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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>PUB NIGHT FOR
POSTDOCS</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="-4" color="#333333">This month
at....</font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" size="+2" color="#669900">the</font><font
face="Arial" size="+2" color="#333333"><b> Muddy</b></font><font
face="Geneva" size="+2" color="#669900"> Charles Pub</font></div>
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<div>Experiments working? Great, come on down to celebrate.
Grant</div>
<div>got rejected? Sorry, come on down to commiserate!
Regardless</div>
<div>of the occasion, come by the Muddy Charles pub (directions
below)</div>
<div>to take a break and socialize with postdocs from around the</div>
<div>campus. Meet that new collaborator, or that new squash
buddy,</div>
<div>or just get a chance to network with a variety of
interesting</div>
<div>people!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Come join us from 4:30-6 pm on Thursday, April 6th at the
MUDDY!</div>
<div>The Muddy Charles Pub is located on the first floor of Walker
Memorial (Building 50), situated along the Charles River with a view
of the Boston skyline as seen from Cambridge.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The street address is 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.</div>
<div>Our location can be found on the MIT map.</div>
<div>We'll provide the food (Indian appetizers), but the drinks are
all on you (or your new friends).</div>
<div>http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs/pub_nights.html</div>
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<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>Cheers!</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF"><b>The Postdoc Advisory
Council</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+3"><b>Library April
Workshops</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Every Friday in April (plus the
first week of May), attend these hands-on workshops to learn more
about finding and using information effectively.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>WHERE:</b> 14N-132
(Digital Instruction Resource Center - DIRC)</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>WHEN: </b> Every Friday
in April (and May 5), 12pm (noon) - 1pm</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>4/7 Google,
or Google Scholar: That is the Question!</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Is Google the best tool to
search for scholarly information? Or is Google</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Scholar? Are there other
choices? Search these databases and more to find</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">out. The results may
surprise you!</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>4/14 Power Up!
Strategies for Getting Energy Information</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Information on energy is
everywhere! How do you find what you need and keep</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">on the cutting edge of what is
published? Attend this hands-on session to</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">find out.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>4/21<x-tab>
</x-tab>Company Research for Scientists and
Engineers:</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Getting to Know Your Prospective
Partner or Employer</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">This session will introduce you
to library-supported databases about</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">companies and industries. We
will use examples and hands-on exercises to</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">demonstrate strategies for
learning about prospective employers or partners.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>4/28 Keeping
Current: Using RSS Feeds to Stay Ahead in Your
Research</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">What is an RSS Feed? We'll
tell you, plus teach you how to use this new</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">technology to keep up with
information in your fields of interest.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><b>5/5 EndNote
Basics</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">EndNote helps you to create
databases of bibliographic references that you</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">can cite in your manuscripts.
The session will be a hands-on practicum.</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Feel free to bring your
lunch!<i><b> Drinks and dessert will be provided.</b></i></font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1">Sponsored by the Engineering and
Science Libraries.</font></div>
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<div><tt>Howard Silver</tt></div>
<div><tt>Associate Head, Science Library
14S-136 voice: 617 253-9319</tt></div>
<div><tt>Massachusetts Institute of
Technology fax:
617 253-6365</tt></div>
<div><tt>77 Massachusetts
Ave <span
></span
> <span
></span> email:</tt> <a
href="mailto:hsilver@mit.edu"><tt>hsilver@mit.edu</tt></a></div>
<div><tt>Cambridge, MA
02139-4307 <span
></span> web:</tt> <a
href="http://libraries.mit.edu"><tt>http://libraries.mit.edu</tt></a></div
>
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<div>Janet E. Fischer<br>
Office of the Provost<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Administrator, Postdoc Advisory Council<br>
http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs</div>
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