Daily Archives: October 17, 2014

Transfer Students! Interested in learning about library services and resources? Sign Up Now!

Library Instruction - UMass Dartmouth LibraryThe Claire T. Carney Library is offering sessions for transfer students who wish to learn about services and resources. Freshmen get an introduction to the library in first year English classes. This is your opportunity.

Location of the class will be determined by how many people sign up. After you register you will be contacted with a confirmation and location.

While these sessions are geared to transfer students, anyone may sign up.

  • Monday, October 20, 2014 , 2 pm Lorraine Heffernan
  • Thursday, October 23, 2014 , 2 pm Zac Painter
  • Monday, October 27, 2014 , 11 am Linda Zieper
  • Tuesday, October 28, 2014 , 1 pm Linda Zieper
  • Monday, November 3, 2014 , 10 am Zac Painter
  • Thursday, November 13, 2014 , 9 am Zac Painter

For further information or to register, please contact Elizabeth Winiarz at
ewiniarz@umassd.edu or by calling x8696. If none of these times fit your
schedule, please let us know and we will try to schedule a time for you.

RefWorks Workshops at the Claire T. Carney Library

RefWorks Instruction Sessions - Sign Up!

RefWorks allows you to create your own database of references. You may then use those references in a bibliography or you may cite references in your paper and RefWorks will format your paper and bibliography in any style that you choose.

The Library is offering sessions to help beginners and advanced users. These sessions are open to both students and faculty. Bring your laptop to follow along and set up your own account. Rooms will be scheduled when we see how many people register for each session. Your registration will be acknowledged and you will receive the location of your class.

Please RSVP for a session by contacting Liz Winiarz at ewiniarz@umassd.edu
or call Liz at x8696 if you have any questions. If none of these times fit your schedule, please let Liz know.

Beginners will learn:

  • How to open an account
  • Basic citation importation
  • How to create and organize folders in your account
  • How to link to your paper in MSWord
  • How to create a basic bibliography

Advanced sessions will focus on:

  • Importing from other sources (web pages, RSS feeds, and other databases)
  • Editing references
  • More viewing and sorting options
  • Checking for duplicates
  • Troubleshooting problems

Beginner

  • Tuesday, October 21 , 2014 12noon-1pm Elizabeth Winiarz
  • Thursday, October 23, 2014 10 am Elizabeth Winiarz
  • Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10 am Hilary Kraus
  • Thursday, November 6 , 2014 2pm Hilary Kraus
  • Wednesday, November 12 , 2014 2pm Hilary Kraus

Advanced

  • Thursday, November 6, 2014 10 am Elizabeth Winiarz
  • Monday, November 10, 2014 10 am Elizabeth Winiarz
  • Thursday, November 20 , 2014 2 pm Elizabeth Winiarz