Get data. Get Reuters 3000 Extra training.

Been told to get data but don’t know where to find it?

Been told to use Reuters 3000 Extra but don’t really know how to?

If the answer to either of these is yes then carry on reading…

A Reuters 3000 Extra  lecture will be taking place:

 Thurs 29th November 

Lecture Centre

 2pm – 3pm

Vyan Pickering from Thomson Reuters has very kindly offered to deliver this. It will cover:

• Getting Started with Reuters 3000 Extra
• News/research
• Staying up to date
• Building a page of your own data
• Excel add ins
• Certification

No need to book – just turn up.

Would you like to win an iPad?

Would you like to win an iPad?

Do you want to help your library?

How about adding your voice to a global survey about technology?

If you have 15 minutes, you have enough time to participate in a global study about undergraduate college students, information literacy, and e-resources. Participants will be automatically entered to win a brand new iPad, and anyone who takes part in the survey will be contributing to the research on libraries and technology today. Please find the survey link below. 

 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/official_e-resources_il_survey

 

Questions or comments may be submitted to shiva.darbandi@credoreference.com

Attention all ye who need raw data…

Heard about Bloomberg?

Want to know more about it?

A Bloomberg lecture will be taking place this Friday 2^nd November in Lecture Centre D, 9am till 10am. Richard Hong from Bloomberg has very kindly offered to deliver this.

 It will cover:

• Getting Started with Bloomberg
• How to use Bloomberg for company analysis
• Economic data analysis
• Bloomberg Certificate

No need to book – just turn up.

Calling all Level 3 SISCM students!

 If you are a SISCM student embarking on your final year project and would like some help with finding relevant journal articles, books and other information for your literature review, your Subject Liaison Librarian, Jane Rogers, is running FYP drop-ins in the Library at the below times:

 Mon 22nd Oct 2-4pm Library Seminar Room

 Tues 23rd Oct 5-7pm Library pod

 Weds 7th Nov 4-5pm Library Training Room

 Thurs 8th Nov 5-6pm Library Training Room

 Tues 13th Nov 5-7pm Library pod

No need to pre-register, just turn up on the day. If you are unavailable at the above times or just have a question for Jane, please contact her by email: jane.rogers@brunel.ac.uk or Twitter: @siscmlibrarian

Library Inductions

Missed your Library induction or forgotten what was covered in it?

Want to know more about how to search for and borrow resources, what the ASK service offers, or who your Subject Librarian is and how they can help you? 

If the answer to any of the above is Yes, or if you would just like to learn more about using your Library, please come along to a Library induction session, at one of the below times:

• Tues 9th Oct      midday
• Tues 16th Oct    midday
• Tues 23rd Oct   midday
• Tues 20th Nov   midday
• Tues 4th Dec     midday

There’s no need to book, just come and see us in the ASK workshop room on the ground floor of the Library on the day!

 

Level 3 Biosciences RefWorks

There will be two drop in sessions on RefWorks for final year Biosciences on Monday 8th October at 11:00 (to 12:30) and 14:00 (to 15:30).
They will be in the Library Seminar Room

These will be with James Langridge the Subject Librarian for the School.

Library website improvements (with possible disruption 17/9/2012)

Over summer we’ve been reviewing our Library website and looking at ways to improve it. As a result, some pages will be changed today (including the home page). Whilst the pages are changed over, you might experience some disruption or difficulty loading a page. Please bear with us and just keep trying the pages as each page changeover should be brief.

We hope you like the new website – let us know what you think!

E-resource maintenance 25 July

Due to some difficulties accessing JSTOR and BSOL, there will be a brief period of e-resource maintenance tomorrow morning (25 July) starting at 7:30am. You may experience some difficulties connecting to e-resources at this time, but everything should be back to normal by 9:00am. We apologise for any disruption.

Service Disruptions This Weekend

Due to routine testing of electrics in the Bannerman Centre this weekend there may be short disruptions to services. Our call centre will be open from 11am today to allow for early morning testing, and as each area is tested there will be the potential for disrupted access to PCs, Self Service machines, Desk Services and any other powered service.

 If you are working in the Library this weekend please listen for announcements about areas affected – each test should last for around 20 minutes. 

ASK us this summer!

 Although the majority of students are away from campus, ASK are here all summer. We aren’t running regular drop-ins but if you’d like to meet with one of us please email ask@brunel.ac.uk  for an appointment. If you want to avoid the Olympic travel rush, or work at a distance, we can meet you on Skype too – our username is ‘ask.brunel’. Drop-ins and our regular workshop programme will start again in October.

 When we aren’t meeting students, we’re working on developing new resources to support your studies.  If you are a Master’s student writing your dissertation this summer, check out the advice on our new dissertation writing blog http://dissertationforum.wordpress.com/.  Feel free to comment and ask questions!