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Affordable textbooks on the way
The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed a very important piece of legislation to help bring transparency to the textbook market. read more at Stingy Scholar blog.
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (H.R. 4137) includes three critical provisions to help students deal with textbook prices.
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First, it requires publishers to tell faculty the price of textbooks when professors are choosing books for their classes.
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Second, the bill makes publishers sell the parts of bundled textbooks separately.
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Third, the bill encourages colleges to give students course booklists the semester before the class starts so they can shop around and look for better deals.
RefWork Workshops offered in March
The Jeremy Richard Library (JRL) will be offering several RefWorks workshops in March.
(March 3rd, 4th, 5th, 24th & 25th)
Register for a class: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/using/tutorials/workshop/#68
You Learn how to:
- Create a personal RefWorks library of references by directly exporting search results from popular journal research databases;
- Search within your RefWorks library and keep references organized with folders;
- Generate a quick bibliography of references in APA, MLA or other bibliographic style.
Don’t have time for a workshop? Then check out these Refworks Tutorials
Help us with this Online Card Sorting Exercise
Online Card Sorting
We need your help so we can better understand how you organize library website content. Complete the convenient online card sorting exercise by February 29.
NetID-based services currently unavailable
Any user who is trying to access any service which relies on NetID—for example, MyHomer, BLC-VC, DD-ILL request forms, remote access to E-Resources—is currently unavailable because one of the servers which supports it is experiencing problems. We apologize for the inconvenience.
IE 7 Quick Reference Sheet
Are you a Internet Explorer User? Check out this handy IE 7 reference guide sheet for quick tips and tricks for using this browser effectively.
Writing Workshop Room Change on Febuary 6th
Please be aware that the writing workshop scheduled for Weds. Feb. 6th -in the e-classroom has been relocated to the Conference Room instead.
The Source Writing Center is offering biweekly Writing Workshops in the Librar’s Thomson eClassroom.
1/30: Writing Anxiety
2/6: Brainstorming & Paper Planning
2/20: Thesis Statement Development
3/5: Organization & the Craft of Revision
3/19: Grammar & Sentence Mechanics
4/2: Using and Quoting Sources: MLA
4/16: Using and Quoting Sources: APA
4/30: Written Test Taking Strategies
WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD TWICE A DAY: 11:30 am – 12;30 pm AND 4:30-5:30 PM
Bring your current work! Drop in at any point during the workshop. For more info, contact: Melissa Mullins, Assistant Coordinator of Writing melissa.mullins ‘at’ uconn.edu
January/February 2008 Grapevine issue
The January/February issue of the Grapevine is now available. You can find it online at :
REGISTER TO VOTE!
The Connecticut primaries are on Tuesday, February 5.
You can only vote in the primary of the party you are registered for.
IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE or IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION or IF YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, stop by the table in the Concourse at lunch time or the Center for Women’s Studies (room 311) to fill out a registration form MONDAY, Jan, 28, TUESDAY, Jan 29, and WEDNESDAY, Jan 30. It will only take two minutes, and we will mail in your form for you.
Center for WS Spring 2008 hours:
Monday 11am-6pm
Tuesday 11am-6pm
Wednesday 11am-6pm
Thursday 11am-6pm
DON’T DELAY: REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY!
WRITING WORKSHOPS
The SOURCE WRITING CENTER offers biweekly
WRITING WORKSHOPS in the Library’s Thomson eClassroom
SPRING SCHEDULE:
1/30: Writing Anxiety
2/6: Brainstorming & Paper Planning 2/20: Thesis Statement Development
3/5: Organization & the Craft of Revision
3/19: Grammar & Sentence Mechanics
4/2: Using and Quoting Sources: MLA
4/16: Using and Quoting Sources: APA
4/30: Written Test Taking Strategies
WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD TWICE A DAY
11:00 am – 12:00 pm AND 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Bring your current work! Drop in at any point during the workshop and stay as long as you like!