Apologies for cross posting.
There are still places available on the following courses:
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Mimas would like to announce that the free training course: "An Introduction to Mimas Bibliographic Services" will be held in Manchester on Wednesday 04 November 2009 and in London on Wednesday 11 November 2009.
Who is the course for?
This course is for academics, researchers, postgraduate students, librarians and support staff within Higher and Further Education. Previous experience of using a web browser is required for the practical exercises.
Date, time and location:
04 November 2009
3.17 Ellen Wilkinson Building, The University of Manchester
10:00 - 16:00
Map: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/maps/
Ellen Wilkinson Bdg is No. 77 on campus map.
11 November 2009
South Camden City Learning Centre, London
10:00 - 16:00
Map: http://www.southcamden-clc.org.uk/Location.asp
Content:
This is an overview course providing a basic introduction to a range of Mimas' resource discovery tools and includes the opportunity for hands-on.
Ideal for:
* New members of staff involved in finding information
* New researchers and research assistants about embark on their first project
* Postgraduates who want to learn how to find primary source material, books and journal articles to produce a literature review on their area of expertise
During the day, the following services will be covered:
- Archives Hub: a basic introduction to finding primary source material. The Archives Hub provides access to descriptions of archives held in over 170 UK universities and colleges.
http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk <http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/>
- Copac: a basic introduction to resource discovery using Copac, a merged union catalogue including the catalogues of the major UK and Irish National, Academic and Special libraries.
http://copac.ac.uk <http://copac.ac.uk/>
- ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education a basic introduction to the Web of Knowledge (WoK) research platform that helps you find, analyse and manage information in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.(Session will cover the Web of Science resource only)
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk <http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/>
- Zetoc: a basic introduction to an Electronic Table of Contents service. How to keep up-to-date by creating alerts to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents for journals and conference proceedings.
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk <http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/>
Booking information:
For more information contact: [log in to unmask]
To book, go to: http://support.mimas.ac.uk/courses/calendar/
Lunch is not provided on this free course.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Regards,
Lisa
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Lisa Jeskins
Promotions and Outreach: Library and Archival Services
Mimas
Mezzanine Floor
Devonshire House
University Precinct Centre
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9QH
T: +44 (0) 161 275 6789 |E: [log in to unmask]
W: Archives Hub: http://archiveshub.ac.uk |
W: Copac: http://copac.ac.uk <http://copac.ac.uk> |
Twitter: @archiveshub | @copac
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