Faculty are invited to attend the Information Literacy Roundtable where we will discuss ideas to foster collaboration in information literacy courses. How can we work together to improve learning outcomes? What are some ways we can assess student learning?

Come to the Library Instruction Room, LC1306, in the Learning Commons @ Perry Library on Friday, September 7 at 10:00 am.

The library will be offering its first EndNote training session via Adobe Connect on Monday, August 6, 4-5:30pm. Learn how to collect references from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic references. You will also learn how to import and format references in your Word document (Cite While You Write).

All you need is an Internet connection. On Monday at 4pm, go to http://connect.odu.edu/endnote and login in as a guest -- we'll meet you there. Contact Karen Vaughan - kvaughan@odu.edu or 683-4184 - to register, or for more information.

For instructions on installing and using EndNote, see the how-to guide for using EndNote on the library's website.

Thursday, August 2, 10:30-noon, Learning Commons Room 1306
Monday, August 6, 4-5:30pm, via Adobe Connect

Learn how to collect references from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic references. You will also learn how to import and format references in your Word document (Cite While You Write).

If you bring your own laptop, we ask that you already have EndNote X5 downloaded. See the how-to guide for EndNote on the library's website.

Contact Karen Vaughan - kvaughan@odu.edu or 683-4184 - to register.

EndNote workshops are scheduled for:

Saturday, July 21, 10:30am-noon, Learning Commons Room 1306
Thursday, August 2, 10:30-noon, Learning Commons Room 1306
Monday, August 6, 4-5:30pm, via Adobe Connect

Learn how to collect references from the library’s databases and export them into EndNote, a powerful tool for organizing and managing bibliographic references. You will also learn how to import and format references in your Word document (Cite While You Write).

If you bring your own laptop, we ask that you already have EndNote X5 downloaded. See the how-to guide for EndNote on the library's website.

Contact Karen Vaughan - kvaughan@odu.edu or 683-4184 - to register.

Using EndNote with Library Databases!

Saturday, April 7, 10:30am - noon
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. Instructions and information available from the Tutorials & How-Tos link on the library web site.

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

"Get to Know EndNote Web" at one of the workshops we're offering just for you!

Meet in the Learning Commons Instruction Room 1306 to learn how to use EndNote Web to collect, organize, and format citations for your research papers.

     Tuesday, March 27, 8:30-9:15am
     Wednesday, March 28, 4-4:45pm
     Thursday, March 29, 12:45-1:30pm

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

"Searching Databases in Sciences & Engineering," a workshop geared toward faculty and graduate research, will be held on Thursday, March 22, from 10:00 am–11:00 am in the Learning Commons Instruction Room 1306.

The University Libraries have access to many electronic databases in the sciences and engineering. This workshop will highlight some of the most popular and heavily used databases and describe new and improved features that allow you to gather more in-depth information in an efficient and effective manner.

Contact Edward Wladas at ewladas@odu.edu or 683-5910 to register.

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.