Do you use RefWorks or similar software such as EndNote, Zotero, or Mendeley to manage your references? We’d like to learn about your experiences and needs for this software.
Please stop by for coffee and comment in person on Wednesday, March 13 or Thursday, March 14 between 11 and 2 in the Popular Reading Room on the 4th floor of the library. You can also comment by completing a brief online survey by March 15. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ref-manager.
Your input will help us decide whether to drop or retain RefWorks. Thank you for helping us to make an informed decision.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
What You Really Need to Know About PubMed
This workshop is designed to help interested faculty and students learn how to search PubMed@Duquesne more efficiently and completely. The workshop will address how to create effective search strategies using Boolean operators, filters, MeSH, and Topic-Specific Queries. We will also demonstrate several ways to easily access full-text articles, and provide additional information on the differences between PubMed, PubMed Central, and MEDLINE.
Presenter: Sarah McGowan
When: Friday, March 22, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Where: 408 Gumberg Library
Please RSVP to Lisa Sciulli, sciullie@duq.edu
Monday, February 25, 2013
Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research
Gumberg Library is sponsoring the Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research in 2013. Thanks to the financial support of donors, the award will include a $250 cash prize.
Posters accepted for Duquesne University’s 2013 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium (URSS) will be considered for the Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research. A committee of library faculty and administrators will judge relevant posters based on the posters’ intellectual merits and demonstration that the research presented meets the standard of its field.
Students can submit abstracts or find more information about the URSS at: http://www.duq.edu/research/student-research/urss.
The deadline to submit an abstract is March 13, 2013.
The Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research will be announced at the end of the URSS. The winner is also expected to attend a brief ceremony at Gumberg Library’s National Library Week celebration (April 14-20, 2013).
Posters accepted for Duquesne University’s 2013 Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium (URSS) will be considered for the Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research. A committee of library faculty and administrators will judge relevant posters based on the posters’ intellectual merits and demonstration that the research presented meets the standard of its field.
Students can submit abstracts or find more information about the URSS at: http://www.duq.edu/research/student-research/urss.
The deadline to submit an abstract is March 13, 2013.
The Gumberg Library Award for Undergraduate Research will be announced at the end of the URSS. The winner is also expected to attend a brief ceremony at Gumberg Library’s National Library Week celebration (April 14-20, 2013).
Friday, February 22, 2013
2013 One Book, One Community Event
The Passover Seder and the Haggadah
Aaron L. Mackler, Ph. D.
Department of Theology, Duquesne University
March 19, 2013, noon, Gumberg Library, 5th floor
(RSVP at 412.396.6136, 8-4 weekdays)
Learn about and sample traditional foods from the Passover Seder, Judaism’s home ritual celebrating the Exodus from Egypt.
Tour the Rabbi Herman Hailperin Collection on the 2nd floor of the Gumberg Library.
View a variety of Haggadoth from the collection on display on the 4th floor.
This brown bag lunch is in conjunction with community partner the
Allegheny County Library Association. A drawing will be held for a Kindle Fire.
Purchase the One Book for 2013 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks,
Pulitzer Prize Author, at the Duquesne University Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
Details at http://guides.library.duq.edu/peopleofthebook.
Aaron L. Mackler, Ph. D.
Department of Theology, Duquesne University
March 19, 2013, noon, Gumberg Library, 5th floor
(RSVP at 412.396.6136, 8-4 weekdays)
Learn about and sample traditional foods from the Passover Seder, Judaism’s home ritual celebrating the Exodus from Egypt.
Tour the Rabbi Herman Hailperin Collection on the 2nd floor of the Gumberg Library.
View a variety of Haggadoth from the collection on display on the 4th floor.
This brown bag lunch is in conjunction with community partner the
Allegheny County Library Association. A drawing will be held for a Kindle Fire.
Purchase the One Book for 2013 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks,
Pulitzer Prize Author, at the Duquesne University Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
Details at http://guides.library.duq.edu/peopleofthebook.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Gumberg Library Entrance Policy
To ensure the priority of service to Duquesne users, and for safety reasons, everyone entering the building must carry photo ID with them at all times. Children entering the building must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Members of the general public are not permitted to enter the building without an appointment.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Writing Center Sessions at Gumberg
The Writing Center will conduct consulting sessions in the Gumberg Library spring semester on Mondays and Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. in Room 402A. Make an appointment at:
http://duq.edu/academics/resources-and-technology/writing-center/schedule-an-appointment
http://duq.edu/academics/resources-and-technology/writing-center/schedule-an-appointment
Friday, January 4, 2013
Gumberg Library Elevator Renovation
Replacement of the two front elevators in the Gumberg Library begins on Monday, January 7th. One elevator will be renovated at a time. We ask or your patience with noise and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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