The Arts and Humanities will be offering a series of
training sessions this semester. Content is geared toward Arts and Humanities
staff, but all Libraries' employees are welcome to attend. Sessions
are from 10:00-11:00 a.m. in W211A, the instruction room near the Music
and Media Center on the second floor of West Pattee.
October 10
Dan Mack will discuss new online reference works
and periodical indexes in ancient history, classical literature, German
studies, and religion.
October 17
Eric Novotny and others will highlight new online reference
resources including, new titles in the Gale Virtual Reference Library,
Oxford African-American Studies Online, and Oxford Reference Online.
November 7
Bill Brockman will demonstrate new databases including
British Periodicals and 18th Century Journals Online
November 14
"Finding Statistics for the Humanist" Stephen
Woord will provide an overview of basic statistical resources available
from the government as well as a brief foray into statistics from gathered
from opinion polls.
November 28
U. S. Historical Documents - Eric Novotny
This session will be rescheduled for next semester.
December 5th
"Changes in Art and Architecture Databases
& interfaces." Henry Pisciotta will demonstrate some new arts
databases and some new interfaces for old ones. Learn how to mix powerful
new "database cocktails." Was the demise of the Research Library
Group actually good for arts researchers?
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