- In relation to our continued discussion about Wikipedia, an appealing alternative is Britannica Online. This is a library resource. You can access it directly or from the library's homepage click on, "eResources by Name: A - Z" and click on "B" and then "Britannica Online."
- Test review: See previous post
- EndNote Web: You may want to investigate using EndNote Web for your annotated bibliographies. We'll briefly go over this tool in class. It is located on the library's "Tools & Widgets" site: "Using the Library" - "Tools & Widgets" - "EndNote Web." If you have registered on campus and have trouble accessing your account, use this url: http://www.myendnoteweb.com/
- Many librarians are interested in using Second Life to showcase collections and offer library services. UNCW has an island in Second Life: http://www.uncwil.edu/itsd/services/educational/SecondLife.html and there is a "virtual" Randall Library. Here are some videos about Second Life:
1) http://secondlife.com/whatis/?lang=en-US
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA
3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL3D-59MbnY - PowerPoint on the introduction to libraries and scholarly communication
Thursday, September 16, 2010
In Class Today
As we're covering quite a bit today in class, I thought it best to post some of the resources we'll cover:
