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Software Training at Rodgers Library 2017

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Friday, February 10, 3:00-3:30 PM

SolidWorks Demo: How to Create a Wireframe Cube

This SolidWorks Demonstration is aimed at new users of SolidWorks and 3D Design. We will showcase how to use SolidWorks to design an open wireframe cube. Attendees will learn how to use the SolidWorks Sketch Plane, Extruder Boss, and Extruder Cut features. Lastly, we will explain how to prepare and export the wireframe cube for 3D printing.

Monday, February 13, 1:00-2:00 PM

Programmatic Access to Information Using Matlab

This workshop will be an introduction on how to programmatically access data and information from web APIs (Application program Interfaces) using Matlab. We will cover two examples using publically accessible U.S. Government data APIs. The first example will use the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle API to access data about vehicles such as manufacturer details, models, and vehicle identification numbers. The second example will demonstrate how to use the National Cancer Institute’s Chemical Identifier Resolver to acquire chemical substance information. Attendees should have some basic exposure to Matlab before attending this workshop.

Friday, February 17, 3:00-3:30 PM

SolidWorks Demo: How to Create a Double Cube Assembly

This SolidWorks Demonstration will build upon our prior Wireframe Cube Demonstration. Attendees will learn how to add moveable parts to their 3D objects. We will add a moveable cube inside of a wireframe cube using the Reference Geometry, Scale, Mirror and 3D Sketches tools within SolidWorks. Finally, we will cover how to prepare and export the double cube assembly for 3D printing.

Tuesday, February 21, 11:00-12:00 PM

Visualizing Data with Origin Pro

OriginPro is a scientific graphing and data analysis program. This workshop will introduce OriginPro and cover how to import data, graph data, and export figures for publication. We will look at an example of how to import data from Knovel (a UA Libraries provided database) and visualize the data with OriginPro. This workshop is for new OriginPro users; no prior experience is needed.

Tuesday, February 28, 3:30-4:30 PM

Text Analysis with Mathematica

Wolfram Mathematica is a technical computing program with a wide variety of applications in areas such as engineering, mathematics, data analysis, and text analysis. The workshop will introduce attendees to text analysis with Mathematica. We will select an eBook from Project Gutenberg, import the text into Mathematica, normalize the text, and then analyze the text finding the most common words and most common phrases. We will also look at how to create some basic visualizations of the text. This workshop is for new Mathematica users; no prior experience is needed.

All Demos/Workshops in the Rodgers Library Scholars’ Station (Room 119).  Contact: Vincent Scalfani, Science and Engineering Librarian, vfscalfani@ua.edu

Software Training for Fall semester Announced

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Schedule of University Libraries Academic Technologies Workshops Fall 2016. Registration is not required.

For workshop descriptions, visit the Academic Technologies blog: http://bit.ly/acadtech Questions? Contact Melissa Green, mfgreen1@ua.edu, 205-348-3423.

Box Sharing with Box, Monday, Nov. 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Communicating & Editing in Box, Monday, Nov. 28, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Google Apps Academic Paper Formatting in Google Docs, Monday, Aug. 29, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; Academic Paper Formatting in Google Docs, Thursday, Sept. 1, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Microsoft Office Academic Paper Formatting in Microsoft Word, Monday, Aug. 22, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Academic Paper Formatting in Microsoft Word, Thursday, Aug. 25, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; NVivo NVivo 11 Overview, Thursday, Sept. 22, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; NVivo 11: Working with Text, Thursday, Sept. 29, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; NVivo 11: Working with Audio, Video, and Images, Thursday, Oct. 6, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; NVivo 11: Analysis & Visualization, Thursday, Nov. 3, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; NVivo 11: Working with Social Media Data, Thursday, Nov. 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; NVivo 11: Working with Survey Data, Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; NVivo for Literature Review, Thursday, Dec. 1, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Qualtrics Basic Qualtrics Survey Building & Distribution, Monday, Oct. 31, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Advanced Qualtrics Survey Building, Monday, Nov. 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Qualtrics Responses & Results Tools, Monday, Nov. 14, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 104 Gorgas Library; Reference Management Reference Management Basics, Thursday, Sept. 8, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; EndNote in 30 Minutes, Monday, Sept. 19, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; EndNote: Gathering & Working with Research Sources, Monday, Oct. 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; EndNote: Creating Bibliographies & Writing Papers, Monday, Oct. 24, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; RefWorks in 30 Minutes, Monday, Sept. 12, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; RefWorks: Gathering & Working with Research Sources, Monday, Sept. 26, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library; RefWorks: Creating Bibliographies & Writing Papers, Monday, Oct. 3, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 33 McLure Library

Software Training Spring 2016

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Registration is not required.

NVivo

NVivo 11 Pro for Windows Overview

  • Monday, March 7, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, March 9, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

 NVivo 11 Pro for Windows: Working with Text

  • Monday, March 21, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, March 23, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

NVivo 11 Pro for Windows: Working with Audio, Video, and Images

  • Monday, March 28, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, March 30, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

NVivo 11 Pro for Windows: Analysis and Visualization

  • Thursday, March 31, 9:30-11:00 a.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, April 6, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

NVivo 11 Pro for Windows: Working with Social Media Data

  • Monday, April 11, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, April 13, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

NVivo 11 Pro for Windows: Working with Survey Data

  • Monday, April 18, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, April 20, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

NVivo for Literature Review

  • Monday, April 25, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., McLure Library Room 33
  • Wednesday, April 27, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McLure Library Room 33

Box

Sharing with Box

  • Thursday, March 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m., McLure Library Room 33

Communicating and Editing in Box

  • Thursday, March 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m., McLure Library Room 33

Qualtrics

Basic Qualtrics Survey Building and Distribution

  • Thursday, April 7, 9:30-11:00 a.m., McLure Library Room 33

Advanced Qualtrics Survey Building

  • Thursday, April 21, 9:30-11:00 a.m., McLure Library Room 33

Qualtrics Responses and Results Tools

  • Thursday, April 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m., McLure Library Room 33

Ways to Achieve Success at the Library

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There are many things to consider for getting the best results when using Rodgers Library.  Here are a few:

1.  Get to know library staff
2.  Consult the UA Libraries’ Web pages
3.  Renew books to extend loan periods or return them when due
4.  Ask library staff about resources and services offered by the libraries
5.  Visit the UA libraries often (Gorgas, Bruno, McLure, Rodgers, Hoole)
6.  Consult library-prepared research guides for chemistry, nursing, and other subjects
7.  Identify the most important databases in your field
8.  Use Interlibrary loan (ILL) to get books and articles not found in local collections
9.  Use citation management tools – Refworks/Endnotes
10.  Understand locations (Annex, Rodgers, Gorgas) for print books and journals
11.  Learn how to access electronic books and journals
12.  Use free scanners / scan & deliver
13.  Login and use academic software
14.  Collaborate with others in Group Study Rooms

Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering

Tip 8: Instruction

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Tip 8:  Instruction.  Rodgers Library likes to share information about its services and collections and further help users achieve information competencies.  We can prepare custom lectures or workshops focused on any topic of interest.  If you choose, a librarian can come to one of your departmental meetings or a class which you teach to do a presentation.  In addition, we often conduct instruction inside Rodgers Library on high-interest topics.  If you have a request, please contact us or submit a request using this form.

Go to Instruction Request.

Tip 5: Academic Software.

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Tip 5:  Academic Software.  Software plays a central role in learning and research.  As such Rodgers Library offers both productivity and special software loaded on desktop computers.  Examples include Adobe Creative Cloud, MATLAB, SAS, and Microsoft Project.

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EndNote is Ready to Use

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EndNote, a citation management tool, is ready for all UA students and faculty. Here are some of the major characteristics of EndNote highlighted at a workshop offered by Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering on Friday:

• End Note is a citation management tool
• EndNote is a desktop application while RefWorks is a web-based application
• Start by creating a new EndNote library
• Most databases have an export function to EndNote (examples, SciFinder and Scopus)
• When you are ready to export choose RIS format
• With tabs on the far right side of your EndNote Library you can import citations, metadata, and articles in PDF format
• Simply highlight citations in your EndNote Library and then click on FIND FULL TEXT and it will import PDFs (if we have access to the resource)
• Existing articles on one’s hard drive can be imported to EndNote as well
• EndNote has many bibliographic styles to choose from and many more can be added
• Word has an EndNote Plug In for citing within text and preparing references at the end of documents
• If a citation is incorrect while in Word, make a change in EndNote and the Word document will update automatically

EndNote is a powerful piece of software. It streamlines and simplifies citation management. As an added bonus EndNote creates a fully searchable library for later use. EndNote information.

Submitted by Mary Ann Robbins

Academic Software Training

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The University Libraries provides access to more than 150 academic software packages to support a variety of academic disciplines and programs. Our Academic Technologies blog  provides information about and resources to support the use of these software packages and other technologies that have a primary relationship to research and scholarship. For more information go to Academic Technologies blog.

Abundance of Desktop Computers

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Most students in science and engineering bring their own laptops to Rodgers Library when working on class assignments or doing research. This works fine in most cases. But when assignments require a more robust computing environment, students can use desktop computers provided by the library. The desktop computers are hardwired to the Campus network. You can easily connect to Campus resources and the Internet.

The desktop computers are loaded with productivity software and many kinds of special academic software. Some desktops have double monitors for multitasking. Work space near the machines makes it convenient to collaborate or just spread out and get the job done. Our desktop computers are located on both the first and second floor. Enjoy!