Electronic Information Resources Seminars
for UM Faculty and Graduate Students
in 1999

In 1999 these seminars were offered:

Spring Semester: I'm Finding Those Good Citations: SSCI Procite: Software to Manage Your Bibliographies OCLC CJK (Chinese) OCLC CJK (Korean) Web of Science: Science Citation Index A Universe to Explore: Lexis-Nexis on the Web Cyber Tools in Education Where in the World...? Maps on the Web

Fall Semester: I'm Finding Those Good Citations: SSCI Locating Materials in Japanese using CJK Database Medline News Sources on the Web Procite: Software to Manage your Bibliographies Web of Science: Science Citation Index

I'M FINDING THOSE GOOD CITATIONS: SSCI

This workshop combines demonstration and hands-on exploration of the multidisciplinary database Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). SSCI allows searching not only for articles by subject, author, journal names, and author address, but includes the unique feature of viewing the cited reference list of an article and finding articles that cite a known author or work. Among the 50 social science disciplines included in SSCI are education, geography, library science, political science, psychology, and sociology. The workshop will provide participants with the skills to perform easy and full searches in SSCI and a discussion of cautionary considerations for using cited reference information.

• Presenters:

  Spring: Bob Garber, Librarian, Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team, McKeldin Library, and Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu, User Education Services

  Fall: Bob Garber, Librarian, Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team, McKeldin Library, and Paula Hayes, Librarian, Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team, McKeldin Library

• Date and Time/Location:

  Spring: March 12, 1999, 10:00-11:30am   Fall: October 27, 1999, 11:00-noon

  McKeldin Library, Room 4135     McKeldin Library, Room 4135

PROCITE: SOFTWARE TO MANAGE YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHIES

This seminar will help you to bring order to the chaos of managing large bibliographies associated with writing projects such as books, dissertations, proposals and journal articles. ProCite is a personal bibliographic software package designed to help you collect references, type your own entries or download citations directly from online databases, the World Wide Web, or library catalogs, and generate properly formatted bibliogaphies in any style.

• Presenters:

  Spring: Trudi Bellardo Hahn, Manager, User Education Services, and Diane J. Patrick, Coordinator of Campus Computing Associates, Academic Information Technology Services

  Fall: Trudi Bellardo Hahn, Manager, User Education Services, and Diane J. Patrick, Coordinator of Campus Computing Associates, Academic Information Technology Services

• Date and Time/Location:

  Spring: March 12, 1999, 1:30-3:30pm March 18, 1999, 1:00-3:00pm   Fall: October 20, 1999, 1:30-3:30pm October 21, 1999, 10:00-noon

  McKeldin Library, Room 4135 McKeldin Library, Room 4135     McKeldin Library, Room 4135 McKeldin Library, Room 4135

OCLC CJK (CHINESE)

As collections of Asian materials increase in libraries around the world, OCLC's CJK services have been endhanced to keep pace with the need to support vernacular information to library users. This workshop is specifically tailored for researchers who wish to search for Korean language materials in the huge OCLC online union catalog, and to see records in Chinese vernacular characters, not just romanized. Participants can expect:

to learn about the OCLC database, especially the CJK subset

to receive an introduction to romanization schemes used for the Chinese language in the U.S.

to become familiar with the basic CJK searching techniques

• Presenters: Gordana Ruth, Chinese cataloger
• Date and Time: March 29, 1999, 2:30-3:30pm
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4135

OCLC CJK (KOREAN)

As collections of Asian materials increase in libraries around the world, OCLC's CJK services have been endhanced to keep pace with the need to support vernacular information to library users. This workshop is specifically tailored for researchers who wish to search for Chinese language materilas in the huge OCLC online union catalog, and to see records in Chinese vernacular characters, not just romanized. Participants can expect:

to learn about the OCLC database, especially the CJK subset

to receive an introduction to romanization schemes used for the Chinese language in the U.S.

to become familiar with the basic CJK searching techniques

• Presenters: Edwin Yu, Chinese Cataloger, and Jaeok Kim, Student Assistant, Catalog Department
• Date and Time: March 30, 1999, 2:00-3:30pm
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4135

WEB OF SCIENCE: SCIENCE CITATION INDEX

Come and explore Science Citation Index Expanded database with some experienced searchers. The many different ways to search the database (authors, cited works, topics, and author's affiliation) will be demonstrated. You will be able to constuct hands-on searches and receive help from experienced Web of Science users. ISI's Journal Citation Report will also be demonstrated and searching manuals will be available.

• Presenters:

  Spring: Theresa Calcagno, Engineering and Physical Sciences Library; Bob Kackley, Librarian, Science and Technology Team; Jim Miller, Librarian, Science and Technology Team; and Sylvia O'Brien, Librarian, Science and Technology Team

  Fall: Linda Esterling, Librarian, Science and Technology Team; Julie Harding, Librarian, Science and Technology Team; Bob Kackley, Librarian, Science and Technology Team; Neal Kaske, Head, Engineering and Physical Sciences Library; Alesia McManus, Manager, Science and Technology Team; Jim Miller, Librarian, Science and Technology Team; and Sylvia O'Brien, Head, White Memorial Chemistry Library

• Date and Time/Location:

  Spring: April 5, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm April 8, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm April 13, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm April 15, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm   Fall: October 19, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm November 4, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm November 16, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm

  McKeldin Library, Room 4135 Engineering Building 0312 McKeldin Library, Room 4133 Engineering Building 0312     McKeldin Library, Room 4133 McKeldin Library, Room 4135 McKeldin Library, Room 4133

A UNIVERSE TO EXPLORE: LEXIS-NEXIS ON THE WEB

Lexis-Nexis has a new product, Academic Universe, that provides access to much of the content of traditional Lexis-Nexis in a new, easy-to-use form. This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to Academic Universe with searching tips for both the legal and news sides of the database.

• Presenters: Diane Harvey, Librarian, Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team, and Barbara Lay, Librarian, Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team
• Date and Time: April 8, 1999, 12:00-1:00pm
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4135

CYBER TOOLS IN EDUCATION

Education researchers are invitied to discover the latest techniques for

gaining access to electronic resources in education via the Libraries' home page

obtaining materials you identify, no matter where in the world they are

mastering the technicalitites of PDF and e-mail attachments

• Presenters: Martha Hooker, Collection Development Librarian for Education; Paula Hayes, Reference/Instruction Librarian for Education; Teryy Sayler, Manager, Access Services; and Thomas Bulka, Campus Computing Associate for College of Education.
• Date and Time: April 16, 1999, 1:30-3:30pm
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4135

WHERE IN THE WORLD...? MAPS ON THE WEB

Learn how to use your web browser as an online atlas. Find addresses, get driving directions, and print custom-made maps from the Internet. Learn about governmental sources for maps covering demographic and environmental themes as well as satellite photographs. Seminar covers some basic concepts about maps and spatially-referenced data and is geared towards anyone with an interest in using the Internet as a cartographic resource.

• Presenters: Travis Clark, Government Documents and Maps; Maggie Cunningham, Librarian, User Education Services; and Bob Garber, Librarian, Social Sciences Team
• Date and Time: April 22, 1999, 3:30-5:00pm
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4133

LOCATING MATERIALS IN JAPANASES USING CJK DATABASE

The University of Maryland Libraries is sponsoring a workshop, for faculty and graduate students, that provides hands-on training for those who wish to search for materials in Japanese, using the OCLC CJK database. The goal of this workshop is to familiarize users with a number of different search strategies for locating materials in Japanese.

• Presenters: Kenneth Tanaka, Librarian, East Asia Collection. Assisted by Gordana Ruth, Librarian, Cataloging
• Date and Time: September 27, 1999, 1:00-3:00pm
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4135

MEDLINE

Come explore the new version of PubMed, one system of Medline available free through the National Library of Medicine, for finding journal articles in the field of biomedicine. Through demonstration and hands-on exploration, participants will become familiar with PubMed's new features bar and other search featrues, such as the MeSH and Journal Browsers. Related topics for brief discussion include pre-Medline, Internet Grateful Med, MEDLINEplus for consumer health information, the Next Generation Gateway, the current proposal for Pubmed Central, and other new developments for free access to full-text biomedical research information online.

• Presenters: Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu, Librarian, Science and Technology Services Team, and Alesia McManus, Manager, Science and Technology Services Team
• Date and Time: November 4, 1999, 10:30-noon & December 1, 1999, 10:00-11:30am
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4133

NEWS SOURCES ON THE WEB

Learn what an extraordinary place the Web is to discover the latest news and current events. This seminar goes beyond the basics to introduce the latest and most exciting news sources on the Web.

• Presenters: Bob Garber, Librarian, Social Sciences and Allied Professions Team, and Maggie Cunningham, Librarian, User Education Services
• Date and Time: November 10, 1999, 11:00-noon
• Location: McKeldin Library, Room 4135