Library Workshops
Fall 2006

The Hiram College Library is pleased to offer a number of workshops designed to introduce you to specific library resources or services.  These 30 to 60 minute workshops (Basic HTML runs 90 minutes) are FREE and no registration is required.  All will be held in the Library Instruction Room on the third floor of the Library.  Workshops are open to all Hiram College students, faculty, and staff and are designed to be "how-to" in their focus.

Workshops are listed below alphabetically by title (with a description) and by date and time.

Don't see the workshop you were hoping for?  Let us know your suggestions by email (everettdd@hiram.edu).  We probably won't be able to offer it this time, but we are always looking for more ideas for next time.

Workshops by Title

Basic CSS - Now that you know HTML, take your web designing skills to the next level by using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).  With CSS you can control the look and feel of your HTML document in an organized and efficient manner.  With CSS you will be able to add a new look to your webpage or completely restyle a web site with only a few changes to your CSS code.  Knowledge of Basic HTML (can be shown by completing the two part Basic HTML workshop) is required.  Taught on Tuesday, September 12 at 4:00 p.m. CANCELLED

Basic HTML - Part 1 - Even with HTML editors, such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and GoLive available, knowing how to manually write HTML using a simple text editor, such as Notepad, is still a very important skill to have.  In this workshop you will be introduced to HTML and learn the basics of creating a web page.  By the end of the workshop you will have started your own web page that you created without any help from a web editor.  This workshop covers starting the webpage, basic rules, creating links, adding color, font and style.  Be prepared to sign up for part two to learn even more about creating a webpage.  Useful for anyone interested in beginning to create web pages.  Taught on Thursday, August 31 at 4:00 p.m.

Basic HTML - Part 2 - This workshop is a continuation of the Basic HTML - Part 1 workshop.  By the end of the workshop, you will have your own web page that you created without any help from a HTML editor and the basic knowledge needed to create and edit a web page.  This part covers adding images, lists, tables, and buttons to your web page.  Taught on Thursday, September 7 at 4:00 p.m.

Citation Searching with ISI: Using Footnotes to Find Resources on a Topic - ISI Web of Science uses citation patterns in published articles as a way to access the literature on a topic.  A very different, but often highly successful (especially in the sciences) way to search for publications.  Despite the word Science in the title, the database does cover the humanities and the social sciences, too.  All disciplines, but especially useful for the sciences.  Taught on Tuesday, September 5 at 4:00 p.m.

EBSCOhost Supersearcher! - With more than 50 databases accessible through the EBSCOhost search interface (including Academic Search Premier, the library's most searched database), it is only a matter of time until you will need to use this search engine.  Come learn tricks that will get more out every search you do in an EBSCO database.  Taught on Tuesday, September 19 at 12:30 p.m.

Everything Old is New Again: Introducing the Library's Record Collection - Technologies do not come and go, at least as far as the Library is concerned.  They come, but they stay, sometimes forever, if they are dependable.  The history of recorded music is tucked away in the Library's collection of thousands of long-playing records (LPs), to which anyone can have access.  Located in the Center for Educational Technology, the library currently houses more than 6,000 LPs, produced from the 1950s to the 1980s when CDs took over the market.  But much of this music has never been reissued on CD, and so the only (legal) means of access is to fire up the old record player.  We have several, so you don't need your own.  This workshop will introduce those unfamiliar with music LPs to the basics of handling and playing them, as well as locating music through the Library's catalog.  Enter the fascinating world of vinyl!  Taught on Tuesday, September 12 at 12:30 p.m. CANCELLED

Image Databases: The View on What's Available - Most library databases are bibliographic in nature.  They send you to print books, print articles, or online versions of print materials.  But the library also has a number of databases that cover images, from photographs to images of famous art works to full-length educational videos.  Come learn what these databases have to offer.  Taught on Tuesday, September 19 at 4:00 p.m.

RefWorks: A Bibliographic Management Tool That's Fun for the Whole Family - RefWorks provides you with a password-protected space to create your own personal database of bibliographic citations, notes, and links.  You can add, store, and export references for term papers, annotated bibliographies, and other projects.  RefWorks even automatically formats citations in any style needed.  Learn how to use this remarkable tool in just one easy lesson.  For anyone trying to keep track of bibliographic citations.  Taught on Thursday, September 7 at 12:30 p.m.
 

Workshops by Date and Time

Thursday, August 31: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Basic HTML - Part 1 (taught by Demetria Patrick)

Tuesday, September 5: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Citation Searching with ISI (taught by David Everett)

Thursday, September 7: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - RefWorks (taught by Jeff Wanser)

Thursday, September 7: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Basic HTML - Part 2 (taught by Demetria Patrick)

Tuesday, September 12: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Everything Old is New Again (taught by Jeff Wanser) CANCELLED

Tuesday, September 12: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Basic CSS (taught by Demetria Patrick) CANCELLED

Tuesday, September 19: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - EBSCOhost Supersearcher! (taught by David Everett)

Tuesday, September 19: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Image Databases (taught by David Everett)