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<div>The following career talk is relevant for</div>
<div>PhDs (first through nth year) and Postdocs</div>
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<div>THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005</div>
<div>1-3pm</div>
<div>10-250 <a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go"
>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go</a></div
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<div>PUTTING YOUR DEGREE TO WORK: Practical Career Strategies for PhDs
(and Postdocs)</div>
<div>by Peter Fiske, PhD</div>
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<div>Please visit <a
href="http://web.mit.edu/career/www/fiske/"
>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/fiske/</a></div>
<div>to register, print the handouts, see a biography of Dr. Fiske,
and see career articles by Dr. Fiske</div>
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<div><b>Event covers:</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>Professional development strategies for young scientists and
engineers
<li>The process of career planning and job hunting
<li>How to identify your transferable skills
<li>Interviewing, CV's, and resumes
<li><br></ul>
<div>Co-sponsored by the MIT Careers Office and the Graduate Student
Council</div>
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<div><b>April Information Workshops</b></div>
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<div>Every Friday in April, attend these hands-on workshops to learn
more about finding and using information effectively. It's like
IAP, only warmer!</div>
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<div><b>WHERE:</b> 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center
DIRC)</div>
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<div><b>WHEN:</b> Every Friday in April, 12pm (noon) - 1pm</div>
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<div><b>4/8 Keeping Current: Using RSS Feeds
to Stay Ahead in Your Research</b></div>
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<blockquote>What is an RSS Feed? Well tell you, plus teach you
how to use this new technology to keep up with information in your
fields of interest.</blockquote>
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<div><b>4/15 EndNote Basics</b></div>
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<blockquote>EndNote helps you to create databases of bibliographic
references that you can cite in your manuscripts. The session will be
a hands-on practicum.</blockquote>
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<div><b>4/22 Company Research for Scientists and
Engineers: Getting to Know Your Prospective Partner or
Employer</b></div>
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<blockquote>This session will introduce you to library-supported
databases about companies and industries. We will use examples and
hands-on exercises to demonstrate strategies for learning about
prospective employers or partners.</blockquote>
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<div><b>4/29 Google, or Google Scholar: That is the
Question!</b></div>
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<blockquote>Is Google the best tool to search for scholarly
information? Or is Google Scholar? Are there other
choices? Search these databases and more to find out. The
results may surprise you!</blockquote>
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<div>Feel free to bring your lunch! Drinks and dessert will be
provided.</div>
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<div>Sponsored by the Engineering and Science Libraries.</div>
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<div><a
href="http://libraries.mit.edu/science/iapril2005.html"
>http://libraries.mit.edu/science/iapril2005.html</a></div>
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<div><b>Introduction to Science of Synthesis</b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div>Alex Williams (Thieme), Erja Kajosalo</div>
<div><font size="-1">Thu April 14, 11-12, 14N-132 (DIRC)</font></div>
<div><font size="-1"><b>Enrollment limited to 20</b> - email
kajosalo@mit.edu to sign-up</font></div>
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<div><b>Organic chemists!</b> Learn to use "Science of Synthesis"
- http://libraries.mit.edu/get/sos/ - an electronic edition of the
classic HoubenWeyl. Alex Williams from Thieme Publishers will
show you how to find evaluated synthetic methods from this database
using (sub)structure and/or text searching. This session will allow
participants time for hands-on use of the resource!</div>
<div>Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-132, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu</div>
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<div><b>Interdisciplinary Research: Tools for finding Biological
Information</b
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<div><b>BIOINFORMATICS</b></div>
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<div><b>WHERE:</b> 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center)</div>
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<div><b>WHEN:</b> Tuesday, April 26, 4-5:30pm</div>
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<div><b>GUEST Speaker:</b> David L. Osterbur, Ph.D., Librarian,
BioLabs Library, Harvard University</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#0000FF">Learn how to use
BLAST as an experimental tool. We will cover the use of filters
as BLAST tools and contrast them with the use of PHI-BLAST. We
will learn about substitution matrices and how the PSSM relates to
PSI-BLAST. We will discuss how to avoid doing a BLAST search and
obtain more information than if you had done one.</font></div>
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<div>Light refreshments will be provided. </div>
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<div>Sponsored by the Engineering and Science Libraries. </div>
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<div>Contact ask-science@mit.edu for more information.</div>
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<div>E. Louisa Worthington Rogers</div>
<div>Biology, Medicine & Neurosciences Librarian</div>
<div>Science Library 14S-134</div>
<div>617/253-6575</div>
<div>elworthi@mit.edu</div>
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<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1"
color="#000000">jfischer@mit.edu *~*
Ph: 617-253-0386 *~*
Fax: 617-252-1003</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">M.I.T.
Office of the Provost</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">Room
11-268, 77 Massachusetts Avenue</font></div>
<div><font face="Century Gothic" size="-1" color="#000000">Cambridge,
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