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Dewey Graduate Library Workshops, Presentations & Tours

Fall 2008

Orientation Tour of Dewey Graduate Library	Minerva, University at Albany’s Online Catalog
Introduction to Research Databases	Social Welfare Research Seminar
Criminal Justice Research Seminar	Introduction to Research Sources in Information Science
Nonprofit Organizations-Information Sources	Introduction to Westlaw Campus
Conducting Research from Home	Introduction to Federal Public Policy Research
Evidence Based Practice	Using EndNote
Using the Web to Communicate and Collaborate

Orientation Tour of Dewey Graduate Library(Dewey Library Reference Desk)

Take a tour of the Dewey Graduate Library. Learn the basics about reserves, electronic databases, interlibrary loan, document delivery and more. This session does not fulfill the MSW information/computer literacy requirement.

Tues.	Aug. 26	11:00 a.m.
Thurs.	Aug. 28	3:30 p.m
Wed.	Sept. 3	4:30 pm
Thurs.	Sept. 4	4:30 p.m.
Fri.	Sept. 5	10:00 a.m.

Minerva, University at Albany’s Online Catalog

Learn how to locate books, journals, full text articles, and other materials in the Dewey ,University and Science libraries. Document delivery, electronic reserve and interlibrary loan will also be covered.

Thurs.	Sept. 4	3:30 pm
Wed.	Sept. 10	4:30 pm
Thurs.	Sept. 11	3:30 pm
Wed.	Sept. 17	10:00 am
Wed.	Dec. 3	10:00 am

Introduction to Research Databases

Research databases can help find relevant information on almost any topic. This session will introduce important concept s needed to effectively search any database. Specific databases and platforms will also be demonstrated.

Wed.	Sept. 3	10:00 am
Wed.	Sept. 10	11:00 am
Mon.	Sept. 15	4:30 pm
Tues.	Sept. 23	10:00 am
Wed.	Sept. 24	4:30 pm
Wed.	Oct. 15	4:30 pm
Wed.	Oct. 22	10:00 am

Social Welfare Research Seminar

Using Research Resources in Social Welfare. An introduction to using library databases, the library web page, and other Internet resources for research in social welfare. 1 1/2 hours.

Wed.	Sept. 3	2:00 pm
Wed.	Sept. 10	2:00 pm
Wed.	Sept. 17	4:30 pm
Wed.	Oct. 1	2:00 pm
Wed.	Oct. 8	4:30 p.m.
Tues.	Nov. 25	4:30 p.m.

Criminal Justice Research Seminar

Using Research Resources in Criminal Justice. An introduction to using library databases, the library web page, and other Internet resources for research in criminal justice. 1 1/2 hours. Not recommended for MSW students.

	Mon.	Sept. 22	1:00 pm
	Tues.	Sept. 23	4:30 pm

Introduction to Research Sources in Information Science

This session will introduce the beginning researcher to print resources, essential databases and Web sources for information science research. An opportunity for guided research on your topic will be provided. Not recommended for MSW students.

Mon.	Sept. 8	3:00 pm
Tues.	Sept. 16	11:00 am
Wed.	Sept. 24	3:00 pm

Nonprofit Organizations-Information Sources

This session will provide an overview to print, online and Internet sources of information regarding nonprofit organizations and their activities. 3/4 of the session will be hands-on use of electronic databases. Approximately 60 minutes.

Tues.	Oct. 28	4:30 pm
Thurs.	Oct. 30	4:30 pm
Fri.	Oct. 31	1:00 pm
Fri.	Nov. 7	1:00 pm

Introduction to Westlaw Campus

Westlaw Campus provides online access to the full text of federal and state statutes and regulations, federal and state appellate court decisions, law review articles, and a legal encyclopedia. This one hour session is hands-on and will cover finding documents using legal citations as well as constructing a key word search strategy.

Fri.	Sept. 12	1:00 pm
Thurs.	Sept. 25	4:30 pm
Fri.	Oct. 3	1:00 pm

Conducting Research from Home

Did you know that there are important reference works, full text databases and scholarly internet sites all available at your desktop? This session will provide an overview of important research resources that can be accessed from remote locations.

Tues.	Sept. 2	2:00 pm
Thurs.	Sept. 18	10:00 am
Mon.	Sept. 22	4:30 pm
Wed.	Oct. 1	4:00 pm
Tues.	Nov. 11	11:00 am
Tues.	Dec. 2	3:30 pm

Introduction to Federal Public Policy Research

This session will cover finding the legal authority for a policy, sources for legislative history, and sources evaluating federal public policies. The one hour session will be 1/2 lecture and 1/2 hands-on searching of electronic databases.

Tues.	Sept. 30	2:00 pm
Thurs.	Oct. 16	4:30 pm
Fri.	Oct. 17	1:00 pm
Tues.	Oct. 21	4:30 pm

Evidence Based Practice

This advanced research seminar will focus on how to find and evaluate research information for clinical social work practice. Prerequisite: Social Welfare Research Seminar. This is a one hour long class.

Wed.	Oct. 22	2:00 pm
Wed.	Oct. 29	2:00 pm
Wed.	Nov. 12	4:30 pm

Using EndNote

EndNote is a bibliographic management system that allows you to search online bibliographic databases, organize their references, and quickly generate bibliographies. This workshop will provide an introduction on how to use EndNote for term papers, reports and publications. Sessions will last approximately 90 minutes to allow some time for hands-on work.

Fri.	Sept. 19	10:00 am
Thurs.	Sept. 25	3:00 pm
Tues.	Oct. 7	4:00 pm
Tues.	Oct. 14	10:00 am
Thurs.	Dec. 4	3:30 pm

Using the Web to Communicate and Collaborate

Baffled by blogs? Wary of Wikis? Reluctant about RSS? This seminar will provide an overview of thse web communication/collaoboration tools and show examples of how they are currently being utilized. The instructor will show you where you can create your own blogs and wikis for free and how to subscribe to RSS feeds that will keep you up to date on the topic of your choice.

	Tues.	Oct. 28	3:30 pm
	Wed.	Nov. 19	3:30 pm