Over the next eleven weeks, Dr. Marvin Smith will offer library instruction to incoming students at Palmer Theological Seminary.  These 15 minute “Mini-Orientation Workshops” are repeated seven times each week in the Austen K. deBlois Library computer lab, providing students with hands-on computer experiences.  Topics include managing the library account, searching with EBSCOHost, managing bibliographies with RefWorks, and much more.

Library instructional workshops meet in the AK deBlois Library and are repeated throughout each week in the following schedule:

Mondays: 2:30-2:45; 6:16-6:30
Wednesdays: 12:45-1:00pm; 2:30-2:45pm; 6:15-6:30pm
Thursdays: 12:45-1:00pm; 2:30-2:45pm

Upcoming Dates:
Feb. 10, 12&13:         Requesting books
Feb. 17, 19&20:         Requesting periodicals/journals
Feb. 24, 26&27:         Using EZ Borrow
March 3, 5&6:             Using Ebrary
March 10, 12&13:      Boolean searches
March 17, 19&20:      Searching strategies
March 24, 26&27:      Searching databases
March 31, April 2&3:  Searching with EBSCOHost
April 7, 9&10:              Managing your bibliographies with RefWorks
April 14, 16-17:           Finding resources through the Reference Collection
April 21, 23-24:           Searching online resources