Faculty Fridays: Work Smarter, Not Harder
The Furman Libraries will be offering a series of workshops for faculty this Fall. These hands-on sessions, called Faculty Fridays, will highlight services and products to save you time and energy. From crafting better Moodle links to receiving search results in your email, we can show you how to take your research to the next level! Handouts and resources are available online.
Bring your questions. Get answers – and snacks!
Online Library Resources in Moodle
Date: Friday, August 17, 2012
Time: Drop in anytime between 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: James B. Duke Library, Room 041
Tired of your Moodle links to library databases and eBooks breaking? Let us help you create links that will work on- and off-campus, term after term. Bring your list of resources to this hands-on workshop and leave with a properly linked Moodle course.
eBooks
Date: Friday, September 21, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: James B. Duke Library, Room 042
Overwhelmed by the world of academic eBooks? Let us show you the basics of tracking down an eBook through the Furman Library Catalog, and the possibilities for what you will encounter. Laptops will be provided, but you may want to bring the device you are most likely to use to read an eBook.
Search Alerts
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: James B. Duke Library, Room 042
Do you find yourself running the same search in the same database? Has the digital revolution made your awareness of your field a lot of work? Let search alerts do the work for you. Come let us show you how to create crafted database and journal results that are delivered right to your inbox.
Maximizing theSEARCH
Date: Friday, October 26, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: James B. Duke Library, Room 042
Confused by theSEARCH box on the library’s homepage? Not sure how to get quality results from the resource? Come learn more about what makes up theSEARCH, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to maximize your results.
Finding Impact
Date: Friday, November 2, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: James B. Duke Library, Room 042
What is a journal’s impact factor and what does it mean? In this workshop, we will talk about what an impact factor is (and isn’t), as well as show you how to find and compare them. We’ll also cover tools for tracking the times your work is cited and metrics for measuring the impact of that work.
Citation Creation & Management Tools
Date: Friday, December 7, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: James B. Duke Library, Room 042
Big projects often involve lots of research and complex bibliographies. Citation management tools and bibliography generators can help you organize the literature, share information with collaborators, and quickly create bibliographies. Find out more about these tools and how they can benefit your next research project.