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RAPID Short Courses

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

The Biological Sciences Library is conducting a second round of RAPID Short Courses for staff and postgraduate students. These advanced courses are an hour long and have been designed to concentrate on specific topics or databases. A list of courses can be found here. All courses will be held in Training Room 2.

Note: Bookings are not required for these courses.

Researchers and Postgraduates Information Discovery (RAPID) Course

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Our next RAPID course (Modules 2/3) will be held in Training Room 1, on Tuesday 1st May from 9am-12pm. These combined modules cover searching techniques, the Library Catalogue, and databases. Database content covers the basics of database selection and searching. Bookings are required and can be made via:
* Email: j.davis@library.uq.edu.au; or
* Phone: 3346 4390 (9.00am-4.00pm)

For more classes involving databases, advanced techniques and other information sources, please see our list of RAPID Short Courses,.

RAPID Short Courses

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

The Biological Sciences Library is now conducting RAPID Short Courses for staff and postgraduate students. These advanced courses will be an hour long and have been designed to concentrate on specific topics or databases. A list of courses can be found here. Bookings are not required for these courses.

Researchers and Postgraduates Information Discovery (aka RAPID)

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Next week, the library will kick off with the first series of RAPID classes for ‘07. There are 22 places available in each face to face module. All classes will be held in the Biological Sciences Library Building (Building 94), Training Room 1 (Level 2).

Dates and times:

Module 1: To be completed online via Blackboard (contact your Liaison Librarian if you experience any difficulties) - not a prerequisite for other modules.

Module 2: 9 - 12.00 Monday 22nd January

Module 3: 9 - 12.00 Tuesday 23rd January (Note: Module 2 is a Prerequisite)

Module 4: 9 - 10.30 Wednesday 24th January

Module 5: 10.30 - 12.00 Wednesday 24th January (Note: Module 3 is a Prerequisite)

Bookings are required and can be made by phone 3346 4390 (9.00am-4.00pm) or email
Greg George: g.george@library.uq.edu.au

Click here to find out more info about what will be covered in RAPID classes conducted at the Biological Sciences Library.