This year the Janet D. Greenwood Library will offer a monthly series, “What is the Library doing for me?” to inform faculty, staff, and students about library services and new products. To R.S.V.P. or comment, please contact Liz Kocevar-Weidinger at x2445 or kocevarweidingerea@longwood.edu.
| Session | Date/Time |
|---|---|
| What is LibX? | Wednesday, September 26th, 3 – 4 p.m. |
| What is the Learning Center? | Wednesday, October 17th, 3 – 4 p.m. |
| What is RefWorks? | Wednesday, November 14th, 3 – 4 p.m. |
LibX – What is LibX?
What can it do for me? What can it do for students?
| When: | Wednesday, September 26th, 3 – 4 p.m. |
| Where: | Library Computing Center, 2nd Floor Children’s Collection |
| Presenter: | Mark Lenker, Assistant Instruction/Reference Services Librarian, Janet D. Greenwood Library |
LibX modifies your Internet browser to provide direct access to the Library’s resources from most locations on the web. For example, if you see an interesting book at Amazon.com or the New York Times Review of Books, or an article in Google Scholar, you can check to see if the Library owns it with a single mouse click. It also allows you to search directly from the references page of online documents – even PDFs!
Learning Services – What is the Learning Center?
What can it do for me? What can it do for students?
| When: | Wednesday, October 17th, 3 – 4 p.m. |
| Where: | Library, Room 147B |
| Presenter: | Rebecca Sturgill, Learning Center Director, Janet D. Greenwood Library |
Topics for discussion will include the following: what is the role of our Learning Center; what services does the Learning Center offer and to whom; does learning assistance make a difference in students’ success; how critical is faculty support; and what can faculty do to support student use of the Learning Center? Come and discuss strategies faculty, campus administration, learning support center personnel, and students can use to optimize learning and success.
RefWorks – What is RefWorks?
What can it do for me? What can it do for students?
| When: | Wednesday, November 14th, 3 – 4 p.m. |
| Where: | Library Computing Center, 2nd Floor in the Children’s Collection |
| Presenter: | Liz Kocevar-Weidinger, Instruction/Reference Services Librarian, Janet D. Greenwood Library |
RefWorks allows you to generate your personal bibliographic database by importing references from online databases into your own web-based account. These references can then be integrated into papers and can also be used to format bibliographies.
During this session, you will create a personal Refworks account on the web, create a database of cited literature by importing references from online databases, and learn how to organize references and generate bibliographies.