Wednesday Workshops :

Spring 2004 | January | February | March | April |

January

The Ingenta Library Gateway is a searchable database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals. The Research Libraries provide individualized access to Ingenta for faculty and graduate students as part of our ongoing efforts to increase electronic access to research materials. The Libraries subsidize the costs of most articles, and the Ingenta promises a 2-3 day delivery, with many articles available within 24 hours. Learn how to access your password, modify your profile, and order articles directly. Faculty, research staff and graduate students only.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Mary Anne Waltz, Coordinator of Reference/Instructional Services, by e-mail or by telephone at 276-8345.

SciFinder Scholar 2004 has enhanced content and enhanced searching capabilities over the previous version. Some of the enhancements to content include: over 1 million experimental property values, over 400 million calculated property values, 35 million protein and nucleic acid sequences, more reactions, dating now from 1907 - present, more references in the CAPlus database dating from 1907 - present, lexicon synonyms added to Explore Research Topic, citations now numbering over 90 million, and increased patent coverage worldwide.

This presentation will include the following:

• Browse Tables of Contents
• Explore by Research Topic: In addition to reviewing the standard commands we will discuss new options for added searching precision.
• Explore by Chemical Substance: We will draw chemical substances including stereochemistry. We will look at techniques for limiting retrieved chemical substances by substance class, by reference availability, by substance characteristics, and by substance properties.
• Explore by Chemical Reaction: We will look at the new linking options for reaction participants. We will look at ways to access related reactions. We will see the new printing options for reaction searches. We will also take a look at ways to target and focus reaction searching and new techniques for reaction grouping, and analysis.
  

Registrations and/or Questions to : Connie Powell, Physical Sciences Librarian at powele@rpi.edu or by telephone at 276-2008.

February

Attend this one hour survey and learn about industry information sources. This is a hands-on workshop where you will access a variety of electronic sources including industry reports, trade publications, government data, and industry associations..

Registrations and/or Questions to: Colette Holmes, Management Librarian at holmec@rpi.edu or ext 8331. Registrations please specify AM or PM session.

Rensselaer Research Libraries subscribe to a wide range of electronic sources for business articles. This hands-on session will introduce you to trade, scholarly, and news sources which include business articles. On-line search techniques guaranteed to speed your search time will be provided.

Registrations and/or Questions to: Colette Holmes, Management Librarian at holmec@rpi.edu or ext 8331. Registrations please specify AM or PM session.

Did you know that Folsom Library contains over 50 resources in many formats for information on chemical substances? If you need chemical information such as an overview article on a chemical substance, or how to purchase a chemical from a commercial supplier, or data such as a pKa, an IR spectrum, or a boiling point, come to our RESOURCES IN CHEMISTRY seminar to be held on Wednesday February 18th at 10 am in the Fischbach Room of the Folsom Library.

Some of the resources we will discuss are: DIPPR, ChemFinder, SciFinder, the NIST Chemistry WebBook, Material Safety Data Sheets, NIOSH, the Aldrich Spectra, the Sadtler Standard Spectra and much more. Handouts will be provided.

Registrations and/or Questions to: E. Connie Powell, Physical Sciences Librarian, at powele@rpi.edu or 276-2008.

This workshop will show you the details and pitfalls of citation searching: finding articles that cite a specific author or work.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Donna Hopkins, Engineering Librarian at hopkind@rpi.edu or 276-8314.

The Ingenta Library Gateway is a searchable database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals. The Research Libraries provide individualized access to Ingenta for faculty and graduate students as part of our ongoing efforts to increase electronic access to research materials. The Libraries subsidize the costs of most articles, and the Ingenta promises a 2-3 day delivery, with many articles available within 24 hours. Learn how to access your password, modify your profile, and order articles directly. Faculty, research staff and graduate students only.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Mary Anne Waltz, Coordinator of Reference/Instructional Services, by e-mail or by telephone at 276-8345.

March

Learn how to get the most out of searching EBSCOhost and increase your chances of finding what you need. EBSCOhost includes resources in earth science, psychology, business, medicine and more. This class will teach the search tools and highlight the enhancements to increase your searching success.

Registration and/or Questions to: Connie Fritz, Biological Sciences/Cognitive Science Librarian at fritzc@rpi.edu or by telephone at 276-8324.

Rensselaer Research Libraries provide access to thousands of titles in electronic formats. These cover a wide range of disciplines, from history to IT. Learn about the various eBook services that the library subscribes to, including netLibrary, Safari, MIT Cognet, and more. Find out about the advantages and disadvantages that each service offers.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Matt Benzing, Information Technology Librarian at benzim@rpi.edu or 276-2582.

This workshop will focus on information resources and tools vital to research in architecture and building sciences. Time will be allotted for questions on specific topics and strategies. This session will be appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Fran Scott, Architecture Librarian at scottf2@rpi.edu or 276-6312.

Learn how to find and use the right resources needed to answer your biotechnology questions while saving time and energy.

Registration and/or Questions to: Connie Fritz, Biological Sciences/Cognitive Science Librarian at fritzc@rpi.edu or by telephone at 276-8324.

Since patents are written in their own special language, keyword searching can be unreliable at best. So how do you find patents? This workshop will focus on the United States Patent Classification System, and how it can be used for a more complete patent search based on subject matter.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Donna Hopkins, Engineering Librarian at hopkind@rpi.edu or 276-8314.

April

In addition to hands on experience searching the USPTO's database of Federally registered (®) trademarks, this workshop will also answer the questions: Why would you want to register a trademark with the USPTO? And why is it important to search the TESS database for your product name/logo even if you don't register?

Registrations and/or Questions to : Donna Hopkins, Engineering Librarian at hopkind@rpi.edu or 276-8314.

The free patent databases can be used for more than just "has my invention been patented?" The US Patent Classification (USPC) system can be used to follow the ebb and flow of specific technologies, even down to the type of device. Alternatively, data on the ebb and flow of a particular company's (or group of companies) interest in that technology can also be gathered. Find out how to use CASSIS (a USPTO database available at Folsom Library) in conjunction with an Excel spreadsheet to graph these trends. Important: Anyone not familiar with the USPC should attend the "Introduction to Basic Patent Searching" workshop on March 31. It will NOT be covered in this workshop.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Donna Hopkins, Engineering Librarian at hopkind@rpi.edu or 276-8314.

The Ingenta Library Gateway is a searchable database of more than 11 million citations from over 20,000 journals. The Research Libraries provide individualized access to Ingenta for faculty and graduate students as part of our ongoing efforts to increase electronic access to research materials. The Libraries subsidize the costs of most articles, and the Ingenta promises a 2-3 day delivery, with many articles available within 24 hours. Learn how to access your password, modify your profile, and order articles directly. Faculty, research staff and graduate students only.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Mary Anne Waltz, Coordinator of Reference/Instructional Services, by e-mail or by telephone at 276-8345.

Aimed primarily at graduate students, this workshop will introduce the Libraries' research collections, both print and especially electronic, and explain our services that support graduate research. Topics covered will include access to dissertations, electronic journals and books, other important research databases, document delivery and ILL services, and consultation services.

Registrations and/or Questions to : Mary Anne Waltz, Coordinator of Reference/Instructional Services, by e-mail or by telephone at 276-8345.

For information about the Libraries' instructional programs, including short courses and workshops, contact Mary Anne Waltz, Coordinator of Reference/Instructional Services, by e-mail or by telephone at 276-8345.