Tag Archives: research

CURF 2012 Showcase

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Each year, the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships (CURF) hosts Undergraduate Research Symposiums, where students’ exemplary work is showcased.  We highlighted the February 2012 posters back in May, and we’re excited to add three new posters to our Student … Continue reading →

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Make Your Life Easier with a Citation Manager

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

By this point in the semester, you’ve probably got a Downloads folder full of PDFs, a pile of articles sitting in your printer, and maybe even a stack of books on your desk for good measure. No big deal, right? … Continue reading →

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Study Like It’s 1999

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

Today in WIC, a few of us worked with a student who was encountering a new-to-us problem on her PC. She had borrowed a CD-ROM from the Penn Libraries collection with 30+ volumes of medieval Arabic texts – a VERY … Continue reading →

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New Workshop Series: Tools, Not Toys

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Last week at the Apple announcement, we heard Tim Cook boast that the App Store now has 700,000 apps available for iOS users, and that the average customer uses over 100. When talking with colleagues from the Weingarten Learning Resources … Continue reading →

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I’m a Power Searcher!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Over the past two weeks, I participated in the Power Searching with Google course (I was hoping to pose with a comically oversized version of my certificate, ala the Publishers Clearing House, but I haven’t received it yet!). This free … Continue reading →

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Mendeley – Make Research Management Easy and Fun

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

I am a new graduate student intern at the Weigle Information Commons. When invited to write a blog post about my experience in using one application/software, I came up with the idea to write about Mendeley, since I have been … Continue reading →

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2012 Seltzer Family Digital Media Award Winners!

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

We congratulate the five students who have won 2012 Seltzer Family Digital Media Awards! Thanks to the generosity of Jeff Seltzer W’78 and his wife Annie, the Penn Libraries is proud to offer these digital media project awards. Each award … Continue reading →

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CNI announces video about WIC

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) has just released a video of the project briefing that Renee Hobbs and I gave at their Fall 2011 membership meeting. The hour-long video includes discussion of the Mashup Contest, student work showcase and … Continue reading →

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Using Google Scholar the Smart Way

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Many of us use Google Scholar for research as a supplement (not replacement!) to our library resources and databases. However, there are a couple of preferences that you should set in order to make the most of your Google Scholar … Continue reading →

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