Night Owls at the CLIC [Curry Library Innovation Commons]
HOO You, U.Va. students, faculty, and staff
WHAT Free one hour workshops on using library resources
WHEN 5:30pm-6:30pm August and September
WHERE Curry Library Innovation Commons [CLIC] classroom, 3rd Floor Ruffner Hall
HOW Bring your brownbag dinner. No registration required.
August 26– Research Accounts
Learn to set up and use accounts to help you with your research. Back up your papers and dissertation using your Home Directory account, access journal databases and full text journals from off-Grounds using a VPN account or Proxy account (also see a screen capture overview of connecting from Off-Grounds), use public computers on-Grounds in the library and computing labs with your eservices account (you should have one automatically), access your class reserve materials by logging on to your UVaCollab account, and request journal articles and books U.Va. doesn’t own using your Interlibrary Loan account. Although technically not an account, you will probably want to set up your laptop so you can print to public printers on-Grounds. You will then be able to use your university I.D. as a debit card (referred to as Cavalier Advantage), so that you can pay for printing in the library and various ITC labs on-Grounds. And, of course, if you have a laptop, you will want a wireless account so you can use your laptop on-Grounds!.
August 27 – RefWorks Basics
is a web-based bibliographic management software designed to help you manage citation information. This class covers opening a RefWorks account, creating folders for you research topics, searching the online catalog and databases such as PsycINFO and then downloading the citations into RefWorks, creating a bibliography in APA with the click of a button, accessing the articles full text from home by clicking on the 
button in RefWorks, setting up defaults such as APA as the citation style and University of Virginia as the online catalog, and resources you can access to help you learn RefWorks. We have also included here the sample WORD document that lists TERMS you can paste into the RefWorks NOTES field to help guide you reading of research articles and facilitate note taking. To help you set up an account,you might want to view this 2 minute tutorial, "How to Register for a RefWorks account. "
September 1 – Using Library Databases and Google Scholar for Your Research
Learn to effectively search databases such as Education Full Text, Education Research Complete, ERIC, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Web of Science's Cited Reference Search, and Dissertations and Theses Full Text. Learn to maximize your use of Google Scholar. See how Google Scholar also provides citation information and how you can set up your computer so that you can search Google Scholar and import Google Scholar citations into RefWorks.
September 7 – RefWorks: Advanced Write-N-Cite
Learn how RefWorks can automatically create your bibliography while you write your paper using WORD. Included here is the sample WORD document that lists TERMS you can paste into the RefWorks NOTES field to help guide you reading of research articles and facilitate note taking. Here is a WORD document we will use to practice using Write-N-Cite. You must have a RefWorks account to attend this workshop.
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association has a new 6th edition. To get a quick overview of the changes in the 6th edition view this tutorial from the APA.
September 15 –RefWorks Advanced: RefShare, RSS Feeds
Need to share your research with others? Maybe you want to be able to review new articles on a topic or in a specific journal without going to a database. This workshop will show you the tools in your RefWorks account to help you do that and more. You must have a RefWorks account to attend this workshop.
September 17-RefWorks
is a web-based bibliographic management software designed to help you manage citation information. This class covers opening a RefWorks account, creating folders for you research topics, searching the online catalog and databases such as PsycINFO and then downloading the citations into RefWorks, creating a bibliography in APA with the click of a button, accessing the articles full text from home by clicking on the button in RefWorks, setting up defaults such as APA as the citation style and University of Virginia as the online catalog, and resources you can access to help you learn RefWorks. If there is time, Write-N-Cite may also be covered. We have also included here the sample WORD document that lists TERMS you can paste into the RefWorks NOTES field to help guide you reading of research articles and facilitate note taking. To help you set up an account,you might want to view this 2 minute tutorial, "How to Register for a RefWorks account. "
Need more information? Contact Kay Buchanan at 434.982.2664 or kaybuchanan@virginia.edu .