Library Presentations Archive

ARTStor: See What's in Store!

Date: Thursday, March 25, 2-3:30 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenters: Kate Joranson, Allison Brungard & Emily Cantin, Reference Librarians

Infuse your teaching, research, papers, and presentations with high-quality, high-resolution images. ARTstor contains images that are useful in teaching African-American Studies, Literature, Music History, and Foreign Languages, in addition to Art History. ARTstor's high-resolution images allow you to easily zoom in on images such as maps and detailed photos, deepening and extending classroom discussions, lectures, and presentations.

ARTstor is an online database containing nearly one million digital images in art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences. Extensive collections document artistic and historical traditions across many time periods and cultures and will be of interest to a wide range of disciplines. In this 90-minute session, participants will learn to:

Find and view images
Organize images into folders
Download images for use in presentations
Share ARTstor content through Blackboard
Participants will also preview the ArtStor Offline Image Viewer (similar to Power Point, but enhanced image-viewing features)

NOTE: Reservations required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Book Study: My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture

Date: Tuesday, March 23, 12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Location: 707 Rockwell Hall
Discussion leaders: Laverna Saunders and Barbara Adams (Library & Academic Integrity Committee)

Professors are reminded almost daily that many of today's college students operate under an entirely new set of assumptions about originality and ethics. Practices that even a decade ago would have been regarded almost universally as academically dishonest are now commonplace. Is this development an indication of dramatic shifts in education and the larger culture? In a book that dismisses hand-wringing in favor of a rich account of how students actually think and act, Susan D. Blum discovers two cultures that exist, often uneasily, side by side in the classroom . . . My Word! opens a dialogue between professors and their students that may lead to true mutual comprehension and serve as the basis for an alignment between student practices and their professors' expectations. (Publishers Summary)

Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, Academic Integrity Committee and Gumberg Library

The first 10 people to register get a free copy of the book.

RSVP to 412.396.5177 or cte@duq.edu or http://www.sites.duq.edu/cte/events/registration.cfm.

Documenting the Impact of Your Scholarship

Date: Friday, April 9, 11-12:30 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenters: David A. Nolfi, MLS, AHIP, Health Sciences Librarian & Julie Motyka, MSLS, Reference Librarian
Discussants: Dr. Judith Bowman, University Promotion and Tenure Committee; Dr. David Seybert, Dean and Professor, Bayer School of Natural & Environmental Sciences

The workshop’s goal is to help faculty members make the case for excellence in scholarship by using tools such as citation analysis, journal metrics, and other methods. Newer faculty who are just starting to publish can also benefit by using these tools to develop effective publishing strategies. This year’s presentation will include new techniques for assessing the author and journal impacts.

Following the presentation, participants will have hands-on opportunities to use the tools and begin documenting the impact of their own scholarship. The workshop will conclude with a discussion about using scholarship data in the promotion and tenure process.

Reservations are recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

DuCat Basics

The library's catalog offers more than just books. Learn how to search DuCat efficiently, link to full text, request items to be held for you, and renew your items online.

Date: Friday, Sept. 10, 1-2 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenter: Ted Bergfelt

Getting Started with RefWorks

Dates: Thursday, March 11, 3-4 p.m.
Thursday, April 15, 3-4 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Keep track of your research and create bibliographies with RefWorks, an online bibliographic management tool that is FREE to all Duquesne users. We'll show you how to create an account, create and import references, and generate a bibliography.

Reservations are recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Gumberg for Graduate Students

Graduate students are invited to learn what services and resources your library has to offer in one of these orientation sessions.

Date: Wednesday, Sept. 8, 12-1 p.m. OR 5-6 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenter: Allison Brungard

Keeping up with Google Scholar –Legal Materials and Patents

Date: Monday March 22, 1-2 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenters: Ted Bergfelt, Reference Librarian & Kathryn Fowler, Instruction Librarian

Google Scholar is still in beta testing but has recently added the ability to search for and read the full text of opinions from U. S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts. Citations to articles in law journals can also be searched. Along with these legal materials, patents can be searched as well. Come spend an hour reviewing the basics and exploring these new features.

Reservations are recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Perspectives on Preparing Undergraduates for Research and Publishing

Many of Duquesne's undergraduates have the potential to present and publish their scholarship with advice and encouragement from faculty and the readily available research and writing support offered by Gumberg Library and the Writing Center. Panelists will offer strategies for guiding undergraduate students wishing to conduct research for publication and presentation.

Panelists: Norm Conti (Sociology), Patrick Miller (Philosophy), Sarah Woodley (Biology), Jim Purdy (English & Writing Center), Diana Sasso (Gumberg Library)
Date: Monday, Oct. 4, 1:45 - 3 p.m.
Location: 505/506 Rockwell

*Handout: Undergraduate Research Resources
Bibliography

Cosponsored by Center for Teaching Excellence, Gumberg Library, Writing Center and Office of Research.

RSVP to 412.396.5177 or cte@duq.edu or http://www.duq.edu/cte/events/registration.cfm

RefWorks for Thesis and Dissertation Writers

Dates: Monday, March 15, 4-5 p.m.
Monday, April 19, 4-5 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library

After attending “Getting Started With RefWorks,” come to learn more about additional features, adding in-text citations and footnotes, and how to format a paper and bibliography from within RefWorks.

Reservations are recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Scopus

Drop in for an introduction to this important, comprehensive research tool. Find out how to use Scopus to search the scholarly literature of any discipline.

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 19, 3-4 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenter: Barbara Adams

Using the NEW PubMed Effectively

Date: Wednesday, Feburary 17, noon -1:30
Location: 408 Gumberg Library
Presenters: David Nolfi, Health Sciences Librarian & Ted Bergfelt, Reference Librarian

This hands-on session focuses on effectively using the powerful searching tools in the recently updated PubMed search engine. Any student or faculty member in the health sciences, biology, health care ethics, or any discipline that deals with health matters will benefit from attending. New users will have the opportunity to learn PubMed basics, while experienced users will learn how to construct searches in the new PubMed interface introduced late last fall. The session will focus on several topics including:

Creating searches using new search screens
Interpreting search results using new PubMed filters
Finding full text articles
Accessing free electronic books through PubMed
Using Special Queries to facilitate searching

Reservations are recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Back to Basics	Need a quick introduction or a refresher on library resources? Drop in to one of these hands-on sessions. Don't forget to bring your questions!

First Fridays	Be the First to Find Out! This series presents innovative ways for students, faculty and staff to use technology and information resources.

First Fridays Archive	Description of of previous programs with links to handouts and videos when available.

Scholars Series	These presentations are tailored to the needs of scholarly researchers including faculty and graduate students. They provide hands-on experiences and the opportunity to explore information resources in depth or with a focus on specific disciplines.

First Fridays Fall 2009 Series

Twick or Tweet? Social Media's Place in Scholarship

New! View the Video Presentation from the Oct. 2 session

Social media tools are becoming increasingly important in scholarship, particularly in terms of tracking trends in various fields of research and study, as well as in widening the scope of academic research and placing it into a global context. The presenters will demonstrate ways in which scholars could use popular, freely available tools to join and create online communities and use them for collaboration and continuing education. Participants will learn:

How social media is being incorporated into scholarly processes (including faculty promotion decisions)
Strategies for discovering other scholars on social media sites
How to raise their own visibility using social networking
How to use microblogging to follow a scholarly conference

Date:	Friday	October 2	11:00-12:30

Online Collaboration: Sharing Research and Scholarship to Increase Productivity

New! View PowerPoint Slides from the Dec. 4 session

Faculty and students collaborate not only with Duquesne colleagues, but also with peers at other institutions. When collaborating on research, papers, presentations, etc., scholars often share relevant citations to research of mutual interest. Online collaboration tools can make this task easier and faster. This workshop will examine several of these tools, including RefShare, del.icio.us, CiteULike, Connotea, and StumbleUpon. It will discuss the advantages of using online collaboration tools and demonstrate the characteristics that will allow attendees to make informed decisions in selecting and using collaboration tools suited to their needs.

After completing this workshop, participants should be able to:

Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of such tools as RefShare, del.icio.us, CiteULike, Connotea, and StumbleUpon
Select appropriate online collaboration tools for individual research and scholarship needs
Use a designated collaboration tool to share a citation or website with the instructor

Date:	Friday	December 4	11:00-12:30

All sessions held in 408 Gumberg Library. Reservations recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Scholars' Series

Find It in Scopus!

Presenters: David A. Nolfi, Health Sciences Librarian & Julie Motyka, Reference Librarian

Do you love the breadth of Google Scholar but find that it sometimes lacks the sophisticated tools that you need in a research database? If so, Scopus will likely provide the answer you are looking for. Scopus is Gumberg Library’s most comprehensive, full-featured literature searching resource. Subjects covered include:

Life & Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences & Humanities
U.S. & International Patents

In addition to standard literature searching tools, Scopus enables you to do citation searching, determine author impact, and compare journals using quantitative metrics. Because Scopus draws from such a large number of scholarly and scientific disciplines, it enables you to find articles that you might not find when searching several other databases. The best news is that Scopus is easy to use, and you should be able to begin doing sophisticated searches in a short period of time.

Date:	Friday	November 13	11:00-noon

Using the NEW PubMed Effectively -

New! Download PowerPoint Slides from the Dec. 1 session

Presenters: David Nolfi, Health Sciences Librarian & Ted Bergfelt, Reference Librarian

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has officially launched the new version of PubMed, and subsequently this change will affect PubMed @ Duquesne. Starting October 28th, the old version of PubMed is no longer available. Some highlights of the redesign include:

A streamlined PubMed homepage
Easier to find free full text
An advanced search screen layout that is similar in appearance to EBSCOhost and ProQuest
Enhanced results displays designed to help you limit or expand your search

One thing that has not changed is that you can still use the Gumberg Library “Find It” button to find full text or connect to ILLiad. As always, you can locate the “Find It” button by clicking the article title in PubMed @ Duquesne.

If you have questions, please contact David Nolfi, Health Sciences Librarian, 412.396.4931, or see the NLM Technical Bulletin.

Date:	Tuesday	December 1	4:00-5:15 p.m.

All sessions held in 408 Gumberg Library. Reservations recommended but not required. Contact Lisa Sciulli at sciullie@duq.edu or 412.396.5346 to register.

Teaching Students to Evaluate Information with the Relevance Credibility Model

Presenters: Greg Barnhisel (English) and Ava Cipri (English)

The Relevance/Credibility Model is a tool for assessing the appropriateness of an information source for a particular assignment. The model provides students with specific criteria and questions to ask when looking for information. It also offers a simple equation, Relevant + Credibility = Good Source, which helps students identify unsuitable information (e.g., too scholarly or untrustworthy). All Duquesne courses that satisfy the Core information literacy requirement use this model. In this session, faculty and teaching assistants will become acquainted with the model, practice using it in hands-on exercises, and learn from instructors who have used it and be able to ask them questions.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence

Date:	Thursday	November 19	1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Location:	Berger Gallery	207 College Hall

Back to Basics

DuCat Basics

Learn how to…

Search DuCat efficiently
Link to full text
Request items to be held for you
Check your account and renew items online

Date: Tuesday Sept. 16 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Finding Full-text Basics

Learn how to...

Link to full text from DuCat, research databases, Google Scholar, and our A to Z list
Check for full text in print
Request full text from other libraries

Date: Tuesday Sept. 30 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Salt of the Earth

Film showing and discussion co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Catholic Social Thought. Salt of the Earth is considered an important film in the history of labor, feminism, immigration, and the historical treatment of Americans of Hispanic descent. Faculty panel includes Dr. Perry Blatz, Dr. Jay Dwyer, from the History Department, and Dr. Linda Kinnahan from the English Department. Event is FREE. Refreshments will be served.

Date: Wednesday Sept. 24 Film: 6 p.m. Discussion: 7:45 p.m.
Location: Duquesne Room 3rd floor Student Union

Scholars' Series

Documenting the Impact of Your Scholarship

Date: May 11, 2009, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Presenters: David A. Nolfi, MLS, AHIP, Health Sciences Librarian & Julie Motyka, MSLS, Reference Librarian

Discussants: Dr. Jim Weber, University Promotion and Tenure Committee & Dr. Paula Witt-Enderby, Faculty Senate President

Description:

The workshop’s goal is to help faculty members make the case for excellence in scholarship by using tools such as citation analysis, impact factors, and other methods. Newer faculty who are just starting to publish can also benefit by using these tools to develop effective publishing strategies. Following the presentation, participants will have hands-on opportunities to use the tools and begin documenting the impact of their own scholarship. The workshop will conclude with a discussion about using scholarship data in the promotion and tenure process.

No registration is necessary.

Ethics, Theology and Philosophy Resources for Scholars

Date: May 11, 2009, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Presenters:

Sandee Collins, MA, MLS, Ph. D. Cand., Library Director, Byzantine Catholic Seminary
Jeff McCurry, Ph. D., Director, Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center
Sydney Walden, MLS, M.Div., MA, Reference Librarian

Description:

The workshop’s goals are to familiarize faculty members and graduate students with new and existing digital collections in their fields, demonstrate how to locate hard to find interdisciplinary and ecumenical materials, and exhibit resources available in the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center.

First Fridays

Uncovering Hidden Treasures: Public Domain Resources

Date: Friday March 6, 2009 11 a.m. Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Presenters: Matthew Boyer (music), Leslie Lewis (images and videos), Sydney Walden (religious studies and philosophy), and Robert Behary (classics)

Description:

The number of public domain resources made available by libraries, universities, and individuals, is growing exponentially. Ready access to these materials is a boon for scholars, teachers, and students; however, this flood of materials makes it difficult to find the best sources and keep abreast of newly released collections and sites. In this 90 minute workshop, participants will learn how to determine when content is available in the public domain, with special emphasis on music, images, videos, and philosophy, theology, and classics texts. Problems with reliability and age of editions will be examined through selected examples. Finally, participants will learn how to capture/download files for use in Microsoft Office applications, such as Word or PowerPoint.

Download Public Domain Resources presentation materials here.

iGoogle, You Google, We can Google Together! Using Google Collaboration Tools

Date: Friday April 3, 2009 11 a.m. Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Presenters: Allison Brungard, Robert Behary, Diana Sasso

Description:

Faculty and students often collaborate with peers at other institutions, sharing documents, planning and scheduling meetings, and creating web sites. This 90 minute workshop will introduce simple and free ways to collaborate using tools offered by Google.

The New “E” in Reference Sources

Date: Friday May 1, 2009 11 a.m. --noon Location: 408 Gumberg Library

Presenters: Barbara Adams, Reference Librarian and Brian Rogers, Information Assistant

Description:

Where have all the reference books gone? Discover the convenience of anywhere-anytime access to authoritative, scholarly reference materials for quick look ups and in-depth study. Learn how to find familiar sources and newly added e-reference books online starting from the Gumberg Library’s web site. Find out more about how Duquesne University faculty and students can use the library’s growing e-reference collection for courses and personal knowledge.