Library Tours and Workshops Semester 1 2008

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 Dates and Times


*PC = Palmerston Campus
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
3 March
1pm
  5 March
5pm
  7 March
12pm
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
10 March
1pm
4 March
3:30pm
12 March
5pm
6 March
11am
14 March
3:30pm
Finding Articles
30 minutes
How to find newspaper and journal articles using three major databases.
Learn how to use CrossSearcher to find out what databases are useful for your area.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  15 April 1pm

 

3 April 12noon

 
Avoiding Plagiarism
30 minutes

What is plagiarism and tips for how to avoid being accused of it.

Workshop run by Geoff Etches from Student Support.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
17 March 12noon  

2 April 12noon

13 March 12noon

 
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
  18 March 12noon      
Finding Statistics
30 minutes
How to find stats from government departments, international sources and Australian Bureau of Statistics. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
        28 March 12noon
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
25 March 1pm 1st April 1pm   10 April 1pm  
Finding Theses
1hour
Theses in CDU Library
Australian Digital Theses
Other sources of theses
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
   

2nd April 2pm

14 May 2pm

   

Web of Knowledge
30 minutes

Find out who has cited your favourite author or is researching your topic.

Keep up to date with alerts & RSS feeds from the latest scholarly journals.

Search the grey literature - preprints, theses, dissertations, proceedings, technical reports

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    9th April 1pm    

Endnote
( Intro level)

1 hour

postgraduates & staff

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

Monday

7 April 3pm

12 May 3pm

Tuesday

18 March 11am

Wednesday

2 April 5:30pm

30 April 12noon

Thursday

27 March 12noon

17 April 11am

5 June 11am

12 June 10am

Friday

EndNote Advanced
(Endnote intro
pre-requisite)
1 hour

postgraduates & staff

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

Monday

19 May 3pm

Tuesday

Wednesday

7 May 12noon

Thursday

24 April 11am

5 June 12noon

12 June 11am

Friday

Advanced Information Skills

research postgraduates & staff

Essential skills for Researchers

ADT
InterLibrary Loans
Databases
Endnote
Citation Searching
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
      May 1st 9am-3pm  

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
      13th March 2-3pm  

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

 

 

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