Author Archives: Candice Benjes-Small

APA workshop, Sunday 10/12; Chicago workshop, Tuesday 10/14

By Candice Benjes-Small | October 6, 2008

To learn how to use the library’s resources effectively, plan to attend a Library Survivor class. These drop-in sessions will help you be a better [...]

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Judges for Winesett Awards for Library Research Announced

By Candice Benjes-Small | September 18, 2008

The judges for the Winesett Awards for Library Research 2008-09 will be: Dr. Betty Dore (Education); Dr. Jeffrey Willner (Psychology); Candice Benjes-Small (Library); Lisa Vassady (Library); and Eric Ackermann (Library).
Information about Winesett Awards for Library Research: http://lib.radford.edu/information/award/index.cfm

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Library Survivor Workshops: Word and PowerPoint 2007

By Candice Benjes-Small | September 15, 2008

To learn how to use the library’s resources effectively, plan to attend a Library Survivor class. These drop-in sessions will help you be a better [...]

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Faculty: Request library instruction for your students

By Candice Benjes-Small | August 18, 2008

Supplement your class with Vitamin L!  If you want your students to use the library to do research, please consider incorporating library instruction in some way.
We offer instruction on: creating search strategies; finding articles; searching databases; differentiating between popular and scholarly sources; identifying research articles; avoiding plagiarism; using EndNote; citing in APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian; [...]

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Good-bye to InfoTrac: how faculty, staff, and students will be impacted

By Candice Benjes-Small | June 20, 2008

As of July 1, the InfoTrac databases will no longer be available. Instead, RU faculty, staff, and students will have access to several new EBSCO databases which cover similar areas and disciplines. (See EBSCO databases replace InfoTrac.)
What you need to know:

InfoTrac Powersearch will be gone. In its place, use Academic Search Complete, [...]

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