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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Library Hours During Spring Break

By Doug | Published: February 27, 2009
The library will be closed on Sunday March 1st.  Library hours for Monday March 2nd through Friday March 6th are 8am-6pm. The library will be closed Saturday, March 7th but will re-open with regular hours on Sunday, March 8th. View our hours page for more information.
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EndNote Training 2/26

By Joel | Published: February 25, 2009
On February 26 the University Library is offering a free EndNote workshop.  EndNote is bibliographic software that can help you create and format citations and bibliographies for research papers.  There is still space available. Please join us if you can. The workshop will be held from 12:30-1:30 in the classroom on the first floor of [...]
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Zotero workshop March 12

By Jason Puckett | Published: February 20, 2009
The library is offering a free workshop on Zotero, a Firefox plugin that makes it easy to save citations and automatically create bibliographies in Word.  It’s like having EndNote running inside your browser, and it’s easier to use! The Zotero workshop will be in Classroom 1, first floor of Library North next to Saxby’s, on Thursday [...]
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10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

By La Loria | Published: February 19, 2009
Here’s a step by step process for protecting your privacy on Facebook.  In a related story, Facebook has reorganized its Terms of Service. A company spokesperson clarifies the changes…but will users care?
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Learn Research Tricks Online

By La Loria | Published: February 19, 2009
Georgia State students–do you have a research paper to write, but you’re not sure where to begin?  Attend one of these basic library resource sessions to save yourself time and frustration. There are two remaining online drop-in sessions scheduled for Spring semester 2009.
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Put the Oxford English Dictionary in your browser

By Jason Puckett | Published: February 5, 2009
The Oxford English Dictionary Online has created a handy browser button for quick word lookups.  Just add a special link to your toolbar, then highlight any word on the web and click the link to look it up in the OED. Get instructions at the OED Online site.
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Learning Commons Theatre #2 Now Available!

By Sarah | Published: February 4, 2009
Frustrated by your research? These Georgia State University students learn the hard way that online research can be frustrating. They could have saved their time and dignity by visiting the Research Support Desk in the Learning Commons on the second floor of Library North. You can view this and the first installation on our YouTube channel. LC [...]
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EndNote Workshop 2/26

By Joel | Published: February 4, 2009
Thursday, February 26 at 12:30pm Library Classroom 1  This free crash course will teach you everything you need to know to get started using EndNote. Topics include entering and organizing your citations, connecting directly to online resources, importing citations from article databases, and using EndNote with Word to generate bibliographies. To sign up, please contact Joel Glogowski.
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New interface for Eighteenth Century Collections Online

By William | Published: February 4, 2009
In addition to the ability to cross-search Early English Books Online, enhancements to Eighteenth Century Collections Online include: Research Guide section for undergraduates with contextual essays and chronology Image Gallery, Most Popular Searches and Key Documents sections Citation generator and export functionality Expanded download and e-mail features Keyword in Context feature from results list
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WorldCat.org on your mobile phone

By David | Published: February 2, 2009
From OCLC Abstracts, Jan. 26, 2009: New pilot puts WorldCat.org on your mobile phone OCLC is pleased to announce the release of the WorldCat Mobile pilot—a program that brings WorldCat.org to hand-held communications devices, such as PDAs and smartphones. The new application was created in collaboration with Boopsie, Inc., a provider of software for mobile and cellular [...]
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