Learn about the Learning Commons, 9/9, 2 pm

Wondering what will happen to the open space of Love North 1^st floor?

 

Come into Love Library North, Tuesday, Sept. 9, anytime between 2:00-4:00 pm and find out more about the future Learning Commons. Drop in to see detailed plans, pick up a stress ball & enjoy some popcorn.  Event located in Love North 1^st floor.

3D Time Travel Experience

For one afternoon only, visitors to the first floor of Love Library North will be able to travel back in time, in 3D.

On Wednesday, September 10, from 2-4:00 p.m., you will have the opportunity to walk through a 3D Mayan temple and a colonial fort, look through a variety of video demos on HD monitors, eat free popcorn and explore motion sensing devices. 

This event is free and sponsored by the University Libraries and the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.  All are welcome.

'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.