October is Health Literacy Month!

Celebrate and learn about your health literacy with the FIU Libraries - we have the health information you need, when you need it.

• Looking for easy-to-understand health information? Try MedlinePlus (also available in Spanish).
• Interested in websites for healthcare professionals? Check out our newest LibGuide with health literacy resources organized by topic.
• Need scholarly health and biomedical information? Explore the FIU Libraries' health sciences databases.

Take some time this month to learn about Medical Subject Headings, access a new trustworthy health resource, or simply pass by the FIU Libraries and meet your Health Sciences Librarian.

Improve your health literacy to improve your health!

 

REMINDER: RefWorks Workshop This Friday in Green Library!

Fri., Sept. 27 - 3:00-5:00 p.m. - MMC Campus, Green Library, GL 245 

WHAT WILL WE COVER?
What is RefWorks? 
What is citation management?
Advantages of using RefWorks
How to Open an Account
Exporting to RefWorks
Creating folders
Creating a basic bibliography

FEATURED RESOURCE: American History in Video

From our History collection, "American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries."

To access this collection, visit our A-Z Databases & Resources list, http://libguides.fiu.edu/research

New Pope Announced: Looking for more info?

Looking for more information on the newly announce Pope Francis?  Look no further than the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church web resource, curated and maintained by Salvador Miranda from the FIU Libraries!

• Info on Pope Francis (Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Religious Studies Guide
• Religious Studies Databases & Resources

Spring 2013 Library Workshops for Grad Students

RSVP
Go to http://gradschool.fiu.edu/Spring_Events_2013.html to RSVP.
Walk-ins are always welcome if space is available.

SCHEDULE

Library Research Refresher for Graduate Students

This workshop will cover:

• Basic services and policies 
• Locate electronic & print resources 
• How to access books, articles, databases & more 
• Research strategy review
• Databases – subject and interdisciplinary
• Advanced database searching

Workshop dates: 
Thursday, January 24 – 3:30-4:45 p.m. ; Location: MMC, Green Library, GL245
Thursday, February 14 – 3:30-4:45 p.m. ; Location: BBC, Hubert Library, HL155
Monday, February 25 – 5:00-6:15 p.m. ; Location: MMC, Green Library, GL245

RefWorks: Basics and Beyond 

This workshop will cover:

• What is RefWorks?  
• What is a citation management? 
• Advantages of using RefWorks
• How to Open an Account
• Export to RefWorks 
• Create folders
• Create a basic bibliography 
• Create and edit a record 
• Share folders & Create collaborative accounts 
• RefGrabIt 
• Using the Output Style Manager 
• Write N Cite 
• RefMobile 

Workshop dates: 
Thursday, February 7 at 3:30-5:30 p.m. ; Location: MMC, Green Library, GL280
Thursday, February 28 at 3:30-5:30 p.m. ;  Location: BBC, Hubert Library, HL155
Wednesday, March 20 at 5:00-7:00 p.m. ; Location: MMC, Green Library, GL280

WORKSHOP: RefWorks for Grad Students & Faculty

GET A ROOM! Reserve a Group Study Room Now!

Students are now able to reserve study rooms at Green Library and Hubert Library using the new online reservation system.  Rooms can be reserved in 3-hour blocks and up to 14 days in advance.


Rules to Remember:

• The student who made the reservation must bring their FIU One Card with them in order to claim the room
• You have 15 minutes from the time of the start of the appointment to claim the room or it will be forfeited and assigned to the next group
• All members of the group must be present when you pick up the room key
• You can only make one reservation every 3 days (on the 4th day, you can make a new reservation)

Your Newest FAQs

What's on your mind?  What kinds of questions have you been asking us lately? 
...Below is small sample of the questions from our Library FAQs that you've searched for or asked.  Click on each of the questions for more info/detail. 

• Can I pick up a movie that is on reserve by one of my professors?Yes you can!  The Sound & Image reserves desk is located on the 5th floor of the Green Library or at the 1st floor Service Desk  at Hubert Library. 
• How do I use Citation Linker?It helps you find the full text of articles. When doing research, you often find a citation or maybe an abstract, of an article in a database but the text of the article isn’t included. CitationLinker and its associated tools (360Link, eJournal Portal, Find it) will let you check all the other library full text resources to see if you can get the article either in a different database or in the library’s print or microform periodicals.
  
• How do I configure Google Scholar to display Find It @ FIU links?
  Click on Scholar Preferences in Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com); Type Florida International  University in the "Library Links" section; Save your preferences; Start Searching!
  
• Does the library own every article in a database?When you are using a database, you will notice that there are articles that will include the full text.  Other articles will only have the citation information or abstract available.  For those articles with only citation information, you must click on the  'Find it @ FIU' button/link  in order to be sure we don't have the article full text in another database or in print. 
  
• How do I find scholarly peer-reviewed articles?
  Most of our databases have an option to limit your search results to either scholarly, peer-reviewed, or refereed articles.  For example, when searching Academic OneFile, you can limit your results to peer-reviewed publications either before searching or after getting your results.
  
  

Do you have a question?  Just Ask Us!    

ASK US!

Wikipedia and Google may be down, but the Library is still up and running!


Ask Us!  Chat, text, email, or browse our FAQs for answers to your questions about the FIU Libraries, our services, resources or for research help.  

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Research Tips & Tricks: Guide for New Students

15 Tips for New Students (via lifehack); Tip number 9: Use the library.
http://ow.ly/6EWLI


9.  Use the library. There are so many resources available in the library – magazines, guides to local places, databases, leisure reading, videos, and of course, the books you need for your papers. Learn as much as you can about your library, as soon as you can. Talk with the librarians about the resources available in your field. Check out the resources you can access remotely – so you don’t come up stuck when you realize you need one more reference in the middle of the night.