MIT Libraries News

Citation Surfing: Using Databases to Track Article Citations
Michael Noga

Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session.

**NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April and early May.**

WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)

WHEN: Friday, May 2, 12pm (noon)

Have your ever used the Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Perhaps you have used citation links in journal articles. This session will explore the different ways you can use citation searching to identify literature on a subject.

Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.

Contact the Science Library for more information.

Introduction to Google Maps API (5 - 6 pm)

Googler Pamela Fox will give a whirlwind tour of the Google Maps API and KML, teaching the basics of each and showing off some of the really fun applications of them (like campus maps, interactive panoramas, and fantasy worlds).

Google Maps Codelab (6 - 7 pm)

Interactive codelabs in the topics addressed in the Introduction to Google Maps API. Codelab participants should come prepared with basic Javascript or XML experience, and will find debugging the Maps API easier if they have Firebug installed.

Both sessions will be held in 14N-132.

Food will be provided

Email gishelp at mit.edu if you have questions.

Bioinformatics for Beginners
Amy Stout, Courtney Crummett

Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session.

**NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April and early May.**

WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)

WHEN: Friday, April 18, 12pm (noon)

Class attendees will learn about the organization of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools.

Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.

Contact the Science Library for more information.

Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Remlee Green, Mathew Willmott

Learn how to find and use information more effectively in our hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session.

**NOTE that different events will be happening throughout the month of April and early May.**

WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)

WHEN: Friday, April 11, 12pm (noon)

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT.

Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.

Contact the Science Library for more information.

Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these hands-on workshops. No advanced registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each session.

WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center – DIRC)

WHEN: Fridays in April (and May), 12pm (noon)

April 11: Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Remlee Green, Mathew Willmott

Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT.

April 18: Bioinformatics for Beginners
Amy Stout, Courtney Crummett

Class attendees will learn about the organization of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools.

April 25: EndNote Basics
Peter Cohn, Anita Perkins

EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references.

May 2: Citation Surfing: Using Databases to Track Article Citations
Michael M Noga

Have your ever used the Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Perhaps you have used citation links in journal articles. This session will explore the different ways you can use citation searching to identify literature on a subject.

Sponsored by the MIT Libraries.

Contact the Science Library for more information.

Donna Kirking, a representative from EndNote, will offer basic-intermediate training on building a library and using Word with EndNote. All members of the MIT community are welcome to attend one or both sessions, and no sign up is necessary.

2:00-3:30: Building an EndNote Library

3:45-5:00: Using EndNote in Word

Training will be held in the Libraries’ Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), in 14N-132. If you have EndNote installed on a laptop, you’re welcome to bring it and follow along. If you’re already an EndNote user, feel free to come with questions.

Questions? Contact cite-help@mit.edu.

If you’re unable to attend the training, you may want to check out our guide on EndNote at MIT, or the Overview of Bibliographic Software.

There has been an explosion of open source and free mapping tools. In this talk we will offer a brief look into the neogeographer’s world of online mapping.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 23, 2 -3 pm

WHERE: 4-231

Complete listing of GIS workshops

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Check out all of the MIT Libraries IAP events for this week, from Monday, January 21 through Friday, January 25. A complete listing for all of IAP is also available.

Book Discussion: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

EndNote Basics

Geographic Information Systems Workshops

Introduction to DOME and Stellar Images

Introduction to R (Statistical Software)

Introduction to Stata (Statistical Software)

Little Tools with Big Impact: Firefox Extensions, Library Betas, Web Apps, and More

MIT TechTV & U

Makin’ Bacon! Sustainable Livestock Farming and You!

Making Your Own Videos for the Web & MIT TechTV

Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero

Patent Searching Fundamentals

Power Up! 2.0: Energy Industry Information from the MIT Libraries

PowerPoint Reform School

RefWorks Basics

Rotch Library Film Series

SciFinder Scholar - chemical properties and other new features

Where’s YOUR food from? How Your Food Choices Affect Your Community

Where’s the Money? Information Sources for Awarded Research Funding

MIT is home, school, and work place to a rich and diverse community of students, faculty and staff. Each member of this community sees MIT through their own unique lens. “YourMIT” is a compilation of photos and video clips, contributed by the community, that reflect the diversity of experience and the tapestry that is MIT. Please join us by sending in your photos and videos and then for the premier viewing of “YourMIT”. We will also discuss how this program can evolve throughout the year to reflect the changing seasons of the academic year.

WHEN: Friday, February 1, 2 -3 pm

WHERE: 9-057, LiNC Room

See http://web.mit.edu/techtv/yourmit/ for more information. Contact Kris Brewer with any questions.

Cosponsored by Academic Media Production Services.

Can we really shop our way to a better world? Sure, a Prius is easier on the Earth than a big SUV, but isn’t over-consumption itself part of the problem? Isn’t offering solutions that involve buying yet more stuff somehow delusional and counter-productive?

Rodney North – an MIT neighbor and “The Answer Man” for Equal Exchange, an organic, Fair Trade food company - will lead a debate/free-for-all discussion about the growing popularity of green and socially responsible products and the pros & cons of how this trend influences our thinking about what is needed to create a sustainable, just society.

Audience participation is encouraged, and Equal Exchange will provide free organic, Fair Trade snacks and dark chocolate for you to gorge on while you rail against the evils of consumerism.

WHEN: Friday, February 1, 2 - 3 pm

WHERE: 4-237

Contact Ryan Gray with any questions. See http://www.equalexchange.coop for further information.

Looking for prospective employers? Preparing for a job interview?

MIT Libraries can help!

First, we’ll learn how to target potential employers– established companies, start-up firms, and socially responsible corporations– by field of interest and by location. Then, we’ll use MIT Libraries’ resources to research potential employers and uncover information that can aid your career decisions and your interview preparations. This will be a hands-on workshop. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop if possible, as seating space exceeds the number of available PCs.

WHEN: Thursday, January 31, 12 - 1 pm

WHERE: 14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment is limited to 30 participants and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact Alex Caracuzzo with any questions.

What’s an RSS feed? How can I use it to keep up with new information in my field? We’ll show you how RSS and other current awareness tools can help you stay up to date!

This will be a hands-on session on Windows PCs. You are also welcome to bring your own laptop.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 30, 4 - 5 pm

WHERE: 14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment is limited to 25 participants and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact J. Darcy Duke with any questions.

This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to estimating the linear regression model using ordinary least squares in Stata. Topics covered include: multiple regression, dummy variables, interaction effects, hypothesis tests, and model diagnostics. In addition, instructors will explain the substantive interpretation of regression outputs. Join Nealia Khan, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center, for this informative session.

Familiarity with both Stata and the linear regression model is required.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 30, 1 - 3 pm

WHERE: E53-220

Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Contact Katherine McNeill-Harman to sign up or with questions. See http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html for more information.

Whether for research or for fun, reading historical newspapers gives us a fascinating view of the past. This hands-on workshop will show you how to find and use newspapers (online and otherwise) going back as far as the 17th century. Focus will be on U.S. papers, though international papers will also be covered.

If you need to gather facts and primary sources for papers and reports, want background information for your latest short story, or are just curious how much the critics liked your favorite classic book or movie, this session is for you!

Bring your Boston Public Library card number, if you have one.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 30, 2 - 3 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Contact Michelle Baildon with any questions.

So you’ve got the basic PowerPoint presentation down pat. Are you ready to go beyond static bullet points? Interested in adding animations and transitions? Want to go behind the scenes and customize the default slide designs — or build your own? Do you crave sound and video? We’ll cover these topics (and more) in a hands-on workshop session. (When you sign up via email, please indicate any other topics you’d like to see covered.)

WHEN: Tuesday, January 29, 2 - 3:30 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Note that this class is limited to 20 participants. Please contact Craig Thomas to sign up or with any questions.

PowerPoint Reform School or experience building presentations required.

This course will help researchers performing large or complex statistical analyses to identify and analyze computational problems and thus improve performance, accuracy and reliability. Topics will include: fundamentals of computer arithmetic; computing architecture and performance; statistical benchmarking; principles of performance tuning; timing and profiling statistical codes; large database management; high-performance libraries; and distributed computing approaches.

The course is offered in a one-day mixed format. The morning portion of the class will be devoted to lecture and discussion. During the afternoon, the instructor will be available to offer one-on-one consulting on projects in either the planning or active stages. Please contact the instructor in advance to reserve a specific afternoon consulting time slot.

WHEN: Monday, January 28, 10 am - 1 pm & 1 - 4 pm (Individual consulting)

WHERE: E53-220

Please note that advance sign-up is required and participation is limited to 20 participants. We require prior familiarity with fundamentals of statistical model estimation.

Contact Micah Altman, Senior Research Scientist Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, to sign up or with any questions.

Have your ever used the Web of Science to find citations? Have you used Google Scholar? Perhaps you have used citation links in journal articles. This session will explore the different ways you can use citation searching to identify literature on a subject. The concept of citation searching has been around for over 50 years, but it has evolved with the technology. Several methods will be explored including the Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, Google Scholar, Research Index (CiteSeer), ScienceDirect, PROLA, GeoScienceWorld, and Citation Bridge (US Patents). Come and share your own citation searching methods.

WHEN: Monday, January 28, 2 -3 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Contact Michael M Noga with any questions.

Learn about how to find chemical properties and other new exciting features in SciFinder Scholar by attending this hands-on virtual lab! Go to the link below to join the session, or see more information about the training session, including its agenda.

WHEN: Friday, January 25, 10 am - 12 pm

WHERE: Your office! (via WebEx teleconference)

https://casevents.webex.com/casevents/k2/j.php?ED=90618307&UID=528470787

Training session password: mitscholar

Teleconference: Call 866-469-3239 (Tollfree in US/Canada) or 650-429-3300 (US/Canada Direct)

Session Number: 665 905 421

Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/index.html

Contact Erja Kajosalo with any questions.

Learn how to use MIT Libraries’ databases and the Internet to uncover energy-related industry overviews, market research, and country statistics.

WHEN: Friday, January 25, 1 - 2 pm

WHERE: 14N-132, DIRC

Enrollment is limited to 27 participants and is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact Alex Caracuzzo with any questions.

Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics available on Athena. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, and generate figures. Join Ernest Sergenti, Data Fellow, Harvard-MIT Data Center, for this informative session.

No previous experience with R is required.

WHEN: Friday, January 25, 10 am - 12 pm

WHERE: E53-220

Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Contact Katherine McNeill-Harman to sign up or with questions. See http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html for more information.