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Welcome to the June 2011 issue of news @ your library. This issue includes information on an upcoming workshop Geocoding Tabular Data with Google Fusion Tables, an update on the Library's RefWorks service,as well as information about new resources, The Toronto Star: Pages of the Past, The Encyclopedia of Geography, and The Dictionary of Science.
This will be the last issue of news @ your library until September. Have a wonderful summer.
Have you ever wanted to display your data on a map? Or wondered how to transfer your tabular results into points and markers in Google Maps? This hands-on workshop introduces you to Google Fusion Tables – a powerful and free utility that takes address information, converts it into latitude and longitude coordinates, and maps it using Google Maps. [full article - Featured Workshop] 9 Jun 2011
Attention all RefWorks users! On July 4 we will be switching to the RefWorks 2.0 interface as the default interface. The current RefWorks interface (RefWorks Classic) will no longer be supported by RefWorks after this year. [full article - RefWorks 2.0] 9 Jun 2011
The Library has initiated a subscription to the fantastic historical news resource the Toronto Star: Pages of the Past. [full article - Toronto Star: Pages of the Past] 9 Jun 2011
The Library recently purchased the Encyclopedia of Geography, an online version of the six-volume, 3,560-page print equivalent containing more than 1,200 entries on a vast range of geography topics. [full article - Encyclopedia of Geography] 9 Jun 2011
Looking for quick definitions and summaries of scientific terms and topics? Check out the Dictionary of Science, a new addition to the Library’s Knovel database. [full article - Dictionary of Science] 9 Jun 2011
The Library welcomes Meredith Fischer to the Cataloguing Department for an eight-month co-op work-term. In this position, Meredith works on a variety of projects within the Cataloguing Department. Most currently, she is revising and updating catalogue records for books recently added to the Library’s collection. [full article - Meredith Fischer] 9 Jun 2011
On Friday, June 3, the Witer Learning Resource Centre hosted a very successful book signing featuring Dr. Susan Barry, scholar and author of Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions. Barry gave the 22nd annual Dr. Clair Bobier Lecture in Vision at this year's continuing education Optometry conference. [full article - Book Signing] 9 Jun 2011
And now for something fun and somewhat useful! The Random Name / Word Picker is a web tool that you can use in the classroom or during presentations for making quick and random choices from a selection of words that you input. [full article - Random Name / Word Picker] 9 Jun 2011
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