Daily Archives: July 2, 2013

Citation organization made easy: enroll in July's Beginning EndNote class

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EndNote X6 provides flexible, time-saving tools for searching, organizing, and sharing your research; creating your bibliography; and writing your paper.

Beginning EndNote: Administrative and Research Professionals Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1 – 2:30 p.m. Library Informatics Classroom (Room E2.310A)

This 90-minute hands-on class is designed for administrative assistants and research professionals tasked to collect citations, keep reference lists current, and update article submissions for researchers.

The class covers:

  • Downloading citation information from online database searches
  • Importing, organizing, and inserting references into Microsoft Word
  • Downloading licensed PDFs to the citation automatically
  • Organizing references, images, and PDFs
  • Creating and modifying bibliographies in recommended publication formats without retyping

Register on the Library Class Registration page. For assistance or individualized instruction, contact Therona Ramos by phone at 214-648-5073.

SciVal Funding – Where’s the money?

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Need funding for your research? Our new SciVal Funding database provides global access to opportunities and comprehensively covers award/grants from Australia, Canada, the European Commission, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

With more than 3,000 international sponsors providing more than 16,000 active awards/grants, SciVal provides researchers with many funding opportunities. Tutorials are available within the database to guide your use.

SciVal Funding features personalized “funding profiles” for researchers who have published and/or been funded.  Check out your personal profile soon.

The Library will offer individual and group training sessions, lunch and learns, and featured tabletop sessions soon.  Call the Library at 214-648-2003 to request assistance or use the Ask Us form on our website to set up a training session.