Proquest Statistical Insight enables easy access to statistical charts and tables produced by the U.S. government, major international and intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.

The database includes demographic data as well as data about crime, economics, health, education, labor, the environment and more.

Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 12:30pm

Ramsey Library's Kimmel Lab

Faculty, staff, students & community members are all welcome to attend.

Click to add this event to your Google Calendar!

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We've launched a new homepage search box that we think will make navigating our collections easier and more intuitive. For the most part, the difference is in presentation only, but there are a few changes to your search options.

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The federal government has launched a new official portal called the Federal Digital System (FDsys). Search across or browse collections of government publications such as federal laws, presidential publications, Congressional information, and Economic Indicators.

FDsys will replace the previous portal, GPO Access, which will continue to be available only until mid-2011.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action

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Students and faculty using Wikipedia may be interested in the publications available via the Wikimedia Bookshelf.

A selection of PDF documents offer an introduction to Wikipedia (what it offers and how it works), a guide to evaluating article quality, and an introduction to public domain and free licenses.

Instructors might also be interested in the guide to Using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in higher education and links to sample assignments.

For more information, watch the archived Educause presentation, Wikipedia in the Classroom: Changing the Way Teachers and Students Use Wikipedia.

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The Modern Language Association has updated their guidelines for formatting bibliographies in scholarly works. The updates include changes in formatting for the titles of books, periodicals and other published materials, changes in citing online resources and more.

A guide to the new revisions can be found at Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab.

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Google SketchUp for dummies
Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth
Google Maps hacks
The Google story
Google's PageRank and beyond : the science of search engine rankings
Google Analytics
Google advertising tools
The search : how Google and its rivals rewrote the rules of business and transformed our culture
Google powered : productivity with online tools
Google talking
Google : the missing manual
Google's PageRank and beyond
Google Maps hacks
Beginning Google maps applications with PHP and Ajax : from novice to professional
Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth
Winning results with Google AdWords
Messages : free expression, media and the west from Gutenberg to Google

online
The Google CheatSheet
Google Book Search
Google Alerts
Google Docs
Google Reader

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Back by popular demand, this workshop will explore the latest features and provide tips for using Google with a critical thinking approach. Good info and practical tips for both beginners and expert searchers alike.

PRESENTER: Bryan Sinclair
DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Thursday, Sept. 27 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm
LOCATION: Ramsey Library Kimmel Lab

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Library Help, Now Even More Helpful!

You may have noticed by our signage and new faces that to the one-time Reference Desk has been added a new service: ITS Help. We hope the campus community will benefit from the pairing of research support and tech assistance at the Research & Technology Desk.

Please remember to direct your ITS queries to the help desk rather than to individual staff so they can be most quickly and accurately dispatched.

ITS HELP
contact: 251-6445 or helpdesk@unca.edu
hours: M-Th 8am-9pm, F 8am-5pm

RESEARCH SERVICES
contact: 251-6111 or libref@unca.edu
hours: M-Th 9am-9pm, F 9am-5pm, S 10am-6pm, Su 1pm-9pm

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Making sense : a student's guide to research and writing
Making sense : a student's guide to research and writing : engineering and the technical sciences
How to write a lot : a practical guide to productive academic writing
How to do a research project : a guide for undergraduate students
Writing history essays : a student's guide
Writing to teach; writing to learn in higher education
Good essay writing : a social sciences guide
Engaged writers and dynamic disciplines : research on the academic writing life
Visual research methods : image, society, and representation
The sociology student writer's manual
Researching and writing : a portable guide

See also:
EndNote Web Tutorials

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Using EndNote Web
EndNote bibliographic management software allows you to access your research references from any computer and export bibliographies in a variety of formats. Come learn how to import and annotate book & article citations from our library catalog and online databases.
Presenter: Brandy Bourne
Thursday, Sept. 13 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm

Critical Thinking and Google
Back by popular demand, this workshop will explore the latest features and provide tips for using Google with a critical thinking approach. Good info and practical tips for both beginners and expert searchers alike.
Presenter: Bryan Sinclair
Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Thursday, Sept. 27 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm

African American Studies Resources
Workshop provides "how to" information for use of the new Oxford African American Studies Center database and other African American Studies resources. Anita is well known as one of the best teachers in the library instruction biz, so come treat yourself to this workshop.
Presenter: Anita White-Carter
Thursday, Oct. 25 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm

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Check out our video and text tutorials on using EndNote Web, NetLibrary Audiobooks and RSS, and look for upcoming tutorials on the library's Tutorials page.

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In the penultimate episode of HBO's The Sopranos, Dr. Melfi was called out by a colleague who'd Googled Stanton Samenow and Samuel Yochelson's research on psychotherapy and criminality. You can find their book, The Criminal Personality, in the library and search JSTOR and other library databases for critiques of their work.

also in the library:

The Sopranos on the couch : analyzing television's greatest series
Reading the Sopranos : hit TV from HBO
The Sopranos and philosophy : I kill therefore I am

online:
More on the mental health community's response to the final episodes.

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