Spring workshops

We are offering a series of free workshops to help you make the most of the library's tools and services. You can sign up @ http://scwlibrary.eventbrite.com >>

Thursday, March 15 – Manage Your References with RefWorks (Online via Wimba)

RefWorks helps you organize and manage your references as you work on a paper or project. Learn how to move references directly from the databases to your own RefWorks account, cite your sources easily, create bibliographies, and insert references into your research paper as you write it. Sign-up required; you will receive access instructions through email.

Date & time: Thursday, March 15 -- 1:00 to 1:45pm
Location: Online
Instructor: Linda Beninghove


Thursday, March 22 – Analyzing Citations using Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science 

Citation searching and bibliometrics can help you determine how much impact an author has in a field and which journals are considered the best in a field. This workshop is important for students, researchers, and faculty thinking about publishing, writing a thesis or dissertation, or applying for promotion or tenure. Light refreshments will be served.

Date & time: Thursday, March 22 -- 1:00 to 1:45pm
Location: Library training room 204
Instructor: Linda Beninghove.


Thursday, March 29 – Serious Social Networking and Searching the Deep Web 

Learn about online tools you can use to craft a professional presence and network on the web, while protecting your reputation and privacy. The deep web, also known as the invisible web, consists of content that you won't find through general internet searching. Search engines have difficulty indexing certain kinds of web pages (i.e., PDFs and dynamically-created pages), but there are tools to help you find this "hidden" information. This workshop will introduce you to searchable databases and explain why some pages are "invisible" to search engines. Light refreshments will be served.

Date & time: Thursday, March 29 -- 1:00 to 1:45pm
Location: Library training room 204. 
Instructor: Valerie Forrestal.


Thursday, April 5 – Research Training for Graduate Students

Are you a graduate student? Do you need to find high-quality journal articles and books to support a paper that you’re writing? This training session will introduce you to the professional and scholarly library research databases available to all Stevens students through the library website. Highly recommended for all graduate students. Light refreshments will be served.

Date & time:  Thursday, April 5 -- 1:00 to 1:45pm
Location: Library training room 204.
Instructor: Linda Beninghove.


Thursday, April 12 – Research Training: Finding Articles and eBooks (Online via Wimba) 

Do you need to find high-quality journal articles and eBooks to support a final paper that you’re writing? Learn efficient and effective ways to navigate the library’s online resources. Highly recommended for online students. Sign-up required; you will receive access instructions through email.

Date & time: Thursday, April 12 – 1:00 to 1:45pm
Location: Online
Instructor: Linda Beninghove.


Thursday, April 19 – Business and Industry Research

The library’s access to business & industry databases can help you with your job searching, personal investing, and course work. We’ll introduce Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage, Value Line, Lexis-Nexis Academic, Datamonitor Reports, Plunkett Research, Mergent Online, and Gartner Research. Light refreshments will be served.

Date & time: Thursday, April 19 -- 1:00 to 1:45pm
Location: Library training room 204.
Instructor: Linda Beninghove.