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The UMass Libraries!

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The UMass Libraries!

COMPSCI 191
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Your librarian

(there's one of us for each subject)
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Specific Library Help for CS

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People

Librarians

Learning Resource Center
(10th floor, Du Bois)

Writing Center
(Lower Level, Du Bois)

Resources

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Wiley Encyclopedia of
Computer Science and
Engineering

Safari Books Online

Atomic Learning
(e.g., GarageBand, Keynote, FileMaker Pro, SPSS, Access, Camtasia, infographics, mobile, & more)

ACM Digital Library
(Association for Computer Machinery)

Subject Research Guides (librarians often call them "LibGuides")

(Make sure you go through the Library's Web Page for those resources!)

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Tools for your success:

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Reference managers
(RefWorks, Zotero, etc.)

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Portfolio builders
(GitHub, websites, etc.)

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Other stuff

  • UDrive
  • Concept mapping tools
  • Trello (project mgmt)
  • Remember the Milk

More important stuff:

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Hours @ Du Bois

  • 11 am Sunday - 9 pm Friday
  • 9 am - 9 pm Saturday
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Hours @ SEL

  • 8 am - 11 pm M - Th
  • 8 am - 5 pm Friday
  • 9 - 5 Saturday
  • 1 pm - 11 pm Sunday
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(hours are On our website, too)

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Food + Drink: Okay!*

(*A few classrooms excluded -- typically ones with tech)

Conversation: Welcome!*

(*Signs indicate Quiet Study floors)
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Fun Stuff!

  • Falcon cam
  • Digital Media Lab
  • Other Libraries in the Five Colleges
  • Image Library & Archives

More fun stuff - Events @ Du Bois!

  • Du Bois Fellows talks
  • Get Your Game On (7pm - 9pm, first Friday of each month, Library Learning Commons)
  • Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi
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Questions?

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Demo

searching on Library.umass.edu
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Activity!

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Think about an assignment you have for one of your classes.
Select one of the resources we talked about today and find a little more information about it. (e.g., how to get to it, how to use it, what other things it might be good for, etc).

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Select one resource & find out more!

  • Wiley Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Safari Books Online
  • Atomic Learning
  • Learning Resource Center
  • Writing Center
  • LibGuides
  • Something else!

Report Back!

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Thanks a Lot!

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