Category: Workshops

The “Official” TA’s Orientation to the Theology Library; 9/9 at 1 pm

Come visit the library’s instruction room (room 209) at 1:00pm on Tuesday, September 9, for a brief orientation to find out how the library can help you as a Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant this semester. We’ll cover borrowing privileges, proxy accounts to borrow materials for your professors, setting up course reserves, and how to […]

Research with BU Databases

Jim Skypeck will be conducting two workshops on using the BU databases to assist researchers with finding journal articles as well as other relevant data.  The sessions should run 30 minutes with time for questions as needed. The sessions will be held in the library’s computer lab (Room 209) off the Reading Room at the […]

Plagiarism Workshop; 3/17 at 2pm

Learn how to give credit where credit is due, and get useful tips on how and what to cite in your research papers. Stacey, our Access Services Librarian, will be offering a workshop on plagiarism in the library’s electronic classroom (Room 209) at 2:00 pm on Monday, March 17. Please contact Stacey at sbattles@bu.edu with questions.

Using BU LIbrary Search

Having trouble locating materials in BU Library Search? Need some pointers on using the facets? Just confused by the whole thing?  Please come to one of two 30-minute workshops in Room 209 conducted by Jim Skypeck, one of the STH librarians. Sessions will be held: Monday, March 3rd at 11:00 am Friday, March 7th at […]

BU WorldCat Workshop – 3/3 at 2 pm

Come find out how to use BU WorldCat Local for faster interlibrary borrowing from other Boston Library Consortium libraries! The advantages are many: request from within WorldCat, receive books quickly (usually 1-2 days), check out/in on your regular library account, and many more. Join our Access Services Librarian in the library’s electronic classroom (Rm. 209) […]

Plagiarism Workshop; 1/16 at 2 pm

Learn how to give credit where credit is due, and get useful tips on how and what to cite in your research papers. We will be offering a workshop on plagiarism in the library’s electronic classroom (Room 209) at 2:00 pm on Thursday, January 16. Please contact Stacey at sbattles@bu.edu with questions.

The “Official” TA’s Orientation to the Theology Library; 1/14 at 1pm

Come visit the library’s instruction room (room 209) at 1:00pm on Tuesday, January 14, for a brief orientation to find out how the library can help you as a Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant this semester. We’ll cover borrowing privileges, proxy accounts to borrow materials for your professors, setting up course reserves, and how to […]

BU WorldCat Workshop – 10/21 at 2 pm

Come find out how to use WorldCat Local for faster interlibrary borrowing from other Boston Library Consortium libraries! The advantages are many: request from within WorldCat, receive books quickly (usually 1-2 days), check out/in on your regular library account, and many more. Join our Access Services Librarian in the library’s electronic classroom (Rm. 209) at […]

Plagiarism Workshop – 10/17

Learn how to give credit where credit is due, and get useful tips on how and what to cite in your research papers. Stacey, our Access Services Librarian, will be offering a workshop on plagiarism in the library’s electronic classroom (Room 209) at 1:00 pm on Thursday, October 17, 2013. Please contact Stacey at sbattles@bu.edu with […]

Non-theological databases workshop

On October 4th, Jim Skypeck will be conducting 2 workshops, one at 9:00am and one at 1:00pm, on databases outside the field of theology. If you are working on papers for classes that have an interdisciplinary focus, please stop by and learn how to use some of the databases in psychology, sociology, and health.  The […]