Going Green? Go to the library!

The Daily Green reminds us that libraries can help you go green! In addition to the great reasons listed in the article, here are a couple other green services from the Regis Library:

1. full text online access to thousands of journals via the library databases means no commute, no paper, no waste, and no wait!
2. Also, article requests using Loan Ranger for items not owned by the Regis Library are almost always delivered electronically as PDF files!
3. Yes, we have music CDs and motion picture DVDs for you too!

P.B.

Peer Review in Five Minutes

The librarians at North Carolina State University have put together a nice video about the peer review process and what it means to you as a student. Give it a look below!

P.B.

Developing a good research question

Thinking of your research paper topics yet? Take a look at the following short tutorial: Developing a good research question. Your ability to focus on your topic and develop a strong thesis statement will help in the long run. Once you know the question(s) you need to answer, then you will be ready to conduct your research.

Pardon our mess…

Just a quick note that we’re making some changes to the blog categories in hopes of making them more useful and meaningful.  So pardon our mess as we reorganize and make improvements!

P.B.

If you think this is about library fines…

A little humor to start the Fall semester:

P.S. Did you know you can have your fines voided at Dayton Memorial Library if you provide a canned food donation!

Just another day at the library

Those crafty folks at Cornell came up with this amusing “old tyme” style library cartoon. I guess I’d be the shhhsh’ing moose!

P.B.

Be an author!

Hooray! In addition to submitting comments in reply to posts, students now have the option to write new posts for the blog. Want to start a discussion about your research topic? Do have a reference question you would like to share with the ED205 community? Did you find a great academic resource you want to share with others? Then write a post for the ED205 blog. A .PDF document with instructions can be found under the Authors menu on the right, or take a look at the Blog Tutorials on the tutorials page.

P.B.

Turning the corner…

As we approach the end of the first 8 week session, I want to invite all students to continue to read and submit to the blog, even after you have completed the ED205 course. Much of what is dicussed here is applicable to your entire academic career, so don’t forget us! Also, look for some exciting changes to the blog as we enter the second 8 week session for Spring 2007.

P.B.

Goals for this blog…

Tom and I have been discussing how we intend to use this blog to help students and faculty. Blogs provide for varying levels of interactivity, and one of the first questions we had to answer was how to manage the content. Here is our plan: Tom and I, as trained information professionals, will lead the discussion. We will write posts, focusing on:

• research tips
• instructions for utilizing specific resources
• links to relevant online resources
• responses to student queries

Students are highly encouraged to submit comments to our posts, as this will serve as a primary means of communication between student and librarian. You can submit your comments for each post. Look for the link underneath the message header. Use the comments feature to:

• submit your research or library-related questions
• tell us what research strategies or resources worked/didn’t work for you
• ask for help with your research topic
• communicate with other students

Keep in mind that one of the goals of this blog is to provide an online, accessible, archived record of research-related questions and comments for ED205 students. As more students use the blog, more content will be created. Eventually, we hope to have a searchable database of relevant information and resources for ED205 students.

Note: A few words about blog etiquette. Comments should be respectful to all others and refrain from profanity, slurs, slang, etc. If you have a personal research question and do not wish to make it public on the blog, you may contact Tom or me via email. However, we may ask for the student’s permission to post reference and research questions received via email to the Blog, if we feel that it may benefit other students.

P.B.

Getting Started

Hi all,

We’re working hard to get the ED205 Blog up and running now. We’ll be adding more posts with instructions and questions for you soon. In the meantime, please take a look at our “About” page, where we will be adding contact information and some snippets about us. Feel free to write a comment too!

Paul