'Quick Tips' Research Series: Find it Fast and Finish the Paper on Time

Just received your first research paper assignment and don’t know where to start? Need more information and don’t know where to find it? Come and find out how to devise a research strategy that will get you on track to completing that research paper.

 September 9^th   2:10pm- 3:00pm

September 24^th   3:10pm - 4:00pm

Love Library - Room 111 (ESC Room)

No registration necessary, workshops are free and on a first-come, first-served basis.

'Quick Tips' Research Series: Reading Those Long Articles

Having trouble reading and digesting those long scholarly articles for your assignments?  Come and get some tips on how to read a scholarly article in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

September 9^th   3:10pm- 4:00pm

September 24^th   4:10pm-500pm

Love Library - Room 111 (ESC Room)

No registration necessary, workshops are free and on a first-come, first-served basis.

Search for Business Information in OneSource (workshop)

 

 

Join Dave Campbell from InfoGroup, for an in-depth training in using OneSource, a versatile new database featuring business data, company information, and industry reports, on Thursday, September 11, at 3:00 pm in Room 110, Love Library. Please contact Bob Bolin, rbolin2@unl.edu or (402) 472-4418, to reserve a seat.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries  has added this new database to its roster of resources and is sponsoring the workshop with an expert on OneSource.

OneSource is compiled by culling data available from over 50 different vendors.  The resource provides users with in-depth information on over 7.7 million companies and over 18.6 million executives worldwide.  Whether you’re looking for deep financial data, corporate tree information, SWOT analyses, or analyst reports, Onesource has it all and more.   Industry reports, drawn from Business Monitor International , Freedonia, RMA, etc. are also available within the product and are free to download into pdf format.

Thanks to InfoGroup for making Mr. Campbell available to give this training.

For further information contact Bob Bolin, rbolin2@unl.edu or (402) 472-4418.

One Button Studio offers easy video production

Lexie Heinle, a junior journalism major, uses the UNL One Button Studio on Aug. 26. 

The new studio in Love Library offers video recording with a single click of a button. 

(Picture taken by Troy Fedderson, University Communications)

A Big Ten collaboration is making professional-quality videos available to UNL via the simple click of a button.

Incorporating technology developed by Penn State, Information Technology Services and the University Libraries have launched the UNL One Button Studio in Love Library North. The studio, open to students, faculty and staff, is a simplified video recording set up that can be used without prior video production knowledge.

To read the rest of this story, written by Troy Fedderson of University Communications, head to http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/one-button-studio-offers-easy-video-production/

For more information about the One Button Studio in the Library visit: http://its.unl.edu/onebutton

Find your Study Spot in Love Library & Get a Free Giveaway

Take 10 minutes, find your study spot and get a free giveaway.  

Join one of our student Peer Guides for a 10-15 minute search within Love Library for your favorite study spot.  Tours are free and given by library peer guides starting at the Love South user services desk.  The following are list of dates and times of the tours:

Tuesday, September 2:                 5 p.m.

Wednesday, September 3:           3 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Monday, September 8:                4 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 9:               5 p.m.  & 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 10:       3 p.m. & 7 p.m. 

Learn about the upcoming learning commons and a free giveaway will be included at the end for participating.