Stanford Science & Engineering Libraries
SciEng Fall Workshops 2011-12
Faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend.
To see the workshops being offered in calendar format, go here.
Basic Research Tools
Cool Tools for Research 
Description: An overview of Mendeley, Utopia Docs, SciVerse Apps, Mobile Apps, and the H-Index. Coverage includes how to leverage citations and set up alerts.
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library. Contact: Helen Josephine
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 219
Time: Thu, Oct 20th or Fri, Oct 21st or Thu, Nov 3rd or Fri, Nov 4th Noon - 1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
SearchWorks Tips 
Description: Want to learn to make the online catalog do your work for you? Join us for this workshop to discover the special functions of SearchWorks.
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library . Contact: Sarah Lester
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 218
Time: Fri, Oct 7th or Wed, Oct 12th or Mon, Oct 17th Noon - 1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
Finding eBooks in Swain’s Digital Stacks 
Description: Thousands of online books or ebooks are available for chemists and chemical engineers. Learn about collections we have acquired and search methods for discovering titles of interest.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Oct 5th 11:00 am – Noon
All You Wanted to Know About Journals but Were Afraid to Ask 
Description: Learn how to locate journals held at Stanford, request items not on-campus, decipher journal abbreviations, use DOIs, locate journal impact factors, set up alerts, do full-text searching, use features in interesting articles, request copyright permissions, and author’s rights and scholarly publishing issues.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Oct 12th 11:00 am - Noon
Chemistry Research Tools
SciFinder - Reference Searching 
Description: This session includes an overview of the content in SciFinder and search methods for searching by research topic or author. It will also include chemical substance searching using CAS Registry Numbers, chemical names, and molecular formulas. Hands-on practice by attendees.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Oct 19th 10:30 am – Noon
SciFinder - Substance Searching
Description: This session includes search techniques and analytical methods to find compounds of interest. Hands-on practice by attendees.
Prerequisite: SciFinder – Reference Searching
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Thu, Oct 20th 10:30 am – Noon
SciFinder - Reaction Searching 
Description: This session includes search methods and analysis tools for searching chemical reactions. Hands-on practice by attendees.
Prerequisite: SciFinder – Substance Searching
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Fri, Oct 21st 10:30 am – Noon
Introduction to Reaxys 
Description: Reaxys contains information on organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds, their properties, and their reactions. This session will cover search techniques for finding items of interest. Hands-on practice by attendees.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Oct 26th 10:00 am – Noon
Citation Management Tools
Citation Management Software Overview 
Description: Stanford Libraries provides free access to RefWorks and EndNote Web! Learn about the advantages of Zotero or Mendeley! Learn how using these tools help you track your research and simplifies creating your papers.
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library. Contact: Helen Josephine
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 219
Time: Mon, Oct.3rd or Tue, Oct. 4th Noon -1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
Introduction to Citation Managers for GeoScientists
Description: Branner Library's fall workshop on using RefWorks, Endnote and Zotero citation managers. These products let users create their own database of bibliographic references, which can be inserted into a manuscript and a bibliography automatically formatted within seconds.
Tuesday November 8, 2011 11 am - Noon
Sponsor: Branner Library - http://library.stanford.edu/depts/branner/index.html Contact: Hannah Winkler
Location: Branner Library Teaching Corner - Second floor of the Mitchell Earth Sciences Building
Time: Tue, Nov 8th 11 am - Noon
Using Mendeley and Zotero Citation Managers 
Description: Mendeley and Zotero are open source software packages that indexes and organizes all of your research materials. Learn how to organize your collection and collaborate with other researchers.
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library. Contact: Helen Josephine
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 219
Time: Mon, Oct 10th or Fri, Oct 14th or Thu, Oct 27th Noon -1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
Using EndNote and EndNoteWeb Citation Managers 
Description: EndNote 5X or EndNoteWeb software indexes and organizes all of your citations. Learn how to create output in a variety of bibliographic styles.
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library. Contact: Kathleen Gust
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 219
Time: Tue, Oct 25th or Fri, Oct 28th Noon -1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
Using RefWorks Citation Manager
Description: RefWorks software indexes and organizes all of your citations. Your RefWorks account stays “live” as long as Stanford Libraries continue to subscribe to the product, even after you graduate!
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library. Contact: Stella Ota
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 219
Time: Tuesday, Oct 18th or Wed, Oct 19th Noon-1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
Database Searching
What's new with GeoRef 
Learn about using GeoRef to search international geoscience literature, covering engineering and environmental geology, hydrology, and paleontology. Also learn to automatically send citations to your email address. Bring examples and questions you'd like to have addressed.
Sponsor: Branner Library - http://library.stanford.edu/depts/branner/index.html Contact: Hannah Winkler
Location: Branner Library Teaching Corner - Second floor of the Mitchell Earth Sciences Building
Time: Tue, Oct 4th 11 am - Noon
Searching Multiple Databases 
Description: Searching multiple databases uncovers articles, books and reports critical to your research. Compare ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus and xSearch . Setting up e-mail alerts for subject, titles, and authors will be covered.
Sponsor: Terman Engineering Library . Contact: Helen Josephine
Location: Huang Engineering Center, Room 219
Time: Tue, Oct 11th or Thu, Oct 13 Noon – 1:00 pm
RSVP: http://lib.stanford.edu/engineering-library/workshops-instruction
Using xSearch X
Description: xSearch allows you to search 170+ resources at one time. Learn about resources available through xSearch plus searching tips, exporting results to a reference manager, setting up alerts, and creating your own customized search engine.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Sep 28th 11:00 am – Noon
Web of Science – Advanced Searching 
Description: The Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database that includes over 9,000 journals. This session will cover search techniques, cited reference searching, refining and analyzing results, viewing citation reports and the H-Index. Learn to set up alerts and options for managing results. Hands-on practice time.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Nov 2nd 11:00 am – Noon
Introduction to Patent Searching 
Description: Get a brief overview on patents and why they are important. Learn about what databases include patents, common search methods, understanding search results, and how to locate the full-text for a patent. Hands-on practice time.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Nov 9th 10:30 am – Noon
Funding Resources
Grant Resources 
Description: Learn about resources for finding funding and federally funded research that is underway. This session also includes databases that include grant funding information from the acknowledgement of journal articles. Hands-on practice time.
Sponsor: Swain Chem. & Chem. Eng. Library – http://lib.stanford.edu/swain/ Contact: Grace Baysinger
Location: Swain Library
Time: Wed, Nov 16th 11:00 am – Noon
Data Management Planning for NSF Proposals and Practice 
Description: The NSF recently mandated that a Data Management Plan (DMP) be submitted with every proposal. This workshop will give participants an overview of the NSF requirements and terminology, a chance to draft their own DMP, and general information and ideas to help implement sustainable data management practices in the lab.
Sponsor: Falconer Biology Library and Branner Library - http://library.stanford.edu/depts/branner/index.html Contacts: Lynn Yarmey or Michael Newman
Location: Gilbert Biological Sciences Building, Room 115
Time: Mon, Oct 10th Noon-1:00 pm
Google, GIS & Mapping
Introduction to GIS 
Description: GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, integrating, manipulating, analyzing and displaying data related to positions on the Earth's surface. Find out about the basics.
Sponsor: Branner Library - http://lib.stanford.edu/gis Contact: Patricia Carbajales
Dates and Times: TBA More Information: https://sites.google.com/site/stanfordgeospatialtraining/
Google Mapping Technology 
Description: Learn to use basic Google Earth technology to create maps for any project.
Sponsor: Branner Library - http://lib.stanford.edu/gis Contact: Patricia Carbajales
Dates and Times: TBA More Information: https://sites.google.com/site/stanfordgeospatialtraining/
Advanced Google Workshop
Description: What is Google Maps? How do you use Google to help organize your personal and professional work? This class will focus on best practices for using Google Scholar, Books, Maps, Docs and more.
Sponsor: Branner Library - http://library.stanford.edu/depts/branner/index.html Contact: Hannah Winkler
Location: Branner Library Teaching Corner - Second floor of the Mitchell Earth Sciences Building
Time: Mon, Nov 14th 3:30-4:30 PM