Start making room on your bookshelves!

The Wilson Library Fall Book Sale
Thursday, November 13 - Friday, November 14 • 2008
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Wilson Library Basement

Thousands of used books for sale:
every subject from mineralogy to Mamie Eisenhower (whose 112th birthday is November 14!).

Prices on Thursday: $2 per book
Prices on Friday: $1 per book (until 1 p.m.)
Bag sale after 1 p.m. on Friday ($5 per bag)

For more information, contact Mark Desrosiers at desro004@umn.edu.

See you there!

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Time: Thursday, November 6, 2008 • 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Walter Library, Room 310

Learn the basics of using RefWorks, the Web-based citation manager that is available to all U of M faculty, students and staff. Adding references to RefWorks will be covered, as well as exporting them to Word, and selecting a style (MLA, APA, etc) for your bibliography. See www.lib.umn.edu/refworks/ for more details about RefWorks.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX75

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Time: Thursday, October 30, 2008 • 1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Location: S30C - Wilson Library

Whether you are preparing your dossier, a grant proposal or just wanting to see how some of your own works have been considered by your peers, this workshop is intended to help you better understand the core databases, web sites and tools available to you for advanced citation research. The first part of the session is presentation style and the last part will allow you time for hands-on work in the databases or using some of the tools develop to help you manipulate citation data from different sources.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX269

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Encyclopedia of Applied Physics
• URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/eoappphys
• Location: WALTER Sci/Eng Reference QC5 .E543 1991

Provides the basic principles and in-depth coverage of all technically pertinent areas of modern-day physics, coupled with technological applications from real life. Key subject areas covered include the basics, methods, and applications—as well as all the neighboring fields of physics and engineering. The encyclopedia comprehensively covers such specific topics as: optics, laser physics, solid state and semiconductor physics, atom and nuclear physics, and biophysics.

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Time: Thursday, October 23, 2008 • 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: S30C - Wilson Library

Explore online resources for studying religion from a variety of perspectives: history, textual studies, classical studies, anthropology, sociology, and psychology. Learn about new library services to support your work. Research tools including ATLA, Encyclopedia Judaica, Oxford Islamic Studies Online, and more will be covered. Session is led by the librarians in the four subject fields: Laura Dale Bischof (Classical Studies), Susan Gangl (Religious Studies), Laurel Haycock (Psychology), and Nancy Herther (Sociology & Anthropology). NOTE: There will be an OPTIONAL 1/2 hour beyond the listed time for more hands-on searching plus a brief tour of print and CD resources in Wilson Reference. See flyer.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX279

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Time: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 • 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Walter Library, Room 310

With Google, you already search the web, share photos/movies/music, map directions, and discover new things...but there are some tools you may have missed. This web search engine is on a mission to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible." So let's explore the new tools and technology that pair Google-efficient tools with library-quality results to weave together a rich information web that goes beyond just the World Wide Web. We'll look at tools such as Google Docs, RSS Reader, Google Scholar, and iGoogle Research Gadgets that will help you access, evaluate, and share information in an easy collaborate environment.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX260

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Time: Thursday, October 16, 2008 • 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: S30C - Wilson Library

Election Day is fast approaching and voters are dealing with an overload of candidate information and platform positions. How does someone sift through the massive amounts of information to find the deciding factors in determining their final vote? Don't miss this opportunity to hear about sources, sites, and search techniques to make the sifting easier.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX272

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Time: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 • 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Walter Library, Room 310

This workshop, intended for graduate students and newer faculty in the sciences, will help you identify appropriate journals to which to submit your article and discuss how to manage your rights when signing a contract with a publisher. Join your colleagues to share your ideas and discuss the issues you face as an emerging academic author.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX246

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Time: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 • 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Walter Library, Room 310

Getting ready to do a poster at an upcoming conference? Learn pointers about using PowerPoint to create the poster as one giant slide, and send it to a large-scale printer.

Register for this course: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX148

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ORBIS (2 interfaces)
• http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/orbis and http://www.lib.umn.edu/get/orbis_mint

A global product that integrates information held across BvDEP's company information product range. ORBIS includes full searching facilities and global standard report format for in-depth international searching and analysis. ORBIS has information on over 43 million companies:

• about 50,000 publicly quoted companies worldwide
  
• nearly 30,000 banks and over 8,000 insurance companies
  
• over 19 million European companies from 46 countries
  
• over 15.5 million US and Canadian companies
  
• over 6.5 million South and Central American companies
  
• over 1.3 million Japanese companies and 300,000 Chinese companies
  
• over 220,000 African companies.

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Time: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 • 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Location: Magrath Library Instruction Room - St. Paul

Learn how to use IRIS, SPIN, and Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for grant opportunities. Setting up e-mail updates on specific subjects will also be covered, as well as how to find internal U of M funding sources. Resources for the course are listed on the Web site of the Office of the VP for Research, http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/

Register for this course: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX18

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Time: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 • 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: S30C - Wilson Library

Election Day is fast approaching and voters are dealing with an overload of candidate information and platform positions. How does someone sift through the massive amounts of information to find the deciding factors in determining their final vote? Don't miss this opportunity to hear about sources, sites, and search techniques to make the sifting easier.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX272

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Time: Monday, October 6, 2008 • 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: AHC Learning Commons, 535/545 Diehl Hall

Learn how to exploit Google to your advantage! Our advanced tips and tricks will help you get the most out of your Google searching. We will also show you how to use Google to find scholarly articles, patents, ebooks, government documents, and more. This class will have a health sciences focus.

Register for this workshop: http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/#eventidXX220

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