This statement from a Nobel prize winner was so juicy, I couldn't resist linking: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/09/how-journals-nature-science-cell-damage-science
I've heard similar points made by science faculty here during literature searching workshops, as the faculty help orient students to the realities of publication bias.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Undergraduate (Library) Research Award
The University Libraries want to recognize your students' library research skills!
We are soliciting submissions for our Undergraduate Research Award. This $500 prize is given in recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research project that best demonstrates the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information from scholarly resources and uses those resources in the creation of an original research project in any media. Any paper or project completed by an undergraduate in the Spring, Summer, or Fall semesters of 2013 is eligible. Applicants must be enrolled at UNCG in the Spring 2014 semester. It is open to all undergraduate students.
If your students have turned in excellent research assignments, we urge you to nominate them for this award.
Applications are due on March 21, 2014 and full details are available at:
http://library.uncg.edu/info/
We are soliciting submissions for our Undergraduate Research Award. This $500 prize is given in recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research project that best demonstrates the ability to locate, select, and synthesize information from scholarly resources and uses those resources in the creation of an original research project in any media. Any paper or project completed by an undergraduate in the Spring, Summer, or Fall semesters of 2013 is eligible. Applicants must be enrolled at UNCG in the Spring 2014 semester. It is open to all undergraduate students.
If your students have turned in excellent research assignments, we urge you to nominate them for this award.
Applications are due on March 21, 2014 and full details are available at:
http://library.uncg.edu/info/
Campus book delivery suspended over the holidays!
News from the libraries' Assistant Dean for Public Services:
The faculty/staff Campus Book Delivery will be suspended December 12, 2013 - January 12, 2014. Requests placed between these dates will be checked out to your account and held in the Library to be delivered beginning January 13, 2014 or you may pick them up at the Check Out Desk of the library from which they were requested (Jackson or Schiffman). Please check the hours page for holiday closings.
The faculty/staff Campus Book Delivery will be suspended December 12, 2013 - January 12, 2014. Requests placed between these dates will be checked out to your account and held in the Library to be delivered beginning January 13, 2014 or you may pick them up at the Check Out Desk of the library from which they were requested (Jackson or Schiffman). Please check the hours page for holiday closings.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Copyright at UNCG
The library has just launched a page with basic copyright information for faculty and students: http://copyright.uncg.edu
It's not intended to be legal advice, just promoting information.
It's not intended to be legal advice, just promoting information.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Catalog workshops for grad students in September
Welcome to the Library Catalog
Do you feel overwhelmed with results when you try the red search box from the library? Are you missing Journal Finder or just wondering how to find your favorite journals?
Come to the Jackson Library CITI lab for an orientation to the red search box. Practice strategies for accomplishing a few tasks: finding a particular book and finding a specific journal at our institution.
Please sign up for one of the sessions from Sept 23-Sept 25 at http://tinyurl.com/uncgcatalog
Mon 9/23, 2-2.30 pm
Tues 9/24, 10-10:30 pm
Weds 9/25, 2-2.30 pm
Do you feel overwhelmed with results when you try the red search box from the library? Are you missing Journal Finder or just wondering how to find your favorite journals?
Come to the Jackson Library CITI lab for an orientation to the red search box. Practice strategies for accomplishing a few tasks: finding a particular book and finding a specific journal at our institution.
Please sign up for one of the sessions from Sept 23-Sept 25 at http://tinyurl.com/uncgcatalog
Mon 9/23, 2-2.30 pm
Tues 9/24, 10-10:30 pm
Weds 9/25, 2-2.30 pm
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
EndNote workshops for graduate students in September
Graduate students - Tired of spending hours setting up a reference list for every single paper? Give EndNote a try!
The Graduate School is coordinating hands on workshops on 9/9, 9/10, 9/18, and 9/19. See the schedule and sign up here.
Happy citing :)
The Graduate School is coordinating hands on workshops on 9/9, 9/10, 9/18, and 9/19. See the schedule and sign up here.
Happy citing :)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Health Literacy Information from the NNLM
Learn
about how and why culture impacts health literacy. Visit the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine Health’s Health Literacy Web page for
more information.
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/
The
National Network of Libraries of Medicine adds content about culture
and its impact on health literacy to its online resource at
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/
Culture
is one important aspect of health literacy. Learn how the library
community can support the health literacy needs of consumers by
providing quality, current, accurate and relevant
health information to diverse populations. http://nnlm.gov/outreach/
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