The weather is starting to change, fall is creeping in on Central Illinois. To celebrate the seasonal changes, the library offers the University of Illinois community two new exhibits as well as three new workshops in the Savvy Researcher Series.
LIBRARY EXHIBITS
Japan-in-America: The Turn of the Twentieth Century
Description: This exhibit includes images and artifacts from turn-of-the-century Japan -popular cultural materials, including paintings, poetry, and travel literature, postcards, illustrated books, sheet music, magic lantern slides, editorial slides, editorial cartoons, motion pictures, missionary tracts, children's literature, advertisements, etc.
Date: Sep 1, 2008 - Sep 30, 2008
Location: Main Library Hallway, 1408 West Gregory
Sponsor: East Asian and Pacific Studies Center
Contact: Anne Prescot aprescot@uiuc.edu
Literature at the heart of Our Lives: Youth Literature Festival
Description: Nationally known and local authors, illustrators, poets, and storytellers will present their work during this family-focused events sponsored by the UIUC College of Education. All events are free and open to the public and will include readings, book signing,live performances, and gallery tours. This exhibit displays the work of some of the participating authors and artists.
Date: Sep 1, 2008 - Oct 4, 2008
Location: Marshall Gallery, Main Library, 1408 West Gregory
Sponsor: Education and Social Science Library
Contact: Nancy O'Brien npobrien@uiuc.edu
Citation Chasing: The Grad Student's Guide to the Lit Review
Are you sure you found everything for your lit review? This workshop will cover how to find the tough stuff e.g. conference proceedings, dissertations and statistics. Bring your problem citations, we'll sleuth them out!
Tuesday, September 9th 10-11am
InfoHacks
Is your academic pile of information overwhelming? Are you looking for new ways to get organized? Learn from the best! Librarians will give you the low-down on how they organize their own research materials using several different strategies including the GTD method (Getting Things Done), citation management, current awareness tools, social bookmarking and quick tips.
Thursday, September 11th 3-4pm
Where's the Money? Finding and Securing Grant Funding
Are you trying to find grant funding for a fellowship or scholarship? A research project? We can help you find private and federal funding by searching and setting up alerts in the the Illinois Researcher Information Service, IRIS. We'll also cover the top ten tips of how NOT to get your funding approved.