2008 Library Tours and Workshops

Unless otherwise specified all sessions are in the Casuarina Campus Library training room on level 2.
Bookings are essential for all sessions . Please click on the link to book . Workshops will only run with a minimum of three participants.

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Workshops at Alice Springs and Palmerston Campus Libraries can be arranged on request. Lecturers can request sessions for their students tailored to meet their subject needs from their liaison librarian.
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Workshop

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Workshop Dates and Times


*PC = Palmerston Campus
General workshops
My Library
30 minutes
How to use the catalogue. How to request a book that is out or at another campus. How to renew your books online.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
21July
1pm
  23 July 1pm    
Reading Lists
30 minutes
Finding things on e-reserve. How to interpret a reference. What to do if it isn't on e-reserve.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  22 July
1pm
  24 July
1pm
 
Finding Articles
30 minutes
Learn how to locate databases are useful for your area. Learn how to use CrossSeearcher.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  29 July 11am

6 Aug 11am

27 Aug 12noon

31 July 3pm

 

One hour three databases
1 hour
EbscoHost,Science Direct & Informit
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  20 Aug 11am

 

 

 

Creating a Reference List
30 minutes
Using Endnote web you will learn how to easily create a reference list in proper CDU Harvard style. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
28 July 1pm

26 Aug 11am

30 July 1 pm

13 Aug 1 pm

 

01 Aug 3pm
Legal Research for non law students
30 minutes
Learn how to locate cases on a topic, find legislation and articles discussing legal issues. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    28th Aug 11am  
Finding Statistics
30 minutes
How to find stats from government departments, international sources and Australian Bureau of Statistics. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    21st Aug 3pm  
Finding Theses
1hour
Theses in CDU Library
Australian Digital Theses
Other sources of theses
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
         

Web of Knowledge
30 minutes

Find out who has cited your favourite author or is researching your topic.
Search the grey literature - preprints, theses, dissertations, proceedings, technical reports

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
         

Endnote
( Intro level)

1 hour

EndNote stores and manages bibliographic references. This session includes tips on referencing and citing, inputting references, citing while you write and editing references.

Monday

 


08 Sept 9am

Tuesday

2 Sept 1pm

22 Sept
9am

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

EndNote Advanced
(Endnote intro
pre-requisite)
1 hour

Using references to create bibliographies, adding references using various styles; editing citations

Monday

Tuesday

 

Wednesday

Thursday

21 Aug 1pm

04 Sept
1pm

11 Sept
1pm

Friday

 

 

 

26 Sept 1pm

Workshops for Research students & staff

Advanced Information Skills

research postgraduates & staff

Essential skills for Researchers

ADT
InterLibrary Loans
Databases
Endnote
Citation Searching
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
     

25 Sept

9am

 

Tracking research
40 minutes

postgraduates & staff

track an idea or research forward and back in time
find out a journal impact factor
view citation rates of articles
shortcomings and suggestions for overcoming them

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
         

Advanced Word
3.5 hr
Postgraduates & staff

Focus on getting to grips with Master Documents, styles and formatting in MS© Word for your reports, thesis and collaborative documents.

Session is designed for;

  • post graduates writing their thesis,
  • post graduate supervisors and
  • research associates.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 

 

 

 

Education Research
1.5 hr
Postgraduates & staff

Learn to search the following Education databases more effectively:

  • Education Research Complete
  • ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
  • A+ Education
  • AEI-ATSIS (Australian Education Index – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset)
  • Edna (Education Network Australia) resources
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

18th August 9:00am

 

 

 

 

RecordSearch
2 hr
Postgraduates & staff

A 2 hour hands-on workshop that will focus on using RecordSearch, the National Archives Online Database.

Provides details of:

  • The Australian Government - over 100 years' of records created by government agencies as they document debates, decisions, actions and interactions
  • Commonwealth persons - papers and other records of prominent people such as governors-general, prime ministers, ministers, secretaries and High Court judges
  • the High Court - judges' notebooks, correspondence between High Court members, records of court judgements
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
19th August 9:00am

 

 

 
             

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