Library News and Events

The color print doctor worked his magic. The color printer is back online. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Plagiarism Proof Assignments
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
12 noon to 1:00 pm
Library Classroom B

Can you design an assignment that makes plagiarism impossible? Or at least lessens the chances? Bring your ideas and learn from colleagues in this discussion-based brown bag. Candice Benjes-Small, Library Instruction Team Leader and Reference/Instruction Librarian, and Kevin Tapp, Coordinator of the Harvey Center, will host the session and share some assignment tips, tricks, and pitfalls we’ve seen on the library frontlines!

If you would like us to send you an Outlook appointment for the session, or if you are unable to attend but would like a copy of the handouts, please send an e-mail to Candice, cbsmall@radford.edu

Can a health care practitioner ever tap the current research and make it viable for clinical practice?

On Tuesday November 28 from 12:30-1:30 in the McConnell Library Radford Room Dr. Burggraf will discuss the Healthy People document and her attempt to edit a text where the research evidence, in the health care of older adults, was molded into a clinical practice framework. Healthy People is a document that is researched every decade and launched by the Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) for every population group. It is the “Bible” by which we are to be guided in our practice and curriculum development.

Contact the Faculty Development Center for registration at

831-6510.

We are evaluating a number of databases as potential purchases for the Library. If you would like to try out some of these databases, please check the list of trials. To access the database, click on the title. Some of the trials require a user name or password, which is supplied on the list.

We welcome comments from students, faculty, and staff. Please think about whether the database would help with courses or research. Is it easy to use? Do we already have databases that provide the same information, or would it add better coverage?

These trials are just available for evaluation at this time. We will make decisions on the highest priority databases on December 1, 2006. If funds allow, additional selections will be made in January 2007. However, we will not be able to purchase all of them.

If you have any questions about these database trials or the selection process, please contact Gerald Gordon, Collection Development Librarian.

The final round of Library Survivor workshops will be held November 28-30. All workshops are held in Library Classroom B. No registration is necessary. Many professors offer extra-credit for attendance!

APA Workshop- Tuesday, November 28, 3:30-4:45 PM
Co-taught with LARC, this workshop will help you learn how to cite in proper APA format.

Citations and Finding Full Text- Wednesday, November 29, 5:00-6:15 PM
Students will learn how to select an appropriate database, interpret citations, and find the full article when only a citation or abstract is available.

EndNote- Thursday, November 30, 2:30-3:20 PM
Endnote is a software package that helps users turn their citations into APA, MLA, and thousands of other formats. In this workshop, students will learn how to set up an EndNote library, how to put their citations into the system, and how to create a bibliography.

For full details about the Library Survivor workshop series, please visit:

http://lib.radford.edu/Instruction/survivor.asp

The new titles list for books, DVDs, CDs, and other materials added in October 2006, is now available on the library web site under “Information & Services - What’s New?”

The next CAMPUS AUTHORS SERIES presentation will feature Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Provost and Professor of Political Science, on November 10, 2006 from 12-1 p.m. in the Radford Room in McConnell Library.

Dr. Griffith will talk about his scholarship generally, but focus mostly on two books, “Drugs and Security in the Caribbean” (Penn State University Press, 1997) and “Caribbean Security in the Age of Terror” (Ian Randle Publishers, 2004).

For more information about this presentation, please contact the FDC at 831-6510 or email: fdc@radford.edu