The State Library of Kansas will again be partnering with Gale/Cengage Learning to offer one hour webinars on the Gale Databases offered to Kansas libraries. These one hour training sessions will cover a wide range of information resources available to Kansans through Gale/Cengage. They will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays according to the schedule listed below. All of the Gale webinars in 2011 will be taught in Elluminate and all will be archived.
They will be taught this fall by Dinah Ramirez. She joined Gale Cengage Learning as an Account Manager where she closely serviced Academic and Special Libraries. She most recently joined Gale’s training team where she now provides customer education sessions on products and services. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University. The first workshop on September 13 will be taught by Dinah’s colleague, Troy Anderson, who taught the very enjoyable webinar on Books and Authors last spring.
Participants may enter the workshops within 30 minutes of the scheduled time, to check their connections and microphones. The log-ins for each webinar will be re-sent to the Kansas library listservs before each program.
GALE SCHEDULE
General OneFile/Academic OneFile/InfoTrac Collections
Tuesday, September 13
2:00 – 3:00 PM CDT
Infotrac Periodical Solutions and Powersearch
Libraries around the globe rely on Gale periodical resources to provide the in-depth, up-to-date information they need to conduct research across the full range of scholarly, academic, business and general interest topics. Whatever the needs of your library, we provide the solution. These periodical solutions operate on the PowerSearch platform, which enables users to cross-search content found in a single collection and with other collections. During this session we will give you information on how to navigate through PowerSearch and the periodical databases.
Participants in this training session will:
-Review the general content available in General OneFile, Academic OneFile, and InfoTrac Collections;
-Examine navigational and search features of the PowerSearch interface;
-Construct and employ efficient search strategies for information retrieval;
-Review the different search options including Basic, Subject, Publication, and Advanced Search options;
-Recognize how to use E-mail, InfoMarks and Marked Lists as a way to manage and organize information found within the databases.
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.A323367EF9EEEDA93FDB1A134DE3C9&sid=2010343
Literature Resources
Thursday, September 15
10:00 – 11:00 AM CDT
Literature Resource Center is the world’s most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database. Uniquely relevant to today’s curriculum, the resource’s rich critical, biographical and contextual materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers will find the information they need on authors and their works, from all time periods and from around the world.
Participants in this training session will:
-Maximize the different search strategies such as a person search, works search, basic search, and advanced search;
-Review the organization of results into “tabs” representing different types of literary questions;
-Learn how to refine searches and topics using faceted search results and the “search within results” feature;
-Utilize different article features such as linked subject terms, print, e-mail, translations, citation tools, Mark Folders, and Bookmarks.
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.066753F64DF1901F1DAE63B5815226&sid=2010343
Health and Wellness Resource Center/Health Reference Center Academic
Thursday, October 6
10:00 – 11:00 AM CDT
The Prescription for Better Research
Each day health and medicine become a bigger part of our lives. Students are entering medical programs at a record pace. Individuals are becoming more and more health conscious. And alternative and preventative care is more popular than ever as insurance premiums continue to skyrocket. Where is everyone going to turn for fast, accurate and reliable information? Your library! Gale’s health solutions are an important part of any library’s health offerings. Attend this webinar to learn more about Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health Content & Health Reference Center Academic.
In this session you will:
-Learn the differences between Health and Wellness Resource Center & Health Reference Center Academic
-Find current magazine, newspaper, reference book and other articles on health related issues
-Search and view videos on a variety of health-related topics
-Use Advanced search to construct more complex searches
-Find a variety of other health related resources
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.A86657F519CF2D54E8AF2862BC94F1&sid=2010343
Business Resources
Tuesday, October 18
2:00 – 3:00 PM CDT
The business session will cover Business and Company Resource Center and Business and Company ASAP. These databases provides libraries with a thorough and simple solution for finding information on company profiles, company histories, investment reports, financial information, brand information, and periodicals. During this session we will give you information on how to navigate through the Business databases.
Participants in this training session will:
-Review the general content available in each database
-Construct and employ efficient search strategies for information retrieval
-Examine navigational and search features of Business and Company Resource Center
-Differentiate between the different search options in the different databases including Company, Industry, Article, Publication and Advanced Search options.
-Recognize how to use Email, InfoMarks and Marked Lists as a way to manage and organize information found within the databases.
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.F7AEAA857B11364F2B88E6597E4BE7&sid=2010343
ChiltonLibrary
Thursday, October 20
10:00 AM CDT
Put your library users in the driver’s seat!
When it comes to auto repair, “do-it-yourselfers”, students and automotive enthusiasts have trusted Chilton repair manuals for years. Gale puts these authoritative manuals into motion with more extensive resources for your library users in a simple-to-use, online resource that’s available 24/7 wherever there’s an available internet connection.
In this session, you will learn how to:
-Find your vehicle
-Navigate through Repair Information
-Find Maintenance Information, Technical Service Documentation and Recall Information
-Print copies
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.D193078C92A7629AFCC41791C720BC&sid=2010343
Please join us this fall to learn more about using these essential information resources.
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