Pictures from the Library Reception for Incoming Graduates

Librarians answered questions related to resources and services available to graduate students. Thanks to all the incoming graduate students and librarians that attended.

Wikiscanner

The Wikiscanner is a new website that traces the edits made in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows anyone to create and edit entries. Wikiscanner traces the edits back to the computer–by IP address. Why is this important? You can trace who made the edit(s), and how they changed the words within the Wikipedia entry. In other words, you can see how corporations, government agencies, and etc. are performing “insider editing”and corporate revisions to Wikipedia entries.

Connect to the Wikiscanner page for links to articles about the product, information about the creator, and to search for edits by organization name, location, and IP address (if you know it). You may want to browse the Editor’s Picks of Wikipedia edits. 

Workshop Week at Newman Library (Fall 2007)

Learn how to be an effective and efficient researcher by attending free workshops taught by the information professionals at Newman Library. Attend any, or all, of the following workshops:

Database Survival Precision Searching Web Research Basic Business Company Information Industry Information Annual Reports Marketing Accounting

Workshop Week starts September 27th (Thursday) and ends September 30th (Sunday). To read the full workshop descriptions and to register go to the Workshops Registration** page on the Newman Library website.

**Please note that the Subotnick Center and BCTC workshops are also listed on this page.