When you can't fit a CaseLearns class into your schedule, learn more about RefWorks with free training webinars. RefWorks is the web-based, software-free citation manager that easily takes care of all your research results—importing, managing, and creating bibliographies for you!
Offered by RefWorks directly to its licensed customers, the complimentary Webex webinars allow you to learn more, by watching online. Register online for these upcoming 2008 webinars:
RefWorks Advanced Features:
After you're familiar with the basics, learn how to edit multiple references, set preferences for view/print/sort, manage your list, use RefGrab-it, work offline & more. Prior RefWorks skills & experience required, to get the most out of this session.
- Wednesday, April 2, 1:00 pm
- Thursday, April 10, 10:00 am
- Tuesday, April 15, 10:00 am
- Thursday, April 24, 10:00 am
KSL Wants Your Student Comments at a LunchTalk on Thursday!
Do you ever wish the Case Catalog worked more like the sites you use on the web? Thursday is your chance to give us that input as host a LunchTalk for students and work with Optiem to develop the "next generation" catalog for you!
For instance, you could:
- Tag items you've had a hard time finding
- Find things easier, with a 'discovery layer' on top of the catalog structure
- See a 'cloud tag' of suggested good terms to search with, instead of trying to figure them out yourself
- Read & write reviews on catalog items, like "useful for SAGES XXXX"
KSL had LunchTalks last year & used student input for the recent KSL homepage redesign. We're using the same method to redesign your research catalog. We're ordering lunch from Quizno's, so we need your RSVP so we can order enough food!
Come for lunch, we want to hear what you'd like to see when you search a catalog. RSVP and help make a difference!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Noon-1:15 p.m.....
KSL Dampeer Room, 2nd floor. Limited seating. RSVP Required.
RSVP to smithcontact@case.edu & tell us if you'd like a vegetarian option.
Example, cloud tag (See the 'best' search results):
Comments will be gathered from staff, faculty, and librarians in other sessions.
OhioLINK Home Page Redesign Features Case E-Journal Portal
OhioLINK's redesigned home page tailors the page to authenticated users—for Case, this means our eJournal Portal is a prominent feature on the left-side of the page!
Now you can use the eJournal Portal from both the KSL or OhioLINK homepages. Type in your journal title, and if it is available online (via a subscription or from within a database) you'll see the places & links to find it, along with the years of online availability.
The new OhioLINK homepage is streamlined, and still gives you quick links to the Electronic Journal Center (EJC), databases, dissertations, ebooks, and more. In the top center of the page you can do a QuickSearch across several databases or just do a search for books or media, etc.
Use the Case eJournal Portal whenever you need an online journal article, keeping in mind that the print versions (older or very recent) might still be available in print at any of the Case Libraries. Do a Case Catalog search for your journal, to check for print copies. Online access requires authentication via VPN or Library PIN.
The 4th Freedman Center Faculty Fellows Program announces the informational lunch meeting for this year's application process. Designed to showcase the opportunities and potential of the Freedman Center, the program introduces faculty fellows to new technologies and information resources that can then be used to develop new curricula. Six chosen faculty will attend a one-week (June 16th-June 20) seminar and learn how multimedia tools and new resources can result in new teaching methods & new student learning & skills.
An informational lunch meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 4th, 2008 and is required for applicants. Details will be discussed about the program, schedule, offerings, & further requirements, and applications also will be available at that time. Read more about the program, RSVP & attend the lunch meeting, and consider applying!
Lunch Meeting Friday, April 4, 2008
KSL Lower Level Room 01
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
The Stone Oven catered box lunches (turkey, ham, beef, tuna, vegetable)
RSVP with lunch preference: Thomas Hayes or at 216-368-6513
Now you can catch up on the news from your home country, read timely coverage of world events—or brush up on your language skills, with the new International News Commons (INC) resources at KSL!
Stop in KSL's Lower Level if you love international news, and visit the INC. You'll find:
- 30 international newspapers printed in KSL on the publication date (no waiting for delivery via courier service!)
- 9 other international titles from traditional subscriptions
- SCOLA TV showing 24x7 international news on a large plasma screen
- SCOLA schedules (posted by the plasma screen & on the KSL International News Commons webpage)
- comfortable, varied lounge furniture—booths & tables, tall cafe tables & chairs, movable seats with arm-rest-tables
The Kelvin Smith Library Lower Level also has vending machines so you can get a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa to go along with your paper. Vending machines also offer bottled beverages & snacks.
Whether you enjoy seeing or reading the news, or would like to share language interests with others (perhaps at the same time also polishing your verbal skills in other languages), make the KSL Lower Level International News Commons your next destination!
Oxford Reference Online Premium now supports Boolean searching with 'and' 'or'" and 'not' and has a wealth of advanced search tips available in Using the Search Tools". Oxford Reference Online Premium also has many resources to help with your research, including a convenient list of collections, from American, British, German, & Italian literature, Edwardian fiction, Plays, Twentieth Century literature, and much more.
Oxford Refrence Online Premium databases are licensed for Case through our OhioLINK membership and require an active VPN connection, or OhioLINK remote authorization with your Case Account Number and your Library PIN.
KSL takes a break & adjusts hours as Spring Break 2008 begins. KSL opens an hour later each morning, and closes in mid-evening. And since 24x7 is available only when classes are in session during Fall and Spring semesters, 24x7 takes a break, too!
Sunday, March 9: Closed
Mon-Thurs, March 10-13 : 9-8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 14: Closed
Saturday, March 15: 9-5:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 16: Noon-Midnight
24x7 resumes at the close of regular business hours on Sunday, at Midnight, and continues through the semester until finals conclude in May. Enjoy Spring Break!
Discover the visual arts through the diversity of women and their historic accomplishments. The 2008 honorees showcase women artists from the 1800s to contemporary artists like Judy Chicago. In the "Biography Center," read about former honorees such as Abigal Adams, First Lady and women's rights advocate in the late 1700s & early 1800s; Bella Abzug, Congresswoman; Maya Angelou, author and poet, and others.
Take the quiz "Test Your Knowledge of Women's History" (answers included) and see if you can name the first woman to run for president, the first licensed woman doctor in the U.S., and when girls were allowed to join Little League teams! Find it all, in the March KSL Research Spotlight.
Brian Gray, Engineering, Math, and Statistics librarian at Kelvin Smith Library, received a Quantum2 InfoStar award at the recent midwinter conference of the American Library Association. Quantum2 awards feature information professionals with individual achievement in leadership, innovation, and partnerships in teaching & learning.
Brian earns the first academic librarian InfoStar award from Thomson Scientific, a major vendor of research resources such as ISI Web of Knowledge, Journal Citation Reports, Endnote, and more.
"It wasn't just honoring me, but honoring the library as a whole,for all things we've done," Brian said when learning about the award. Brian has dual offices, both in KSL and in the Engineering school about 10-20 hours a week, bringing KSL to where classes and faculty are. The InfoStar Award page has an interview that features his work and Kelvin Smith Library.
Thomson's main page will highlight Brian's award along with former InfoStars, for approximately one month. The photo here was taken on the ALA exhibit floor, where thousands of colleagues had a chance to meet him, learn about the award and Quantum2 leadership programs, and meet Thomson senior staff like Betty Jo Hibbard, Quantum2 Management Team, pictured below with Brian.
ISI Web of Knowledge and Journal Citation Reports are available to faculty, staff, and students at Case and can be found on the Research Tools page, from the KSL homepage. An active VPN connection is required for remote access, as well as your Case network ID & password.
Take a break during your midt-term studying at KSL on Wednesday evening March 5, and get some study snacks in the KSL lobby, courtesy of USG.
Sponsored by the Academic Affairs Committee of Undergraduate Student Government, USG invites you to stop by the table & meet USG representatives—and enjoy the snacks that will help fuel your late night studying during mid-terms!
When you stop to get your snacks, also take a minute to answer the 3-question survey on 24x7 service. KSL wants to know how 24x7n service matters to your academic work!
Fuel for your mind, USG Study Break & Snacks
8:30-11:30 p.m., Wednesday March 5
KSL says "good luck on your midterms" and provides the arrangements for the USG Study Break & Snacks.
