Medical Research: CINAHL Workshop
Medical research can require using complex databases and advantaged searching strategies. In this workshop you’ll learn about some of Loyola’s premier medical resources, including Medline and CINAHL, and how to get the results you want. We will discuss helpful tools and features of medical databases, the best searching techniques, and easy ways to stay on […]
ArtStor: The World’s Art at Your Fingertips
This workshop is intended to introduce new users to the ARTstor image database — a growing and evolving collection of images related to art, architecture and the humanities. Topics will include: An introduction to the interface; Browsing and searching in ARTstor; Uploading image files from outside sources; Creating and managing folders and image groups; A […]
Getting the best out of JSTOR
It’s easy to find a lot of articles when searching in JSTOR, but it can be difficult to wade through all those results to find articles that are relevant. This session will cover advanced searching skills, such as proximity operators and relevance boosting, that can be used to improve your searches in JSTOR. Space is […]
Forum on Higher Education in the Humanities
Please join us for the Forum on Higher Education in the Humanities, sponsored by the Department of English, with funding from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the English Graduate Student Association Guest Speaker: Marjorie Garber William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Harvard University Topic: “After the Humanities” Wednesday, February […]
University Libraries Closed on MLK Day
The University Libraries will be CLOSED on Monday, January 17 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day. We are OPEN on Saturday, January 15 and Sunday, January 16. Holiday weekend hours for both locations are as follows: Sat: 10:00am-5:00pm Sun: 12:00pm-midnight Mon: CLOSED Spring Semester hours begin on Tuesday, January 18.
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series
February 11: iPads, Kindles and Other Tools in the Classroom Join Father Kevin Gillespie for a conversation about electronic textbooks. What textbook will you be using next semester? Have you considered not using a textbook or relying on electronic books and resources for your classes? How are iPads and Kindles impacting higher education? Your class? […]