Web of Science Platform Upgrade
Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science platform received some very helpful upgrades over the summer making searching, discovering, managing and analyzing easier than ever. See below for more information on the new features and click on the image to see online tutorials and demos! While new and updated platforms can provide a plethora of exciting and […]
Tech Trends w/ Tara: Cloud Computing
(image courtesy digitizor.com) Everything seems to be going into “the cloud” these days. You might be thinking it’s quickly become one of those meaningless phrases like “Web 2.0” which seem to mean everything and nothing at the same time. Yet, cloud computing is the latest buzz term for good reason. It’s going to play a […]
Facebook Campaign Week 4: Lord of the LIKES
Welcome to September! This month, we’re trying to score 250 new LIKES on our Facebook page. Each week, we’ll have Treasure! Events! and Prizes! as an incentive for you to click that thumbs-up button and spread the word! THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Treasure Library (ongoing) We’ve hidden coins around Cudahy Library and the Information Commons! When […]
Speaker Series: Baird Harper
Featured Speaker: Baird Harper Featured Topic: “Revenge and Other Good Reasons to Write Fiction” Date & Location: Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:00 p.m. Richard Klarchek Information Commons, 4th Floor Lake Shore Campus 1032 West Sheridan Winner of Chicago Tribune‘s Nelson Algren Short Story Award, for “My Thoughts While Cooling Down on the Hotel Veranda”, Baird […]
Did You Know?: Ask a Librarian
Did You Know? You can ask a librarian for research assistance! Now that the semester is well underway, we are all beginning to settle down and think about what we need to accomplish before finals! Do you need to do research for papers or projects? Are you looking for scholarly journals, primary sources, statistics, government […]
Commonalities: Faculty Dialogue Series / E-textbooks
Electronic Textbooks Join Dean Robert Seal of the University Libraries 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? What about e-textbooks? Stop […]