Workshop on media and copyright

Strategies for Success with Media in a Copyrighted World
September 27 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
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The Morris Library Instructional Media Department will offer UD Instructors an hour-long overview of that will illustrate how teachers can operate successfully with media in a copyrighted world. While many presentation materials have restricted use, there is a wealth of materials that can be tapped freely and legally. The emphasis for this session will be on what you can do to take advantage of free resources and licensed media available at UD, as well as recent developments in copyright law that allow faculty greater flexibility when using media for instruction. Online resources from the Library’s Instructional Media Collection Department and the WWW will be featured. Presenter: Meghann Matwichuk, Instructional Media Collection Department

Fall 2007 Workshops

Genealogical Research
September 11 10 – 11:30 a.m.
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Genealogical Research is one of the fastest growing pastimes in the country. Genealogical information has applications for personal family history and for historical projects. This workshop features resources available in the Morris Library or on the Web for doing genealogical research. One of the highlighted resources is Ancestry Library Edition, available through the Library Databases.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenter: Rebecca Knight, Reference Department

Introduction to RefWorks
September 19 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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RefWorks is a web-based citation management system. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, exporting citations from research databases, importing citations to RefWorks, creating folders, organizing citations, and creating a Bibliography or Works Cited List.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenter: Erin Daix, Reference Department

Getting the Most from the Web of Science
September 20 2:00 – 3:30 p.m
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The Web of Science database allows users to see how often particular works and authors have been cited and provides access to general research in a number of disciplines. The workshop covers research techniques to analyze the citation history of articles and ways to use Article Express, the document retrieval system that works in conjunction with Web of Science.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenters: William Simpson and Cathy Wojewodzki, Reference Department

Introduction to RefWorks
September 25 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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RefWorks is a web-based citation management system. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, exporting citations from research databases, importing citations to RefWorks, creating folders, organizing citations, and creating a Bibliography or Works Cited List.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenter: Rebecca Knight, Reference Department

RefWorks Advanced
September 27 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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The RefWorks web-based citation management system provides ways to organize research citations, import citations from research databases, and create a Bibliography or Works Cited List. This workshop will show how to go beyond the basics.  Learn to use the Write-N-Cite tool in combination with Microsoft Word to insert in-text parenthetical references and edit the references for different situations. Prerequisite: Attendance at one of the RefWorks classes offered by the Library or familiarity with RefWorks. Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor. Presenters: Rebecca Knight and Carol Rudisell, Reference Department

Getting the Most from the Web of Science
October 3 2:00 – 3:30 p.m
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The Web of Science database allows users to see how often particular works and authors have been cited and provides access to general research in a number of disciplines. The workshop covers research techniques to analyze the citation history of articles and ways to use Article Express, the document retrieval system that works in conjunction with Web of Science.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenters: Tom Melvin, Reference Department

Introduction to RefWorks
October 10 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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RefWorks is a web-based citation management system. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, exporting citations from research databases, importing citations to RefWorks, creating folders, organizing citations, and creating a Bibliography or Works Cited List.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenter: Meg Meiman, Reference Department

RefWorks Advanced
October 17 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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The RefWorks web-based citation management system provides ways to organize research citations, import citations from research databases, and create a Bibliography or Works Cited List. This workshop will show how to go beyond the basics.  Learn to use the Write-N-Cite tool in combination with Microsoft Word to insert in-text parenthetical references and edit the references for different situations. Prerequisite: Attendance at one of the RefWorks classes offered by the Library or familiarity with RefWorks. Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor. Presenters: Meg Meiman and Cathy Wojewodzki, Reference Department

Introduction to RefWorks
October 23 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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RefWorks is a web-based citation management system. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, exporting citations from research databases, importing citations to RefWorks, creating folders, organizing citations, and creating a Bibliography or Works Cited List.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenter: Cathy Wojewodzki, Reference Department

Research Funding
October 26 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
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The University of Delaware Library is presenting a workshop for UD faculty and researchers on research funding from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., Friday, October 26, in the Library Instruction Room, 116A in the Morris Library. The workshop will focus on two library databases — Foundation Directory Online and COS Funding Opportunities — that faculty and staff can use to identify potential funding resources, such as grants from private foundations, corporations and public charities. The workshop will cover strategies for searching the databases, using alerting services and RSS feeds, and locating additional grant information on the Internet.This workshop is co-sponsored by the Library and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies.There is no charge, but registration is required, and seating is limited. Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor. Presenter: Carol Rudisell, Reference Department

Introduction to RefWorks
November 7 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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RefWorks is a web-based citation management system. This workshop introduces the basic functions of RefWorks. Topics covered include setting up an account, exporting citations from research databases, importing citations to RefWorks, creating folders, organizing citations, and creating a Bibliography or Works Cited List.Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor.Presenter: William Simpson, Reference Department

RefWorks Advanced
November 8 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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The RefWorks web-based citation management system provides ways to organize research citations, import citations from research databases, and create a Bibliography or Works Cited List. This workshop will show how to go beyond the basics.  Learn to use the Write-N-Cite tool in combination with Microsoft Word to insert in-text parenthetical references and edit the references for different situations. Prerequisite: Attendance at one of the RefWorks classes offered by the Library or familiarity with RefWorks. Location: Reference Instruction Room (Room 116A), Morris Library, First Floor. Presenters: Carol Rudisell and Michael Gutiérrez, Reference Department

Primal Pictures Database

Primal Pictures has been added to the Databases page.  Primal Pictures describes itself as “the world’s most detailed 3D model of human anatomy online.”  By using Primal Pictures, a researcher can peel back layers of the human head, neck, trunk, and limbs until he or she reaches the skeleton and along the way see muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and tendons.  Images, in low-, medium-, or high-quality, can be rotated right or left and you can go through many layers from deep to superficial.

Modules include:
Foot
Foot & Ankle – Sports Injuries
Foot – Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Hand
Hand – Physical Therapy
Head and Neck
Hip
Hip – Primary Arthroplasty
Interactive Functional Anatomy
Knee
Knee – Sports Injuries
Knee – Surgery
Knee – Primary Arthroplasty
Pelvis
Shoulder
Shoulder – Sports Injuries
Spine
Spine – Chiropractic
Spine – Clinical
Test Bank (series of quizzes for students)
Thorax and abdomen

These modules focus on surgical procedures, chiropractic, sports injuries, etc. and also include test bank questions and a study guide.

To log on to Primal Pictures you first access the Ovid News Page.  By clicking on “CONTINUE” from that page, you move to the “Choose a database” page.  Click on “Primal Pictures” on that page.