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January 26,9-10:30 a.m.,Clark Lab February 8,9-10:30 a.m.,Clark Lab
Mit einem Mausklick-Finding European Language Resources Online
This workshop is designed to acquaint area-studies and foreignlanguage students and faculty with the many kinds of finding aids for European publications, whether printed or electronic. Following a short introduction to catalog, database and World Wide Web searching, participants will learn how to mine the KU Libraries' online catalog, electronic periodical indexes, full-text resources, and World Wide Web sites for nuggets of information outside the English language. Each workshop will have two sessions, one of which will focus on resources in the social sciences and the other on resources in the humanities. Participants should be familiar with the basics of electronic catalog searching: bibliographic fields, Boolean logic, the different types of research materials available, and with the basics of Internet searching. Interested persons who feel they lack these skills are encouraged to sign up, either through the KU Libraries or through Academic Computing Services, for workshops covering these areas.
February 5,1:30-3:20 p.m., Watson Conf.A
February 9,7-8:50 p.m., Watson Conf.A
Need to Make a Map? Resources Available in the T.R. Smith Map Collection
Maps are useful tools for conducting research and for illustrating its results. Knowing where to find ready-to-use maps or the information to make your own maps is a starting point in cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This workshop will describe the range of cartographic materials held in the T.R. Smith Map Collections and how to find and use them efficiently. An abbreviated tour of the printed maps and atlases in the Map Library will explain their systematic arrangement by geographical regions and subject matter. Strategies for finding maps will also be discussed.The workshop will also discuss electronic data in the form of CDROM maps, atlases, and geo-referenced data suitable for map making. Sources for maps on the World Wide Web will also be mentioned. Some examples will be demonstrated, both to suggest potential uses and to indicate the computer resources of the Map Library.
April 14, 1:30-4:20 p.m., Map Library
New Resources in LGBT Studies
In this workshop, participants will examine new resources in the KU Libraries for the study of lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender issues. Reference materials, subject headings journals, and Web sites will be examined. Participants will receive copies of the 1999 edition of the Libraries Guide for Readers: LGBT Studies.
April 6,3-4:30 p.m., Watson Reference
Electronic Resources in History and other Social Sciences
Intended for students in the research methods seminars in history, this workshop will introduce the wide variety of electronic resources for historical research. Other relevant socialsciences resources will be presented as well. Students interested in this workshop who feel unfamiliar with the KU Libraries are strongly encouraged to attend one of the general Watson Library tours offered at the start of the semester as general familiarity with the use and the scope of the Online Catalog,with the types of materials the Libraries own,and with their locations will be assumed.
February 12, 1:30-3:20 p.m., Watson Conf.A
February 11,1-2:50 p.m.,Watson Conf.A
February 16,7-8:50 p.m., Watson Conf.A
Religious Studies Resources
This workshop will introduce participants to a variety of electronic and print reference tools in the field of religious studies. Guides to the literature as well as collections of sacred texts
will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on resources concerning Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
February 11,2:30-4 p.m., Watson Reference
Research Tools for Theses and Dissertations
An important part of writing a dissertation is surveying the literature and tracking trends on the chosen topic. In this basic workshop, participants will learn how to use the Online Catalog, Dissertation Abstracts, citation indexes, and KU UnCover. (Note: Other workshops in this series cover core literature databases in specific fields.)
February 14,1-3 p.m., Regents Center A
March 6,1-3 p.m., Regents Center C
Searching Library Databases I:
Improving Search Skills
Participants in this session will learn fundamental searching skills, which may be transferred to many different databases. Using Expanded Academic ASAP, library staff will demonstrate valuable techniques to make searching more effective, including the use of Boolean operators (and, or, not), controlled vocabulary versus keyword searching, searching specific fields, truncation, and nesting. There will be considerable opportunities for hands-on searching and individualized instruction. This is a basic workshop, which is intended for individuals who have limited experience searching library databases. (Note: This workshop assumes basic familiarity with Windows applications.)
January 21,1:30-3 p.m.,Clark Lab January 27,10:30 a.m.-noon,Clark Lab
Searching Library Databases II: Exploring Networked Resources
Participants in these workshops will explore a number of the Libraries' networked databases in the subject categories listed below. Techniques for improving search results will be demonstrated. This workshop is designed for those who have fundamental database searching skills and/or some experience searching
library databases.
Humanities and Social Sciences January 28,1:30-3 p.m., Clark Lab February 5,9-10:30 a.m., Clark Lab Science/Technology
January 25,6-7:30 p.m., Clark Lab January 28,10-11:30 a.m., Clark Lab
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$35 for the period from January 1 through July 31, 1999. Students must be enrolled for the spring semester to renew their accounts.
Anyone with questions about the renewal process should contact acctappl@lark.cc.ukans.edu or call System Access at 864-0439.
E-mail Protocol, from page 2
folders that you use to organize your mail, are stored on your local disk and are only accessible through the mail client program on your personal computer.
IMAP clients can copy mail to your personal computer, but are usually configured to access both incoming messages and other mail folders on a server.This means that you can access all of your mail from any location where you have an IMAP client—your personal computer or the Budig Hall Student Computer Lab. Although the details of how your mail appears will differ depending on the specific client program you use, the same folders will be available from multiple locations.
For more information attend the ACS E-mail: Introduction and E-mail: Advanced classes (page 4), or the Lunch & Learn video, Mail System Servers (page 7).
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