If you have any problems keeping track of all the information resources you are collecting for projects/ assignments/ research papers, you might want to try using a software package designed for this purpose.

Come and learn how to use Endnote X2 at one of our hands-on training sessions:
When: Tuesday August 25, 2009, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
OR Thursday September 24, 2009, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Where: St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone

Please book by going to https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/index.phtml and by selecting Endnote Express. Click the button for the class schedule to choose a class and book. Be sure to choose the offering held in the Graduate Economics & Business Library!

Feel free to invite any friends or colleagues from other disciplines who would also like to learn Endnote.

The Graduate Economics & Business Library is running an Endnote Express class on Tuesday June 2nd.

Endnote Express teaches users how to use Endnote software to manage their research bibliographies, work with databases to get bibliographic information, change styles and sort their resources, and work with Microsoft Word to control referencing in a paper or assignment. The class is specifically tailored for the needs of students, academics and researchers in the Business, Tourism and Economics areas.

This class runs from 2-4pm in the Ezone in Graduate Economics & Business Library, Level 2 Colin Clark Building, St Lucia Campus.
To book your place in this course, visit https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/index.phtml#END05 and click the “Click for Class Schedule and to Book” button, select the “St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone” option and click the “Click to Book” button. Places are limited to 15 attendees.

For more information, contact the trainer, Jennifer Creese on j.creese@library.uq.edu.au or x.63679.

If you have any problems KEEPING TRACK of all the information resources you are collecting for projects/ assignments/ research papers, you might want to try using a software package designed for this purpose.

Come and try ENDNOTE at the following training session:

ENDNOTE EXPRESS:

When: September 25, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:00noon
Where: St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone

Please book by going to https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/index.phtml and by selecting ENDNOTE EXPRESS.

See you there!

Location: Library Conference Room, Level 1, Duhig Building (Building 2)
Date: Friday, 5th September
Time: 10.00 - 11.00 am

To support research and teaching in Australian universities the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has an Agreement with the Australian Vice Chancellors Committee (AVCC) to make available Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs). The agreement began in January 1999 and there are currently 33 universities participating in the Agreement. Staff and students of the university are eligible to apply to access this data.

A CURF contains responses made by individuals or organisations to an ABS survey with all identifying information removed. That is, names and addresses are removed, along with any unusual combinations of responses that may lead to a person’s or organisation’s identity being derived.
Details of the survey data available from each CURF are listed in an accompanying Technical Paper. CURFs are the most detailed data available from the ABS and are thus subject to strict terms of use.

Information covered in the session will include:

What is CURF microdata; How to apply for CURF microdata ; Getting access to CURF microdata; Using the Remote Access Data Laboratory (RADL); Obligations when using CURF microdata; Renewing access to data.

Further information about CURFs may be found on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website:

http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/CURF:+Microdata+Entry+Page

If you have any questions about this session or accessing CURFs please contact Karen Borchardt at K.Borchardt@library.uq.edu.au or 3346 4331.

If you have any problems KEEPING TRACK of all the information resources you are collecting for projects/ assignments/ research papers, you might want to try using a software package designed for this purpose.

Come and try either REFWORKS or ENDNOTE at one of the following training sessions:

ENDNOTE EXPRESS:

When: August 5, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:00noon
Where: St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone

When: September 25, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:00noon
Where: St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone

REFWORKS TRAINING:

When: August 7, 2008, 10:00 am to 12:00noon
Where: St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone

Please book your preferred session by going to https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/index.phtml and selecting either ENDNOTE EXPRESS or REFWORKS TRAINING.

See you there!

The Library has purchased a site-license for the QUOSA software:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/quosa/

Advantages of QUOSA:
• Downloads multiple PDFs – FAST
• Organizes PDFs into folder trees with links back to EndNote or RefWorks
• Deep searches inside PDFs as every word of the article (not just in the title and abstract) is indexed.

QUOSA can be used when searching PubMed, Ovid Medline, Scopus and the Web of Knowledge databases. QUOSA is integrated with EndNote and RefWorks.

Download the software from http://www.quosa.com/downloads.php
and choose the subscriber version. (Suggestion - do NOT enable startup accelerator )

To learn how to use QUOSA efficiently you can:

Enjoy!

The UQ Office of Research has purchased access to the bibliometric database – Essential Science Indicators.

This database can be used to benchmark research impact by measuring published output and citation rates. Both researchers and research administrators will find the Indicators of interest. It allows to benchmark individual papers, subject categories or institutions against “international average” or an institution or a group of institutions. Also, it allows to place one’s performance within percentiles of publications in the same subject category. The information available in the ESI can be used in management reports, grant applications or CVs.

The ESI is updated every two months and is available from your desktop. (http://library.uq.edu.au/record=e1001810)

Subject categories include Business, Economics, Social Sciences and more.

Thomson representatives (the publishers of ESI) will be at UQ on Thursday 15th May at 9.30 am to demonstrate Essential Science Indicators. The demonstration will be held in the Library conference room (Duhig building, level 1).

Please come and join us!

Unfortunately, the Endnote session scheduled on 26/3/08 has had to be cancelled due to lack of enrolments.

The course planned for 13/5/08 is still on at this stage; if you are interested in learning how to use Endnote for Business, Economics and Tourism projects and assignments, you can book into that class by emailing Jennifer Creese.

Other UQ Library branches are running Endnote classes throughout the semester; you can find out session times and book at https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/index.phtml.

If none of the class times suit you but you still want to learn how to use Endnote, come along to the Graduate Economics & Business Library and the librarians there can give you a quick session in how to use this software.

Interested in learning about digitising your research for future access?

A seminar will be held Friday 16 November 2007, 9.00am to 12:30pm
at the Library Conference Room, Level 1 Duhig Building.

Morning tea and lunch are included.

Learn about metadata standards; preservation & sustainability; tools, services & software; copyright & licencing issues; housing & access; outsourcing & commercial options and sources of advice and expertise.

Speakers are Andrew Long, Manager, Preservation Standards, National Library of Australia
& Belinda Weaver, Manager, UQ eSpace digitial repository.

RSVP: espace@library.uq.edu.au or tel 07-336 58281

Please find attached a flyer outlining events happening in the Library during Research Week. The library will be conducting a variety of training sessions on topics such as Theses, Advanced Word, Copyright, Web of Science and eSpace in addition to the Scopus demonstrations and the Open Access Seminar which are already outlined below. We hope you enjoy the week!