SLIS COMPUTER LAB WORKSHOPS

Past Workshops

Spring 2008

  • Google Scholar
    • Instructor:Pamela O'Donnell
    • Tuesday, Feb 19, 3:30-4:30
  • MyWebSpace and Learn@UW
    • Instructor: Becky Yoose, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 2-2:45
  • Working with Wikipedia
    • Instructor: Laura Wynholds, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 10-10:45
  • Copyright Basics
    • Instructor:Angela Milock, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 11-11:45
  • Impromptu Group Management
    • Instructor:Betsy Wermuth, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 3-3:45
  • Readers' Advisor Tools
    • Instructor:Ellisa Purvis, SLIS students
    • Feb 16, 11-11:45
  • PodCast Demo
    • Instructor:David Drexler, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 10:00 - 10:45
    • What is podcasting? How is it done? And why should librarians care? Find out more about this popular technology at a SLIS Library/LITA workshop on Thursday, October 11th at 11:00am. See how libraries are using podcasts, find out how to listen to them, and learn about free software and resources for creating your own podcast.
  • Excel Basics
    • Instructor:David Drexler, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 1:00 - 1:45
  • Bloglines Job Hunting
    • Instructor:Angela Milock, SLIS student
    • Feb 16, 3:00 - 3:45
  • ABI-Inform
    • Instructor:Molly Beverstein
    • Thursday, Feb 28, 10:00-11:00
  • Web design: Basics
    • Instructor:Xiaohua Zhu, SLIS student
    • Part I: Wednesday, March 5, 1:00 - 2:00
    • Part II: Wednesday, March 12, 1:00 - 2:00
  • Federated Search & Google Scholar
    • Instructor:Melissa Adler, SLIS students
    • April 8, Tuesday, 1-2pm
  • Readers' Advisor Tools, etc
    • Instructor:Emily Buzicky and Brendan McCarty, SLIS students
    • April 5, Saturday, 11-12
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Fall 2008

  • Workshop Friday on September 5!

  • RefWorks
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Friday, September 5, 3:00pm
  • ProQuest
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Friday, September 5, 4:00pm
    • Proquest is a large vendor -- we can access 45 of their databases. The workshop will offer an overview of the Proquest interface and search features.

  • Workshop Saturday on September 6!

    • 10:00 Refworks
    • Introduction to web citation management software.
    • 11:00 Madcat
    • Finding books and more for your UW-Madison research.
    • 12:00 Ulrich's Periodical Directory
    • Overview of a great database with detailed information on serials published throughout the world.
    • 1:00 My WebSpace
    • Primer on the web-accessible file storage system provided by the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to all UW Madison students.
    • 2:00 Library Literature & LISTA
    • Learn about two key library and information science bibliographic databases that index articles, book reviews and more, and includes some full-text coverage.
  • RefWorks
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Tuesday, September 9, 3:00pm
  • ProQuest
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Friday, September 12, 1:00pm
  • CSA Illumina
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Tuesday, September 16, 3:00pm
  • CSA Illumina
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Monday, September 22, 1:00pm
  • Web Basics
    • Instructor:Sheilah Harrington
    • Wednesday, September 24, 4:00pm
  • Web Basics
    • Instructor:Sheilah Harrington
    • Tuesday, September 30, 3:15pm
  • LibGuides
    • Instructor:Kelli Keclik
    • Wednesday, October 8, noon
  • Google For Academic Research Workshop
    • Instructor:Pamela O'Donnell
    • Wednesday, October 22, noon
    • Pamela O'Donnell from College Library is bringing a modified version of her "Google for Academic Research" workshop:
      Power search with Google to remove the clutter and quickly locate quality resources. Get hands-on practice using Google, Google Scholar, Google Patents, and Google Book Search. And more..... Pamela got rave reviews for her presentation here last year. Join us!
  • Jing
    • Instructor:Ian Benton
    • Tuesday, October 28, 4:00pm
  • Write-N-Cite
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Monday, November 10, 1:00pm
    • Monday, November 17, 1:00pm
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Spring 2009

  • ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Date: Monday, January 26, 2:00-3:00
  • Teaching Books
    • Instructor:Brian Wulff, Nick Glass and Alyssa Yokota-Lewis
    • Date: Wednesday, February 4, noon-1:00
    • More Information
  • ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Date: Monday, February 9, 2:00-3:00
  • Word for Research Papers
    • Instructor:Tien-I Tsai
    • Date: Wednesday, February 11, 11:00-12:00
  • ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Date: Monday, February 23, 2:00-3:00
  • Excel
    • Instructor:Crystle Martin
    • Date: Tuesday, March 3, 1:00-2:00
  • ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Date: Monday, March 9, 2:00-3:00
  • ProQuest: Historical Newspapers
    • Instructor:Peggy Cruse
    • Date: Monday, March 23, 2:00-3:00
  • Collection Manager
    • Instructor:Sheliah Harrington
    • Date: Thursday, March 26, noon-1:00
  • Dreamweaver for beginners
    • Instructor:Tien-I Tsai
    • Date: Wednesday, April 1, 11:00-12:00
  • BadgerLink/New Databases
    • Instructors:Betsy Wermuth and Emily Buzicky
    • Date: Wednesday, April 8, noon-1:00
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