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Spring 2013 research workshops

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

Each quarter the reference librarians at the Anderson Academic Commons offer a number of free, general workshops on a variety of resources. The workshops are open to current DU students, faculty, and staff and they teach skills to make your research more efficient and effective.

This spring quarter we are offering workshops on finding books and articles (including a tour of the new library!), using RefWorks, Google tools, research and grant funding, and more. To see the complete schedule and sign-up for a workshop, please go to goo.gl/r5gDs.

If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Forbes, Associate Dean for Student and Scholar Services, at (303) 871-3407 or email carrie.forbes@du.edu.

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Organize Your Personal Book Collection

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

As you build a personal library of books and other resources at home, you can take advantage of some websites that will help you keep your personal collection organized.  Just as the University subscribes to RefWorks so you can keep your scholarly articles and other readings organized, there are several free websites that provide the same function for popular reading materials.

LibraryThing – This website “is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from anywhere—even on your mobile phone. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth.”  LibraryThing is very popular with librarians and other bookish people.

GoodReads – From their about page, they say that “Goodreads is the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. We have more than 7,000,000 members who have added more than 240,000,000 books to their shelves. A home for casual readers and bona-fide bookworms alike, Goodreads users recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they’ve read and would like to read, find their next favorite book, form book clubs and much more.” As you can see, book readers also enjoy using this service.

Shelfari by Amazon is another popular service. They say it “is a community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers.  Create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favorite books – all for free.” If you are a heavy user of Amazon, you should consider using Shelfari.

If you need any more information, there are plenty of good reviews of these three services from librarians and other readers.

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Sign-up for a Research Workshop!

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Each quarter the reference librarians at Penrose offer a number of free general workshops on a variety of topics. This Fall quarter we are offering workshops on searching Summon@DU, using Google, finding and citing images, making bibliographies with RefWorks, locating grant information, citation searching, finding foreign language materials, and using blogs for research.

Workshops are open to current DU students, faculty, and staff. Due to the library renovation, all workshops take place in the Sturm computer labs or online through Adobe Connect. The location of each workshop is noted on the schedule. Questions can be directed to Carrie Forbes at carrie.forbes@du.edu.

Please see the Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule for more information.

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Sign-up for a Spring Research Workshop!

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Each quarter the reference librarians at Penrose offer a number of free general workshops on a variety of topics. This Spring quarter, we are offering worshops on finding books and articles, using Google, finding and citing images, making bibliographies with RefWorks, locating grant information, citation searching, and understanding journal impact factors.

Workshops are open to current DU students, faculty, and staff. Workshops take place in the Research Instruction Room on the main floor of Penrose Library, or online through Adobe Connect. Online workshops are specifically noted. If you sign up for an online workshop, you will receive information via email on how to access the virtual classroom.  Questions can be directed to Carrie Forbes at carrie.forbes@du.edu.

To see the complete schedule and register for a workshop, please see http://tinyurl.com/PenroseResearchWorkshops.

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Sign-up for Free Research Workshop!

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Each quarter the reference librarians at Penrose offer a number of free general workshops on a variety of resources. The workshops are open to current DU students, faculty, and staff. This Fall quarter we are offering workshops on finding books and articles, Google tools, RefWorks, research funding, citation searching, managing your online reputation in Facbook and Twitter, business and company research, and 18th century British digital collections. Workshops take place in the Research Instruction Room on the main floor of Penrose Library. Due to limited seating, please RSVP for any workshop(s) you would like to attend. To see the complete schedule and sign-up for a workshop, please go to our Library Research Workshops page.

If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Forbes, Instruction Coordinator and Reference Librarian, at (303) 871-3407 or email carrie.forbes@du.edu.

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Tips on Citing Sources

Friday, April 30th, 2010

At this time of the quarter, we frequently gets lots of questions at the Research Center on how to make bibliographies and format citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago styles. Many students find the bibliography to be one of the most time-consuming aspects of finishing a paper or project. To help alleviate some of the stress, we would like to offer some tips on citing sources correctly, but also quickly and efficiently.

Remember that you must always cite your sources in a paper whenever you use a direct quote or base your ideas on another person’s work. Representing another person’s ideas as your own is a form of plagiarism and a violation of the DU Honor Code. Citations also allow your readers to locate and further explore the sources you consulted.

1) Use quick reference guides which are available for various citation styles. These guides list the most common reference formats in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. Citation style guides can be found online at DU Writing Center and OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab). Penrose Library also has a number of citation guides and books available from our research guide on Style Manual and Citation Guides.

2) Check for citation information in the Penrose Library databases. Many of the library databases will give you the citation information in a specific style. In most databases, this feature is available on the same screen as the email, print, and save options. For example, in Academic Search Complete, you have an option to retrieve the citation style from the citation/abstract page. Please be sure to double check the citations though as the information is not always 100% correct.

3) Use RefWorks or a similar bibliography manager. Bibliography managers, such as RefWorks, let you export citation information on books and articles into a personalized database. You can then have RefWorks create a bibliography for you in a variety of citation styles. RefWorks is also useful for keeping track of all the various sources that you are using. To get started using RefWorks, please browse through our RefWorks guide. A list of additional citation managers can also be found on our Cool Tools page.

4) Ask for help! Both the Research Center and the Writing Center can help you with any questions on how to properly cite a source.

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