Monthly Archives: February 2007

e-Teaching Symposium

By lnaru | Published: February 19, 2007

On Wednesday, February 21st, Senior Library Specialist Pia M. Hunter will present an overview of reserve services and electronic resources available to faculty and students through the UIC Library. The symposium will be held at Student Center East, Room 713 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. Topics to be covered include:
* Docutek Electronic Reserve System [...]

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All Work and No Play…..Not if You Have Playaway! Now Available at the Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria

By lnaru | Published: February 19, 2007

The Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria is pleased to offer a collection of Playaway titles thanks to a Library Systems Technology Act grant through the Alliance Library System.
Not an MP3 or CD player and not software, Playaway is the self-contained audio equivalent of a book. Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway [...]

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Research Help – Online or In Person

By lnaru | Published: February 16, 2007

The UIC Library has created a series of online tutorials designed to assist users with their research:

Doing Research: An Introduction to the Concepts of Online Searching (interactive)
An Introduction to UICCAT (audio)
Accessing Article Indexes (audio)
Academic Search Premier (audio)

Subject specific guides are also available. These cover topics such as African-American Studies, Art, [...]

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UIC Librarian Honored

By lnaru | Published: February 16, 2007

Emily Guss, Assistant Professor at the University Library, was presented with the 2007 Trailblazer Award at the Chicago Public Library’s African American History Month Opening Program. Ms. Guss was Co-chair of the African American Services Committee at CPL for many years and the Director of the CPL’s Woodson Regional Library. She retired [...]

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Library remains open during snowstorm

By kayiwa | Published: February 13, 2007

The Richard J. Daley Library, The Library of the Health Sciences (Chicago) and the Science Library will keep regular hours for Tuesday February 13, 2007.

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Tax Research – New Resource Available

By Sara Blaszczak | Published: February 13, 2007

Now available in time for tax season, the University Library is pleased to announce campuswide access to a new tax research resource, RIA Checkpoint.
RIA Checkpoint, published by Thomson RIA, includes the Federal Tax Handbook, IRS Revenue Code, IRS publications and forms, tables and rates, 50-state and local complete tax analyses, interactive tools for financial planning, [...]

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