ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours on Saturday, 28 August. During this time, upgrades will be implemented to these systems as part of the launch of the new SciVerse platform. For more information about SciVerse, please visit www.acceleratescience.com.

Down time is expected to be as follows:

• U.S. Central Daylight Time: 6:30AM to 3:30PM, August 28

We apologize for the inconvenience while we improve your Elsevier products.

Regards,

The Elsevier Team. 

Room 213, 2^nd Floor, center, Ellis Library

Critical to academic success is your ability to use a research library and its resources. In academia, independent research including library research is very important in order to be able to produce papers for classes or complete your thesis or dissertation.

These workshops specifically designed for international students will cover:

• Exploring the MU Libraries (Learn how MU Libraries support your research—take advantage of all the free services the MU Libraries have to offer)

• Finding Articles using MU article databases and Google Scholar (Discover which databases are best for YOUR research. Learn time-saving tips for effective searching to find the research articles, reports and other materials you need)

• Finding Books using the MERLIN Catalog and Google Books (Use the right online search tools to locate books in the library, find books on a topic, find books that even mention a topic, and retrieve books from other libraries)

• Writing your Paper and Citing your Sources (Don’t make the mistake of using other researchers’ findings and ideas in your paper without proper credit)

Registration:

• REGISTRATION IS FULL.
• Each workshop is limited to 40 students.

Questions: Contact Goodie Bhullar, bhullarp@missouri.edu

The MU Libraries will host a reception for Dr. Jean M. Twenge at Ellis Library in the First Floor Colonnade on Thursday, September 9 from 4-5 p.m. Please join us for refreshments and an opportunity to meet the author of this year’s Mizzou Reads book.

Friday, August 19                                          11 a.m.
Monday, August 22                                      9 a.m.
Tuesday, August 23                                    10 a.m.
Wednesday, August 24                               11 a.m.
Thursday, August 25                                  Noon
Friday, August 26                                           1 p.m.
Monday, August 29                                     4 p.m.
Tuesday, August 30                                      3 p.m.
Wednesday, August 31                                2 p.m.
Thursday, September 1                               1 p.m.
Friday, September 2                                   Noon

Tours start at the West Entrance of Ellis Library, Ground Floor, near the Security Desk.

MUPD and Ellis Library will be providing a FREE laptop registration and engraving session in Ellis Library for the Fall Semester on Wednesday, September 8th from 9am -1pm and Thursday, September 9th from noon-4pm. DoIt will also have a help station set up for any computer questions or problems. It will be held in Ellis Library on the First floor in the colonnade.  All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to take steps in protecting their property.

MU Libraries have redesigned selected web pages to improve their usability.  Check out some of the newly designed pages:

The homepage, Research Guides and Information for Undergraduates, Graduate Students and Faculty & Staff

Learn to set up and use this powerful tool to help you keep track of your references and format them in many different styles.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
6:10-7:20 p.m.
Ellis Library Room 213
Instructor: Rachel Brekhus
Register: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/guides/classestours/zotero/login.php

Details and registration for Intro to EndNote classes, and more information about EndNote: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/endnote