Vol. 25 No. 18
Penn State Libraries Catalog in LIAS
An overview of the Penn State Libraries catalog.
Jan. 18, Feb. 5, 5-7 p.m.
Jan. 22, Feb. 9, 26, April 8, 1-3 p.m.
Feb. 1, 9-11 a.m.
Feb. 15, March 13, 21, 3-5 p.m.
All sessions take place in Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Accessing LIAS From Your Home or Office via a Modem
March 28, 3-5 p.m., Tower Room 401, Central Pattee Library
Agricola electronic database
Feb. 21, 1-3 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Art on the World Wide Web
Feb. 27, 9-11 a.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Arts and Architecture databases
Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Beilstein CrossFire -- electronic version of Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry
Feb. 13, 9-10 a.m.
March 15, 11 a.m. - noon
April 16, 1-2 p.m.
Reference Lecture Room, East Pattee Library
Business
This seminar covers three primary electronic resources: Dow Jones News/Retrieval Service, ABI/INFORM, and Disclosure.
Feb. 1, 6-8 p.m., Reference Lecture Room, East Pattee Library
Census Data
March 28, 3-5 p.m., Room 6, Central Pattee Library
Chemical Abstracts
Participants can learn techniques for searching CASearch, the online database equivalent of Chemical Abstracts, for chemical literature.
Jan. 30, March 18, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
April 2, 1:30-3 p.m.
Reference Lecture Room, East Pattee Library
Citation Indexes
Participants can learn techniques for searching Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
Feb. 6, 8:30-10 a.m.
March 11, 10:30 a.m.-noon
April 9, 1:30-3 p.m.
Reference Lecture Room, East Pattee Library
Data Management: Library Master software for IBM
March 19, 1-3 p.m., Tower Room 401, Central Pattee Library
Earth Sciences databases
Feb. 8, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Education databases
Jan. 22, March 14, 10:00 a.m.-noon
Feb. 5, 1-3 p.m.
Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Government Policy Sources on the Internet
March 1, 8:30-10 a.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
History databases
Jan. 31, 3-5 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Identifying Existing Software
This seminar is for those individuals interested in using instructional software, but who don't have the time to develop their own programs.
March 28, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
INSPEC
Learn techniques for searching INSPEC, which is available through the Libraries' CD-ROM Local Area Network. INSPEC is the online equivalent of Physics Abstracts, Computer and Control Abstracts, and Electrical and Electronics Abstracts.
Feb. 7, 1:30-3 p.m., Reference Lecture Room, East Pattee Library
Interlibrary Loan
Search electronic resources for items not owned by Penn State.
Feb. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
International Sources on the Internet
Included are the United Nations, European Union, NATO and the World Bank.
March 18, 6-8 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Law/LEXIS
Search the legal resources accessible through the LEXIS databases. (Note: LEXIS/NEXIS is available only for Penn State faculty, staff and students engaged in course-related research. Participants must present a valid Penn State ID at the workshop.)
Feb. 20, 3-5 p.m.
March 13, 10 a.m.-noon
Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Literary and Historical Manuscripts
Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Literature databases and resources
Feb. 7, 7-9 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Literature Resources on the Internet
In this seminar, participants will receive an overview of literary resources on the Internet.
March 21, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Medianet
This seminar features hands-on practice in accessing and searching the Medianet database for films and videos managed by Audio-Visual Services.
Jan. 19, Feb. 22, 3-4 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
MEDLINE
MEDLINE indexes more than 3,600 journals in the fields of health, biomedicine, clinical medicine, nursing, veterinary science and dentistry.
Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Multicultural and Diversity Resources
Feb. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Music
March 15, 1-3 p.m.
April 5, 10 a.m.-noon
Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
NEXIS
Participants will learn how to effectively negotiate the NEXIS library and file structure and search a full-text database. (Note: LEXIS/NEXIS is available only for Penn State faculty, staff and students engaged in course-related research. Participants must present a valid Penn State ID at the workshop.)
Feb. 9, 26, 10 a.m. - noon, Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Psychology databases
Feb. 21, 10-11:30 a.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
Women's studies databases
Feb. 22, 5-7 p.m., Tower Room 402, Central Pattee Library
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