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Undergraduate Library News and Blog

November 3, 2009

Focus groups - free pizza!

Attention Undergraduate Students: you and your friends are invited to attend a library focus group (and get free pizza)! All you have to do is give us your likes and dislikes about websites (and doing library research) during one of our focus group sessions. The Undergrad Library is working on website updates to include more of the tools students want/need to use when they are doing projects for class.

Please register for one of the follow days by emailing dh-ward@illinois.edu. We are going to be taking the first eight people for each session who email, so let us know soon if this is something you and your friends want to be a part of.

- Sunday November 15th, 2-4pm
- Monday, November 16th 3-5pm
- Tuesday, November 17th 8-10pm

We will meet in room 295, Undergrad Library. Just ask at the front desk for directions to the room! See you then.

Posted by undergrad at 1:23 PM

October 23, 2009

Get a $5 gift card...

Don’t just read about research in class, become a part of it. And help us make the Undergrad a better place in the process. Two researchers from the Undergraduate library are seeking 40 first-year students to participate in a research study about how students find items on the shelves in the library. Participants will find library items and be observed while sharing their thought process in addition to a short interview.

All participants who complete the study will get a $5 Espresso Royale gift card.

Contact: jimhahn@illinois.edu

Posted by jimhahn at 3:17 PM

October 16, 2009

New Gaming Center

The Gaming Center at UGL is Now Open

The Gaming Center, located on the upper level of the Undergraduate Library, gives students access to the variety of games available as part of the library's collection. Housing the latest consoles (XBox 360, PS3, Wii) and a large screen TV, the Gaming Center provides opportunities for group experiences and discussions centered on gaming.

Anyone with an ICard can use the Gaming Center. Keys, controllers, and games are available at the front circulation desk for checkout.

See a video at: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRV6KHmC0k

or Quicktime: Quicktime

Posted by undergrad at 4:15 PM

October 2, 2009

Pump Up Your Research at UGL's Research Rally!

Homecoming Week is right around the corner, and midterms are in the air. The Undergrad knows you want to pay attention to both of these, and has come up with a solution:

Research Rally! On Wednesday October 7, 10-6:30


Join us for an hour, or stay for the day! We're offering nine workshops to introduce to library and campus resources designed for your success! Statistical information, academic filesharing, environmental resources, current events, and contemporary reporting of historical events -- we've got workshops for those and more!

To top it off, Bob the Book will make his Homecoming appearance at 6:00, and will be passing out candy.

Join us!

Time Topic
10:00-11:00 Surveying Environmental Resources (UGL 295)
11:00-12:00 CITES Tools for Filesharing (UGL 295)
12:00-1:00 ...And I Quote (Or Shouldn't I?): How to Write with Resources (UGL 295)
1:00-1:30 Making Sense of the Library Website (UGL 295)
1:30-2:15 Looking Back: Using Historical Newspapers (UGL 291)
2:15-3:00 Extra! Extra! Using Current Newspaper Resources (UGL 291)
3:00-4:00 Become a Better Googler (UGL 295)
4:00-5:00 Finding Peer-reviewed Articles (UGL 295)
5:00-6:00 What Does The Government Know? Explore Government Information Resources (UGL 295)
6:00 Bob the Book will pass out candy


Posted by undergrad at 9:57 AM | TrackBack (0)

September 30, 2009

Do you have questions about Novel H1N1?

We can help you get answers!

Dr. Robert Palinkas, Director of McKinley Health Center will be available to answer your questions about H1N1 at the Undergraduate Library on Thursday 10/1 at 3:00.

If you're curious about flu levels in Champaign-Urbana, want to know more about H1N1 symptoms, or what to do if you catch it, or how to keep yourself healthy, this is your chance to ask!

If you want to stay current on H1N1 news, don't forget to check our InfoGuide. It's full of information from all the leading agencies & news sources.

Posted by undergrad at 9:43 AM | TrackBack (0)

August 5, 2009

New Student Tours Aug 25th and 26th

New Student Tours:
www.library.illinois.edu/learn/instruction/tours.html

Take a tour of the Main Library and the Library Gateway! During the tour, attendees will learn about the services provided by the Undergraduate Library, visit departmental libraries and the 'stacks' as well as take a tour of virtual library services via the Library Gateway. The session will last about 50 minutes.

Fall 2009 Tour Schedule

Tuesday, August 25th at 10am, 11am, and 12pm.

Wednesday, August 26th at 10am, 11am, and 12pm.

Meet at the Main Library in the Marshall Gallery, on the first floor near the east entrance.

No registration necessary.

Contact Reference, Research and Government Information Services (reflib@library.illinois.edu) for more information or call 217-333-2290.

Posted by undergrad at 3:41 PM