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February 12, 2007
Learn RefWorks this week!
RefWorks is bibliographic management software available free to UM affiliates. You can use it to record the literature you consult, properly cite sources and create reference lists.
The Shapiro Science Library is offering more drop-in workshops to introduce users to RefWorks:
Monday Feb 12 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Thursday Feb 15 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Friday Feb 16 12:00 - 1:00 pm
(Michigan time)
in the University Library Instructional Center, 4059 Shapiro
RefWorks is web-based and available via a subscription held by the University Library. You can export citations from your database searching into RefWorks, or enter them manually. RefWorks will help you create footnotes and bibliographies in whatever style you choose.
Read more about RefWorks, and other tools for Bibliographic Management, at http://www.lib.umich.edu/knc/howto/guides-bi.php
Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 08:56 AM
February 09, 2007
New Exhibit - Fossils of the Michigan Basin
The newly installed Fossils of the Michigan Basin exhibit in the Shapiro Science Library display cases features fossils from the collections of members of the Friends of the Museum of Paleontology. Spectacular crinoid fossils highlight the research of Tomasz Baumiller, Professor of Geological Sciences and Curator of the Museum of Paleontology.
You will find the exhibit in our new display cases on the 3rd floor of the Shapiro Science Library, in the hallway leading to the connector to the Graduate Library.
Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 02:22 PM
February 02, 2007
RefWorks - workshops
The Shapiro Science Library is offering drop-in workshops to introduce users to RefWorks. The first will be on Wed, Feb. 7, 3-4 PM in 4059 Shapiro.
RefWorks is bibliographic management software available free to UM affiliates, including undergraduate students. Much like EndNote, RefWorks helps users record the literature they consult, properly cite sources and create reference lists. RefWorks is web-based and available via a subscription held by the University Library.
After searching a textual database, the student can move selected citations from the database into RefWorks. Citations can also be entered manually. Once citations are in RefWorks the student can insert them into the text of Word documents and create a reference list in a chosen format. Thus, RefWorks is a valuable tool in researching and preparing term papers and reports. RefWorks is fairly basic citation management software and useable by undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty members and researchers though will also find value in it.
To help students learn RefWorks, the Science Library offers four drop-in training sessions:
Wednesday Feb 7 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Monday Feb 12 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Thursday Feb 15 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Friday Feb 16 12:00 - 1:00 pm
(Michigan time)
All sessions will meet in the University Library Instructional Center, 4059 Shapiro Library. Questions? Contact Patricia Yocum.
Stable link | Posted by betsywil at 10:40 AM