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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>JulyAP
Information Workshops</b></font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Learn how to
find and use information more effectively in these hands-on
workshops.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
size="-1"><b>WHERE:</b> 14N-132 (</font><a
href="http://libraries.mit.edu/ask-us/instruction/dirc.html"><font
face="Arial" size="-1">Digital Instruction Resource Center -
DIRC</font></a><font face="Arial" size="-1">)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>WHEN:</b>
Fridays in July (and August), 12pm (noon)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>7/11
EndNote Basics</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Peter
Cohn</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">EndNote is a
"personal bibliographic software" package which allows you
to create and manage a database of bibliographic
references.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>7/18
Bioinformatics for Beginners</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Amy Stout,
Courtney Crummett</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Class
attendees will learn about the organization of key NCBI databases,
understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST
search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent
starting point for people who are new to, or curious about
bioinformatics research tools.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>7/25
Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and
Publisher Copyright Policies</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Ellen
Duranceau</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Geared for
graduate students, addresses what copyright means to you as an author,
how you can assess a publisher's copyright policies, and how you can
use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access
publishing models and the use of the MIT amendment to alter standard
publisher agreements will also be discussed.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>8/1
Patent Searching Fundamentals - START TIME
12:30pm</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Darcy Duke,
Howard Silver</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">While you
won't come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney,
you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over
the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session
will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the patent
literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patents
through free resources available on the web.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><b>8/8
Introduction to Company & Industry Research for Engineers &
Scientists</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Angie
Locknar, Stephanie Hartman, Alex Caracuzzo</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">You may be a
skilled investigator on the topic of science or engineering, but what
do you know about business research? This session will introduce you
to library-supported databases that cover company and industry
information. We will use hands-on exercises to demonstrate strategies
for researching two key components of a business plan: competitors and
industry trends.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">No advanced
registration required. Light refreshments will be served at each
session.</font></blockquote>
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager<br>
MIT<br>
Vice President for Research Office, Rm 11-268<br>
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