Blended Services Training Programme

The ninth Blended Services Session is entitled Core Engineering Databases. Lili Sun and Linda Michtics will review ways of finding engineering databases and will also provide a basic introduction to Compendex, the major engineering index.

The session will be offered twice as follows:

Date: WEDNESDAY December 3, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: Mills Wong e-Classroom

OR

Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Health Sciences Library e-Classroom

Please send an email to Lili (lsun@mcmaster.ca) by Monday, December 1, 2008 indicating which session you plan to attend.

Session Materials: 

• Core Engineering Databases Slides
  

Thode blended services staff are invited to attend a meeting to discuss the blended services training programme.

Date:  Wednesday, November 26, 2006
Time:  10:45 am – 12 noon
Location: Thode Conference Room (307)
Facilitator: Ann Philbrook
Note-taker: Lynn Schneider

The next Blended Services Training will focus on Core Science Databases. Regina Bendig, Science Liaison Librarian, will provide a brief overview of the major science databases with hands-on exercises.

The session will be offered twice as follows:

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: LTRC Classroom, Thode Library, Lower Level

OR

Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: LTRC Classroom, Thode Library, Lower Level

Please send an email to Lili (lsun@mcmaster.ca) by Tuesday, November
25, 2008, indicating which session you plan to attend.

Session Materials: 

•  Core Science Databases

The seventh Blended Services training session is entitled Database Search Strategies. At this session, Nora Gaskin, will teach us how to formulate efficient and effective search strategies using the Scholars Portal search interface. She will also show us how to get to the fulltext of journal articles in a variety of ways.

This session will be offered twice as follows:

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: Health Sciences Library e-Classroom

OR

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Health Sciences Library e-Classroom

Please send an email to Lili Sun (lsun@mcmaster.ca) by Tuesday, November 18, 2008, indicating which session you plan to attend.

Session Materials:

•  Database Search Strategies Slides
  

The Blended Services Training Team will offer two drop-in sessions to give you a chance to ask any questions related to training, review session materials or work on exercises from previous sessions. These sessions will be available as follows:

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Time: 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Location: Mills Wong e-Classroom

AND

CANCELLED

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Time: 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Location: Mills Wong e-Classroom

RESCHEDULED: Due to a conflict with the Library Holiday Party, the drop-in session has been rescheduled for:

Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Mills Wong e-Classroom

NOTE: Attendance at these sessions is OPTIONAL.

The sixth Blended Services Training Session will provide an overview of indexes, abstracts and databases. The session will define each of these resources, explain how they work and why they are used. The session will be offered twice as follows:

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: HSL e-Classroom (across from the HSL Circulation Desk)

OR

Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: HSL e-Classroom (across from the HSL Circulation Desk)

The presenters for this session are three library co-op students:
Lili Sun (Thode), Colleen MacKinnon (Mills) and Amanda Graham (Mills).

Please send an email to Lili (lsun@mcmaster.ca) by Tuesday, November 11, 2008, to let her know which session you plan to attend.

Session Materials:

• Indexes, Abstracts and Databases Slides
• Print Periodical Abstracts/Indexes at Thode and Innis
• Exercises for Print Indexes and Abstracts