TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — University Libraries at The University of Alabama has announced it will offer instructional classes for faculty and students in the use of EBSCOhost, WebSPIRS and Internet search engines on a fixed schedule from Sept. 19- Oct. 12.
Individual instructional classes are 50 minutes long and will be held in the instructional classroom at either Bruno Business Library or the Science and Engineering Library. The classes are offered on a first come/first serve basis. The rooms seat a maximum of 20 participants. Sign up at the Reference Desk in Bruno, SEL and McClure or e-mail apower@bama.ua.edu.
Instruction in the use of the Online Catalog/EBSCOhost, the Libraries’ electronic catalog, includes Boolean searching and search techniques for limiting or qualifying a search by language, library location, etc. Training will include searching MLA, PsychoINFO and ERIC across the WebSPIRS databases using the same search protocol.
The times, dates and sessions for the instructional classes are as follows:
*Sept. 19-21 (at Bruno Business Library)
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m.–Catalog/EBSCOhost
3:30 p.m.-WWW Search Engines
Wednesday:
10 a.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
7 p.m.–WebSPIRS
Thursday: 11 a.m.– WWW Search Engines
3:30 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
*Sept. 25-27 (at Science and Engineering Library)
Monday:
2 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
4 p.m.– WWW Search Engines
Tuesday:
11 a.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
6 p.m.– WebSPIRS
Wednesday:
10 a.m.– WWW Search Engines
2 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
*Oct. 2-5 (at Science and Engineering Library)
Monday:
9 a.m.– WWW Search Engines
11 a.m.–WebSPIRS
Tuesday:
9:30 a.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
11 a.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
Thursday:
12:30 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
2 p.m.– WWW Search Engines
*Oct. 9-12 (at Bruno Business Library)
Monday:
10 a.m.– WWW Search Engines
7 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
Wednesday:
4 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
7 p.m.– WWW Search Engines
Thursday:
11 a.m.–WebSPIRS
2 p.m.– Catalog/EBSCOhost
For more information about any of these classes or instructional topics, contact Ann Power at 205/348-2802.
Contact
Amy Baker or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325
Source
Ann Power, 205/348-2802