Fwd: ITEMS of possible interest

[Janet Fischer]

The following career talk is relevant for
PhDs (first through nth year) and Postdocs

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005
1-3pm
10-250 
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go>http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go

PUTTING YOUR DEGREE TO WORK: Practical Career Strategies for PhDs 
(and Postdocs)
by Peter Fiske, PhD

Please visit 
<http://web.mit.edu/career/www/fiske/>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/fiske/
to register, print the handouts, see a biography of Dr. Fiske, and 
see career articles by Dr. Fiske

Event covers:

Professional development strategies for young scientists and engineers
The process of career planning and job hunting
How to identify your transferable skills
Interviewing, CV's, and resumes

Co-sponsored by the MIT Careers Office and the Graduate Student Council
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April Information Workshops

Every Friday in April, attend these hands-on workshops to learn more 
about finding and using information effectively.  It's like IAP, only 
warmer!

WHERE:  14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center DIRC)

WHEN:  Every Friday in April, 12pm (noon) - 1pm

4/8     Keeping Current: Using RSS Feeds to Stay Ahead in Your Research

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.

4/15   EndNote Basics

EndNote helps you to create databases of bibliographic references 
that you can cite in your manuscripts. The session will be a hands-on 
practicum.

4/22   Company Research for Scientists and Engineers: Getting to Know 
Your Prospective Partner or Employer

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.

4/29   Google, or Google Scholar: That is the Question!

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!

Feel free to bring your lunch! Drinks and dessert will be provided.

Sponsored by the Engineering and Science Libraries.

<http://libraries.mit.edu/science/iapril2005.html>http://libraries.mit.edu/science/iapril2005.html


Introduction to Science of Synthesis

Alex Williams (Thieme), Erja Kajosalo
Thu April 14, 11-12, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited to 20 - email kajosalo at mit.edu to sign-up

Organic chemists! 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!
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-132, x3-9795, kajosalo at mit.edu

Interdisciplinary Research: Tools for finding Biological Information

BIOINFORMATICS

WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center)

WHEN:  Tuesday, April 26, 4-5:30pm

GUEST Speaker:  David L. Osterbur, Ph.D., Librarian, BioLabs Library, 
Harvard University

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.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Sponsored by the Engineering and Science Libraries.

Contact ask-science at mit.edu for more information.

E. Louisa Worthington Rogers
Biology, Medicine & Neurosciences Librarian
Science Library 14S-134
617/253-6575
elworthi at mit.edu
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M.I.T. Office of the Provost
Room 11-268,  77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139
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