If you missed the all-day EndNote training sessions, you can still get help. EndNote offers video training, webinars, and they have a YouTube channel.

Go to http://www.endnote.com/training for many of your needs. Or, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/EndNoteTraining/videos for brief training on many EndNote features.

The Library also offers a page full of help. From the "Tutorials & How-tos" link, click "Use EndNote" under How-tos. We'll be offering another Grad/Faculty workshop on Saturday, April 7.

For undergraduate students, we have 3 EndNote Web workshops scheduled for March 27, 28, 29.

Learn about the "new" American Factfinder and how to use it for Census 2010 data.

Contact Judy Trump at jtrump @odu.edu to register for the workshop.

When: Thursday, March 15, 1-2 pm
Where: Learning Commons Instruction Room 1306

EndNote is a great tool to help you …
… save and organize articles and other materials you find while conducting your research
… create in-text citations and works cited pages in proper citation style while typing your paper
… collaborate and share references with others (EndNote Web)

On Monday, March 12, Donna Kirking* will be in the Learning Commons Library Instruction Room 1306 teaching four in-depth training sessions on using EndNote.

Please plan to attend one or all of the following sessions:

    9:00-10:30 Building an EndNote Library
    11:00-12:30 EndNote Cite While You Write

    1:30-3:00 EndNote Web for EndNote Users
    3:30-5:00 EndNote Advanced: Tips & Tricks

Registration is not required but will help with our planning. Contact Karen Vaughan, kvaughan@odu.edu to register or for more information. Refreshments will be available!

*Donna Kirking is a Senior Product Trainer and has been providing technical support and training in EndNote for Thomson Reuters for over 12 years – she was an EndNote user before that.

Graduate students and faculty are invited to attend Using EndNote with Library Databases!

Thursday, March 1, 2:45 - 4:15 pm
Learning Commons Instruction Room 1306

Learn how to collect citations from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic citations. If you bring your own laptop, we ask that you already have EndNote downloaded. Contact Miriam Bridges at mbridges@odu.edu or 683-4169 to register.

Be sure to check the Workshops & Programs page on the library's web site to learn about more workshops.

Come to the Learning Commons Conference Room 1 (1310) for an instructional training session on how to remove viruses and malware from your computer using McAfee Anti-Virus and Malwarebytes Anti-malware. You'll also learn how to perform your Operating System updates.

OCCS (Office of Computing and Communications Services) is providing this training at the following times:

    Wednesday 02/29 @ 11am
    Thursday 03/01 @ 3pm 2pm
Mark your calendar!!

"Get to Know the Databases" at one of the workshops we're offering just for you! Get a quick introduction to our research databases and some of the techniques you can use to get the best results.

Meet in the Library Instruction Room (1306) of the Learning Commons for any of these sessions:

   Tuesday, February 28: 8:30-9:15am 9:30 - 10:15am
   Wednesday, February 29: 3:00-3:45pm
   Thursday, March 1: 12:45-1:30pm

Note: Undergraduate workshops are intended for individuals, not full classes.

Great News! EndNote X5 (for PC and MAC) is now available on the OCCS Downloads page. Go to the library's "Tutorials & How-tos" page for information on how to install and use EndNote: http://www.lib.odu.edu/researchassistance/endnote.htm

The library's next EndNote workshops for graduate students and faculty are scheduled for:

   Thursday, March 1, 2:30 pm - 4 pm
   Saturday, April 7, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Learn how to collect citations from the library’s database and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic citations. If you bring your own laptop, we ask that you already have Endnote downloaded.

Contact Miriam Bridges at mbridges@odu.edu or 683-4169 to register.

The Virtual Computer Lab is a software system that provides 7 X 24 X 365 computer access to applications and systems for anyone that has access to a basic computer. Topics to be covered include making a reservation and connecting with the remote client.

Monday 02/20 @ 11am
Tuesday 02/21 @ 2pm

Learning Commons Conference Room 1 (1310)

Having Gmail as your student email also allows you to access several other Google Applications. We will discuss some of the more uncommon features of these applications as well as using these applications for collaboration.

Tuesday 02/14 @ 9am
Wednesday 02/15 @ 1pm

Learning Commons @ Perry Library Conference Room 1 (1310)

Learning Commons Services and Technologies

On Tuesday, February 7, from 10-11am, faculty are invited to attend a workshop about Learning Commons Services and Technologies.Discover all the resources and services you and your students can use in the Learning Commons. Meet at the Learning Commons Help Desk. Contact Nancy Schafer at nschafer@odu.edu or 683-4183 for details.

What's New in Information Literacy

On Friday, February 10, from 2-3pm, come to the Learning Commons Instruction Room 1306 and find out What's New in Information Literacy. If you've taught or are planning to teach information literacy & research as a general education requirement, please come to this informative session and hear what's new with the modules, quizzes, and assignments. We'd also like to know what more the library can do for you. Contact Joleen Westerdale at jwesterd@odu.edu or 683-4141 for details.