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Knowledge You Need for Grad School, or your [first] Job or Internship
UD Librarians are sponsoring a series of informative sessions on research tools students can use to succeed in grad school, an internship, their first job, or upper-level classes. All sessions are free and include refreshments. More.
Google Like a Librarian
Feel lucky every time you use Google! By the end of this session you will know the shortcuts and tricks that librarians use, like Google advanced search options, applications, and products. Come learn how to use Google even more effectively for business research, locating public data, mapping possibilities, eBooks, plus much more!
Advanced Engineering Literature Searching
You may have heard of Compendex or Web of Science, but what other engineering specific resources are available to support your literature searching? New products like the SPIE proceedings, and the ASTM standards will be presented along with other engineering resources like ASME and ASCE publications, IEEE Xplore, INSPEC, Scopus, the CRC handbook, Perry’s Handbook, and ASM Handbooks online.
Drowning in citations? RefWorks to the rescue
RefWorks is a citation management software program and it’s free for students, faculty and staff at UD. We will discuss its most useful features and show how it can benefit your writing and research. You’ll never have to type out a works cited page or bibliography again!
Anywhere, USA: Find reliable demographic and economic statistics online
The 2010 Census provides a wealth of demographic information. If you are trying to research people or communities in order to define the needs for a particular region or deploy targeted marketing techniques, then this session is for you. Learn how these important decisions are made using the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey datasets. You'll come away with an understanding of Census terminology, geography, and the newly released American FactFinder Database. Applicable for all majors interested in finding out more about the make up of the United States.
Mining the Deep Web for Competitive Business Intelligence
Using specialized sources for company and industry information can give you a competitive edge over others who just Google. Learn expert techniques to use in premium databases and other sources you may not have considered before for business research.
