Tuesday, December 05, 2006

RefWorks - Organize your Citations!

RefWorks

RefWorks is an online tool for organizing, storing, and sharing citations. Citations can be selected and easily downloaded from most of the library’s databases. They can then be formatted in the needed style (MLA, APA, etc.), shared with other project members, or quickly turned into a bibliography or works cited list. Check the excellent tutorial.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

International Art Exhibition at Hunter Library

Come check out the work of WCU photography students from their international travels! The International Exhibition features photos taken by art students Mike Campbell, Liz Goettee, and Hilary Lindler, capturing perspectives from their travels in Australia, England, Italy, Ireland and Scotland, in both rural and urban settings. Please visit the exhibit beside the Library’s electronic classroom on the main floor.

The exhibit will be up until December 15, 2006. The photos are available for $300.00 each — both matte and frame — and the students’ email addresses are available at the exhibit. Feel free to sign the guestbook and offer comments on the students’ work.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Just in time for research project deadlines...IM a WCU Librarian!

Away from the Library in your residence hall? Connected to the internet, but still far from the Reference Desk? No problem: instant message a librarian!

Starting Monday, November 6, Hunter Library's Reference Department will begin a reference consulting service through instant messaging. As you spend those long hours away from us, in your room or on a laptop, we want to keep in touch - providing assistance on research papers, journal article titles and other sources, databases and statistical questions. All these are available - almost in an instant!

IM a WCU Librarian is available Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Add the library to your buddy list:
HunterLibrary (AIM)
HunterLibrary3000 (Yahoo)
HunterLibrary3000@hotmail.com (MSN)


More details on IM a WCU Librarian

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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Friday, October 27, 2006

G.I.S. Day at WCU’s Hunter Library

On November 8-9, Hunter Library will host four sessions for Western Carolina University’s inaugural Geographic Information Systems Day—a national event since 1987, and now directly accessible to Western students, faculty and staff.

Hunter’s own Bart Voskuil, Reference Librarian/Environmental and Geosciences Liaison, will present the first session, “G.I.S. Resources @ WCU and Mapping Census Data,” on November 8, from 1:00-2:00 pm, in the Library’s electronic classroom (HL186). Other workshop sessions include:

“Mini-G.I.S. Workshop using ArcView (Introduction)” by Ron Davis, WCU Geosciences and NRM (November 8, 2:00-3:00 pm, HL 186)

“G.I.S. Applications on Campus & in the Region,” by Joni-Bugden Storie, WCU Geosciences and NRM (November 9, 9:00-10:00 am, HL 186)

“Mini-G.I.S. Workshop using ArcView (Introduction—repeat from day 1),” by Ron Davis, WCU Geosciences and NRM (November 9, 10:00-11:00 am, HL186)

For more information about G.I.S. and for contact information regarding the conference, visit http://www.wcu.edu/pubinfo/news/2006/GISDay.htm. Attendance is free and all are welcome, but space is limited.