We are so proud of our graduating library employees! Way to go! We’ll miss your smiling faces!
Congratulations to
Does your group need a place where you can collaborate on that final project? The Library Annex just added two additional Group Study Rooms which can accommodate groups of 3 or more.
Coe Library offers group study rooms also, reserve one in person at the Circulation Desk.
Good news for the studious… the libraries will be open extended hours throughout finals week. Happy studying!
Monday-Thursday:
May 2 (Friday):
May 10 & 11: All Closed
Check out LBRY 3010 for Summer 2008: on campus or online. Earn your “L” and become a better researcher.
Section 1 runs May 19-June 15, TR 8:40-10:40 a.m., in Coe Library. Section 41 (online) runs June 16-August 8. Both sections are taught by librarians. Register using WyoWeb.
Course description: Students locate, evaluate, and synthesize free and fee-based information resources used in academic and work environments, with a special focus on accessing information remotely. Course assignments are customized to student’s academic major and career goals. Students discuss ethical and legal issues surrounding information use. Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 or equivalent, junior standing.
Questions? Contact Coe Reference at 766-2070 or coeref@uwyo.edu.
If you are anything like me, you know the pain of losing points on your Works Cited page after all the hard work you put into writing a good paper.
Let the library blog help you keep all those citation points this semester, my little grasshoppers! Cass’s favorite tools for good (usually) and easy (certainly) citations:
BibMe creates citations for you. The clear interface will create MLA or APA citations for articles, newspapers, books, websites, films. The ISBN search option for books is so slick!
EbscoHost creates citations directly from your search results! Whether you’re using Academic Search Premier or any of the other fine Ebsco databases, just select “Email” and for the article you want, select the appropriate format (e.g. MLA, APA) and it will send you the citation. Amazing!
Reference Librarians know all about citations, just ask!
In too deep? An appointment at the Writing Center might be the right move.
What are your favorite citation helpers?
Bring your study questions and your appetite to Finals Freakout in Coe Library Monday, April 28th from 8:00 - 10: p.m. Librarians will have cookies, coffee, iced tea and study aids ready for you!
[image via threadless… it’s funny because it’s true]
The following class meets in the Coe Library Electronic Classroom Monday:
And don’t forget to stop by for some cookies and coffee at Finals Freakout, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. in Coe Library!
UW offers a whole slate of interesting events today in honor of our great planet.
If you want to extend Earth Day to every day, stop by the library to read more. And I will try to remember, if you will, to think twice before printing online articles.
Professors and scholars can now expect their unpublished articles to be tested for plagiarism via software commonly used to check student work, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Students may be familiar with the turnitin software which scans papers for familiar turns of phrase and known published material. Now professors can expect their papers to be subjected to a very similar process.
In the past, peer review prior to publication ensured the quality of research articles, but now journal publishers are utilizing technology to ensure original content. Additional methods of detecting plagiarism include Google Alerts and database searches.
This article reminded me that while technological advances can make plagiarism easy and appealing, they also make it a heck of a lot easier to get caught. It also reminded me that setting up permanent searches in your favorite databases and on Google is a great idea!
As national library week wraps up, here is a quick glance at what happens each week in Wyoming libraries:
- Library doors are open a total of 2,487 hours
- There are 63,093 patron visits (equivalent to 1 out of every 8 people in the state)
- Staff answer 11,222 reference questions
- 83,467 items circulate — 30,408 of which are children’s materials
- There are 19,534 uses of public access computers
- 645 library employees work 17,338 hours
Statistics compiled by the amazing Susan Vittitow at the Wyoming State Library, 4-17-2008 via ACPL