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Beyond the Basics in Finding Scientific Information
Anne Graham, Eileen Dorchner, Chris Sherratt
Tue Jan 14, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Need to find articles quickly and don't have time to come to the library? This session will show you how to access electronic journals, databases, and other online services for engineering and science disciplines. This session is designed for those who use the Science Library and/or Barker Engineering Library to locate information for others, such as administrative staff.
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, x3-7744, grahama@mit.edu

Copyright Issues and MIT Policy
Carol Robinson, Tracy Gabridge
Tue Jan 14, 10am-12:00pm, 1-390

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Hear a great talk about copyright and how it impacts MIT policies. Staff from MIT's Intellectual Property Office and the MIT Libraries will discuss topics germane to the MIT community. Get answers to questions such as: Who owns the copyright in the university environment? Does MIT own copyright of student work? What are the important issues for licensing electronic materials and content? Who owns the copyright to course materials? What about software copyright? What copyright issues should web authors think about for electronic materials? Related IAP activities include: "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: The Patent Process" on January 21st and "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: Patent Searching Fundamentals" on January 28th.
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu

Creative Pamphlet Making
Heather Kaufman, Kate Beattie, Chris Coughlin, Kristen Nummerdor
Fri Jan 10, 09am-12:00pm, 14-0513, Preservation Services Office

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 6 participants.
Single session event

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a simple, yet beautiful, book by hand? If so, please join the Preservation Services staff at the Libraries for a morning of creative pamphlet making. During the workshop, traditional techniques for folding pages, sewing pages together, and making a cover for a pamphlet will be introduced. We will provide a selection of blank text paper, decorated cover papers, and colored thread for participants to make two small pamphlets each.
Contact: Heather Kaufman, 14-0513, 253-5692, caldwell@mit.edu

DSpace Digital Repository
Margret G. Branschofsky
Wed Jan 15, 03-04:30pm, 14N-132
Fri Jan 24, 10-11:30am, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

The MIT Libraries' DSpace system is a dynamic repository for the digital intellectual output of MIT. It collects, preserves, indexes and distributes digital files in a variety of formats. See a demonstration of the system, and find out how you and your community can become contributors to this repository.
Web: http://www.dspace.org
Contact: Margret G. Branschofsky, 14S-M24, x3-1293, margretb@mit.edu

Document Scanning 101: Creating E-Versions from Paper
Keith Glavash, Christine Quirion
Wed Jan 22, 10:30-11:30am, 1-246

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Are you drowning in paper documents- technical reports, working papers, preprints, lab notebooks, whatever? Why not convert your paper files to a digital format, such as PDF? This workshop will include information on document preparation, scanning options, file formats, full-text searching and cost estimates. If you like, bring along a sample of what you've got.
Contact: Keith Glavash, 14-0551, 253-5667, kglavash@mit.edu

EndNote: Getting Started
Howard Silver
Wed Jan 15, 05-06:30pm, 14N-132
Thu Jan 23, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Tue Jan 28, 09:30-11:00am, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

EndNote is a "personal bibliographic software" package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. This session will be a hands-on practicum. Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed and other sources of published literature. You will learn how to search and manipulate databases, and to generate a manuscript and bibliography.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu

Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: Patent Searching Fundamentals
Carol Robinson, Tracy Gabridge
Tue Jan 28, 10am-12:00pm, 1-390

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

While you won't come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world, and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. Using patent literature is important for understanding competitive technologies, keeping abreast of current product innovations and more! See also the IAP activity: "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: The Patent Process" on January 21st.
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu

Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: The Patent Process
Carol Robinson, Tracy Gabridge
Tue Jan 21, 10am-12:00pm, 1-390

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Come and hear patent attorney Sam Pasternak of Choate, Hall and Stewart, and Jack Turner from the MIT Technology Licensing Office discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session covers a bit of patent history and a lot about the current practice, processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent. A portion of the session is devoted to your questions and answers. If you think you will ever invent something, you need to be here. See also the related IAP activity: "Everything You Wanted to Know about Patents: Patent Searching Fundamentals" on January 28th.
Contact: Carol Robinson, 10-500, x3-7749, csrobins@mit.edu

Find Full Text Fast!
Sarah Wenzel, Patty Durisin
Thu Jan 23, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none

News, reviews, research, trivia - we've got it all. Find out how to access quality full text information resources from your desktop. Bring your questions and your topics to this hands-on session, where you will learn how to search full text information resources for news articles, literary criticism, and much more.
Contact: Sarah Wenzel, 14S-200, x3-9349, swenzel@mit.edu

Find It Fast! with Electronic Resources
Patty Durisin, Sarah Wenzel
Wed Jan 22, 11am-02:00pm, Lobby 10

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none

Looking for information online? Need to find a news article or literary work? Want to know who's cited your published articles? Searching for fast facts? Find out how easy it can be! Attend one or all of these 15-minute demonstrations in Lobby 10 on January 22, 2003 between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.
"Yes, We Have the New York Times Full Text: How to Find Recent News Articles Online"
"Who's Cited Me? Online Citation Searching"
"From Shakespeare to Langston Hughes: Full Text Literature Online"
"Beyond Trivia: Fast Facts Online"
Contact: Patty Durisin, 14S-230, x3-4979, durisin@mit.edu

Finding Business Information for Engineers
Catherine Friedman, Pat Flanagan
Wed Jan 15, 01-02:30pm, 14N-132
Thu Jan 16, 10-11:30am, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None

A hands-on introduction to business research for engineers. The class will show how to take advantage of business databases available at MIT in order to efficiently gather information on industries, markets, products, and companies.
Contact: Anita Perkins, E53-100, perkins@mit.edu

For Light in the Shadows
Daniel Eppelsheimer
Sat Jan 11, 18, 25, 12-03:00pm, E53-210

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2003
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 19.00 for Film and development costs

4th time offered! Introduction to photography as an art form and its techniques. Light and controls will be demonstrated. Class members' technical skills will be individually enhanced to a minimum professional level. Participants will choose and complete a common class topic. The results will be critiqued.
Web: http://www.notny.com
Contact: Daniel Eppelsheimer, E53-100, x3-5676, dseppels@mit.edu

Info @ MIT for EECS Graduate Students
Tracy Gabridge
Wed Jan 22, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132
Tue Jan 28, 03-04:00pm, 14N-132
Wed Jan 29, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

If you don't know what INSPEC is and you are an EECS graduate student - you need to come to this session. Learn about powerful tools and techniques beyond INSPEC available to you for finding research, data and more in your field of study. Bring your current topic of research to use in the hands-on exercises.
Contact: Tracy Gabridge, 10-500, x3-8971, tag@mit.edu

Intermediate Social Science Data: Hands-on Update
Katherine McNeill-Harman
Mon Jan 13, 03-04:00pm, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event

Get a hands-on update of MIT's social science data resources. This interactive workshop will review major sources for social science data and update you on recent changes to tools such as the Harvard-MIT Data Center. This session is intended for researchers seeking an update of social science data resources.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/dewey/data/
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu

Introduction to MDL CrossFire Beilstein
Erja Kajosalo, Angie Locknar
Wed Jan 15, 10-11:00am, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This workshop will introduce you to the basics of finding information on organic compounds and their properties using CrossFire Beilstein. Chemical structure and reaction searching will be highlighted.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/crossfire/index.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, 253-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu

Introduction to MDL CrossFire Gmelin
Erja Kajosalo, Angie Locknar
Fri Jan 17, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This workshop will introduce you to the basics of finding information on inorganic and organometallic compounds and their properties using CrossFire Gmelin. Chemical structure and reaction searching will be highlighted.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/crossfire/index.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, 253-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu

Introduction to SciFinder Scholar
Erja Kajosalo
Wed Jan 22, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This workshop will introduce you to the basics of finding chemical information using SciFinder Scholar, the most comprehensive chemical database. Chemical structure and reaction searching will be highlighted, in addition to author and subject searches. Led by Amy Christuk, New England representative for SciFinder Scholar.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/links.html
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, 253-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu

Introduction to Social Science Data at MIT
Katherine McNeill-Harman
Mon Jan 13, 11am-12:00pm, E51-372

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Come learn how you can find and use social science data at MIT. This workshop will provide an overview of the types of social science data available, where you can locate it, and resources on campus to help you in your research process.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/dewey/data/
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu

Library Resources for Architecture & Planning Staff
Peter Cohn
Wed Jan 22, 12-01:30pm, Rotch Library

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Do you do library research for the professors you support? Need to find a book or journal but only have part of the citation? Don’t know whether you can get an article on your desktop? Not sure where to begin or whether there’s a quicker way to do it? New to MIT and don’t know much about the libraries? Come to this session to learn how to tap into our rich collection of library resources quickly and efficiently. While the session is tailored to the staff of the School of Architecture and Planning, all are welcome.
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, x8-5596, pcohn@mit.edu

Locating Geographic Data : Finding the Needle in a Haystack
Sarah Williams, Daniel Sheehan
Fri Jan 24, 01:30-03:30pm, 14n-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience

Have you ever wondered how to get geographic data off the Internet? Geographic data is everywhere, from information about sewer pipes to data about wetlands. This class will show you the in and outs of finding geographic data.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Williams, 7-238, x8-5598, sew@mit.edu

Looking Inside the Box: Discovering the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections
Nora Murphy
Wed Jan 15, Thu Jan 16, 10-11:00am, 14N-118

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

What do the Hetch Hetchy Dam, cybernetics, the sewing machine and the Wright Brother's Wind Tunnel have in common? All are documented in original correspondence, patents, memos, test results and other materials held in the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections, which holds MIT theses from 1868, copies of MIT publications, official records of the Institute, rare books and personal papers of many scientists and leaders in their field. Whether research is a class requirement, an avocation or an occupation, learn about the Institute Archives, its holdings and how you can use its many primary source materials for your research.
Contact: Nora Murphy, 14N-118, x3-8066, nmurphy@mit.edu

Mapping Address Locations: Introduction to Geocoding and Address Matching
Sarah Williams, Daniel Sheehan
Tue Jan 28, 12:30-03:00pm, 14n-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience req

Geocoding or address matching is a function of many Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This function allows users to take address locations and map them in a GIS system. Once mapped this data can be analyzed in a variety of ways to answer unique spatial questions. In this class students will learn how to map a database of address locations.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Williams, 7-238, x8-5598, sew@mit.edu

Mapping Census Data : Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Map Census Data
Sarah Williams, Daniel Sheehan
Fri Jan 31, 01-04:00pm, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 30-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience req

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow for the visualization and analysis of census data. Finding the right census tabulations and making a map that represents those tabulations is a useful research tool. In this class students will learn how to obtain census data and use it with ArcGIS.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Williams, 7-238, x8-5598, sew@mit.edu

Picture This!
Sheryl Wilhite, Sarah Wenzel
Wed Jan 29, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 DIRC

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 28-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event

Want to snag an online image to jazz up your paper or presentation? Don't know where to look? Can you download images for free? Confused about how to cite an image properly? This hands-on session will show how to find and search online image collections and databases, and how to capture the images.
Contact: Sheryl Wilhite, 7-304, x3-7098, swilhite@mit.edu

Researching Health Issues Online: Books and Articles
Louisa Worthington
Fri Jan 17, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event

Introduction to online books and articles available for researching health issues.
Contact: Louisa Worthington, E25-131, 253-6575, elworthi@mit.edu

Submitting an eThesis
Keith Glavash, Christine Quirion
Tue Jan 28, 02-03:00pm, 1-135

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

If you’re a graduate student getting close to completion of your thesis, or a graduate thesis administrator likely to be asked about the “e” option, this is the workshop for you! Come learn about this free and easy way to assure a high-quality copy of your masterpiece for the Digital Library of MIT Theses. PDF document conversion is included.
Contact: Keith Glavash, 14-0551, 253-5667, kglavash@mit.edu

The Basics to Geography Information Systems (GIS)
Sarah Williams, Daniel Sheehan
Tue Jan 21, 10am-12:00pm, 14N-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2003
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: no prerequisites

Geography Information Systems allow the user to ask unique spatial questions. This class is intended for those interested in the understanding what GIS is and how they may apply it to their field of study. Students will leave the class with a basic understanding of GIS terminology, data, and software and hardware.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Williams, 7-238, x8-5598, sew@mit.edu

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly : Determining and Creating Geographic Data Credentials (Metadata)
Sarah Williams, Daniel Sheehan
Mon Jan 27, 02:30-05:00pm, 14n-132

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 26-Jan-2003
Limited to 18 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience req

Have you ever wondered how accurate digital maps are compared to paper maps? Have you ever wondered how geographic data is made and who is responsible for its accuracy? Some of the mysteries behind the creation, use and storage of geographic data can be uncovered by understanding metadata. If you have ever created geographic data and don't know about metadata, this class is for you.In this class we will explore the basics to geographic metadata and look at the most widely used metadata standard, FGDC. We will also create FGDC standard metadata files.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Williams, 7-238, x8-5598, sew@mit.edu

What's the Melting Point of H2O?: Finding Materials Properties Information
Angie Locknar, Deborah Helman
Tue Jan 14, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

You probably know the melting point of H2O is 0 degrees C (or 32 degrees F or 273.15 degrees K). But what would you do if you didn't know? Come learn about the wide variety of resources you can use to locate property information.
Contact: Angie Locknar, 14S-134, x3-9320, locknar@mit.edu

Why Come to the Library? Accessing Scientific and Engineering Information from Your Desktop
Anne Graham, Chris Sherratt, Stephanie White
Thu Jan 30, 03-04:00pm, 14N-132

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Need to find information quickly and don't have time to come to the library? This session will show you how to access electronic journals, databases, and other online services for engineering and science disciplines from your home or office. This session is designed for students, faculty and researchers that use the Science Library or Barker Engineering Library for obtaining engineering and scientific information.
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, x3-7744, grahama@mit.edu


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