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

Books on the 4th floor east side are now accessible to all. Thanks for your patience!

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.

Perry Library and the Learning Commons will be open the following hours during Spring break:

    March 4 (Sun): Closes 5:00 pm
    March 5-6 (Mon-Tues): 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
    March 7 (Wed): 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
    March 8-9 (Thurs - Fri): 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
    March 10 (Sat): CLOSED
    March 11 (Sun): Opens 1:00 pm

Spring break hours for the Diehn Composers Room and Hofheimer Art Library:

    March 4 (Sun): CLOSED
    March 5-8 (Mon-Thurs): 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    March 10 (Sat): CLOSED

For the full list of library hours, go to Hours & Information on the library Web site.

Have a wonderful break!!!

During Spring Break, equipment loans will still be available at the Learning Commons Help Desk.

7-day loan equipment that is checked out Friday March 2 - Sunday March 4 will have a due date of Monday March 12.

Update: Books with call numbers L7.T37 to ML 410.B4L597 are now accessible. Books with call numbers from ML 410 .B4L597 to PA6217 remain inaccessible.

Perry Library book collections on the east side of the 4th floor are temporarily inaccessible because of construction and clean-up work currently underway. Books in call number areas L1 – PA6217 (including education, music and art subjects) are sealed off and inaccessible to both patrons and library staff. Paging materials for patrons is not currently an option.

Until the clean-up is completed, you may consider one of the following options:

» Use Interlibrary Loan to request these materials. Arrival time usually ranges from 3-10 days.
» Find out if the book you need is available through a Virginia Tidewater Consortium (VTC) library. If it is, you can obtain a Consortium card at the 2nd floor Circulation Desk which allows you to check materials out from these local area libraries (faster than using interlibrary loan).

Please contact staff at the Learning Commons Help Desk or Circulation Desk for assistance.

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.

On Monday, March 5, 2012, from 12:30pm to approximately 3pm, the interlibrary loan system ILLiad will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. The Interlibrary Loan office will remain open for pick up and drop off of materials, but users will be unable to place requests for new materials or check the status of existing requests. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the ILL office at 757-683-4170 or libill@odu.edu.

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.