This month’s focus – foreign media coverage of Libyan leader, Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi, past and present.
Develop your research skills and put a little power in your papers. Learn transferable skills that can be applied to nearly all topics.
http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/skill_builder
During the last couple days of the semester, you’re tired, you’re frustrated and you’re spending WAY too much time searching for information for your paper.
The end of next semester can be better! You can learn how to Find the Good Stuff Fast!
If this sounds like a better end to the semester, add the course 417:001 Library Research in Context to your fall schedule. In this class, you’ll actually be able to use the information you learn for assignments and projects that you’ll be doing in your major courses. Two for one – now that’s something the University rarely offers you!
So log-on to ISIS and register for one of the following sections of 417:001 before the course closes!
417:001:003 Library Research in Context
Subtitle: Find the Good Stuff Fast
Instructors: Kristi A Robinson-Bontrager, Ericka A Raber
Time & Location: 10:30A – 11:20A W 4037 LIB
417:001:005 Library Research in Context
Subtitle: Find the Good Stuff Fast
Instructor: Steven F Ostrem
Time & Location: 1:30P – 2:20P T 4037 LIB
Or one of the online courses offered this fall:
417:001:EXU Library Research in Context
Subtitle: Find the Good Stuff Fast
Instructor: Daniel P Gall
Time & Location: ARR World Wide Web
417:001:EXV Library Research in Context
Subtitle: Find the Good Stuff Fast
Instructor: Dave Martin
Time & Location: ARR World Wide Web
417:001:EXW Library Research in Context
Subtitle: Find the Good Stuff Fast
Instructor: Christopher A Childs
Time & Location: ARR World Wide Web
Through the Libraries, you now have full text (PDF) access to over 1 million titles in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. For more information: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/dissertations.
RefWorks is web-based citation management tool to help you keep track of your research. There’s no software to install. Use RefWorks to organize and share citations, format bibliographies, and more. See RefWorks tutorials for more information.
You can use the Libraries’ anonymous IM service to ask quick question about your research.
Library staff can suggest appropriate databases and search strategies to get you started. For more complete discussion of your project, you can request a research consultation with a librarian.
Iowa Research Online (IRO) preserves and provides open access to the scholarly and creative work of the University of Iowa.
We are pleased to announce that over 1500 records for items found in the IRO are now available in Smart Search. Additional records will be added to Smart Search on a monthly basis.
Did you know that you can text a call number to your cell phone so you can go and find the item in the library stacks?
Simply use Smart Search (smartsearch.uiowa.edu) to find your item. Then click the title to view the full details of the record. On the right in the “Keeping this item” section is an option to “Text” the record. Just click the link, enter your 10 digit number without any spaces or dashes, and hit send. That’s it!
(Note: Carrier charges may apply)
W-2s, 1099s, 1040s. It’s like an algebra problem without an answer sheet. UI Librarians have put together some quick information and links to relevant government websites for you.
http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/taxes
The Gerritsen Collection was begun by Aletta Jacobs Gerritsen in the late 1800s. The online resource delivers two million page images exactly as they appeared in the original printed works. It includes monographs, periodicals and pamphlets in fifteen languages, and is searchable by keyword and Boolean operators.
Nearly 4500 records were added to InfoHawk and Smart Search. When you search a particular topic in the library catalog, you may find pages from the Gerritsen online collection.
Did you know that you shouldn’t PAY for newspaper and magazine articles that you find on the Web? The next time you’re asked for your credit card while doing your research online, check the UI Libraries’ resources first. Check e-journals to find electronic coverage for your title. If we don’t have the article in print or electronically, you can get it free through our Interlibrary Loan service.