops.
**NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April. Click here for a complete listing of events.**
Flavors of Citation Searching
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 18, 5-6pm
Have you ever used Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Ever used citation links in journal articles? This session will explore the different ways you can use the citation searching method for identifying literature on a subject to benefit of your research. The concept of citation searching has been around for over 50 years, but it has evolved with technology. Several examples will be given, and we would enjoy hearing about your own techniques.
Copyright and Scholarly Publication: Retaining Rights & Increasing the Impact of Research
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Friday, April 20, 12-2pm
Can you use and re-use your own work for future writing and teaching? Or is it locked tight behind a vault of copyright restrictions? This session will help you find the keys to fully realize the potential of your own work for yourself and the world. It will provide a very brief summary of copyright law and how it affects your work, and an overview of actions you can take to improve the impact and reach of your research – including why retaining rights to your work matters, and how you can take advantage such rights to increase citation and readership.
No advanced registration required.
Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.
Contact the Science Library for more information.
Bookmobile! Just in time for Patriots’ Day!
The Humanities Library will hold its next Bookmobile on Thursday, April 12, from 11-2 at the Information Intersection in the Stata Center.
Choose from books, DVDs, audiobooks and music for Patriots’ Day weekend.
Come check us out!
Upcoming IAPril Events!
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops.
**NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April. Click here for a complete listing of events.**
EndNote Basics
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 11, 5-6pm
EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software†package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage your PDF files. This session will be a hands-on practicum. Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed and other sources of published literature. You will learn how to search and manipulate databases, and to generate a manuscript and bibliography.
Patent Searching Fundamentals
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Friday, April 13, 12-2pm
While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session will be a hands-on practicum which will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patent literature. Using patent literature is important for understanding competitive technologies and keeping abreast of current product innovations.
No advanced registration required.
Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.
Contact the Science Library for more information.
MIT’s first building is subject of Archives’ April exhibit
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To celebrate the 146th anniversary of the founding of MIT (April 10, 1861), the Institute Archives and Special Collections showcases The Rogers Building, Boston, 1866-1938 — MIT’s First Building — as its April Object of the Month. The exhibit includes photographs of the inside of the building as well as links to related exhibits about MIT’s years as “Boston Tech.” |
Learn more about MIT at the Institute Archives and Special Collections (14N-118) — The Source for MIT History.
Book reading and discussion at Humanities Library
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Hansjörg Schertenleib, Writer-in-Residence at MIT, author of numerous novels, poetry, film scripts, drama, and radio plays, will be reading from his latest novel from 2005, Der Glückliche (The Happy One).
Born in 1957 in Zurich Switzerland, Schertenleib’s works have been translated into seven languages. He was trained as a typesetter and a graphic designer, and educated at the School of Arts in Zurich. He was co-editor of the literary magazine Orte from 1980 to 1984. He has lived in Vienna and London, and currently lives in County Donegal in Ireland. The reading and discussion will be in German and English. Light refreshments will be served.
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Upcoming IAPril Events!
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops.
**NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April. Click here for a complete listing of events.**
RefWorks Basics
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 4, 5-6pm
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you to organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts, and makes it easy to write papers, or post your results to web pages.
This session will be a hands-on practicum. Attendees will create a personal web account and create a database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed and other sources of published literature. You will learn how to organize your references, and to generate manuscripts and bibliographies.
Bioinformatics for Beginners
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Friday, April 6, 12-2pm
This class is a basic introduction to NCBI bioinformatics resources. It covers the available databases, details of sequence records, and basic BLAST searching.
No advanced registration required.
Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.
Contact the Science Library for more information.
So many books; so little time! – Booksale April 3rd, Bush Room
The next MIT Libraries booksale is coming up!
Stop by and browse titles in Art, Architecture, Chemistry, Earth Science, Engineering, Fiction, History, Linguistics, Music, Urban Studies and much, much more! You’ll find everything from cookbooks to DVDs to atlases.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 3rd, 10-3
WHERE: Bush Room 10-105
Questions? Contact the Gifts Office at gifts-lib@mit.edu or x 3.5693
All proceeds benefit the Libraries’ Preservation Fund.
IAPril Information Workshops 2007
Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops.
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)
WHEN: Every Wednesday in April at 5, and every Friday in April at 12pm (noon). Light refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, April 4, 5-6pm, RefWorks Basics
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you to organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts, and makes it easy to write papers, or post your results to web pages.
This session will be a hands-on practicum. Attendees will create a personal web account and create a database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed and other sources of published literature. You will learn how to organize your references, and to generate manuscripts and bibliographies.
Friday, April 6, 12-2pm, Bioinformatics for Beginners
This class is a basic introduction to NCBI bioinformatics resources. It covers the available databases, details of sequence records, and basic BLAST searching.
Wednesday, April 11, 5-6pm, EndNote Basics
EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage your PDF files. This session will be a hands-on practicum. Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed and other sources of published literature. You will learn how to search and manipulate databases, and to generate a manuscript and bibliography.
Friday, April 13, 12-1pm: Patent Searching Fundamentals
While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session will be a hands-on practicum which will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patent literature. Using patent literature is important for understanding competitive technologies and keeping abreast of current product innovations.
Wednesday, April 18, 5-6pm: Flavors of Citation Searching
Have you ever used Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Ever used citation links in journal articles? This session will explore the different ways you can use the citation searching method for identifying literature on a subject to benefit of your research. The concept of citation searching has been around for over 50 years, but it has evolved with technology. Several examples will be given, and we would enjoy hearing about your own techniques.
Friday, April 20, 12-1pm: Copyright and Scholarly Publication: Retaining Rights & Increasing the Impact of Research
Can you use and re-use your own work for future writing and teaching? Or is it locked tight behind a vault of copyright restrictions? This session will help you find the keys to fully realize the potential of your own work for yourself and the world. It will provide a very brief summary of copyright law and how it affects your work, and an overview of actions you can take to improve the impact and reach of your research – including why retaining rights to your work matters, and how you can take advantage such rights to increase citation and readership.
Wednesday, April 25, 5-6:30pm: Library toolbars, extensions and web apps: little tools with big impact
Tired of hopping between Google Scholar, Amazon, and library catalogs and databases? Can’t find that great article you meant to read later? Need better ways of sharing scholarly resources within your group?
Come hear about some new web tools that may help you work more efficiently. Learn to organize and share your references, catalog your personal book collections online, and search seamlessly between library resources and other web sites.
We will demo: LibraryThing, del.icio.us, CiteULike, library-relevant Firefox extensions, and more.
Friday, April 27, 12-1pm: Company Research for Engineers and Scientists: Know your Prospective Employer or Partner
You may be a skilled investigator in the area of Science or Engineering, but what do you know about company research? This session will introduce you to library-supported databases about companies and industries. We will also use examples and hands-on exercises to demonstrate strategies for learning about industry trends and prospective employers or partners.
No advanced registration required.
Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.
Contact the Science Library for more information.