The library is offering workshops to help graduate students build information skills needed for successful graduate work.

Two half-day workshops will be held in D.H. Hill Library on Friday, August 28 from 1 to 4 pm and repeated on Friday, September 4 from 9am to noon. Topics to be covered include:

Researching and Writing a Literature Review
Web of Science: Citation Searching, Analysis, and More
Using RefWorks to Find, Manage, and Organize Citations, Information, and Ideas

For details of these workshops, and to register, go to http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gradstudents/workshopschedule.html.

If you are interested in scheduling a separate workshop, to be held in CNR or MEAS, please contact Karen Ciccone.

See below for recent articles from the NCSU Libraries Digital Repository.

Forestry and Environmental Resources

Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Wood and Paper Science

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1 and ArcInfo Workstation 9.3 may be downloaded by any student, faculty, or staff for use on personal and university owned computers. There is no charge.

http://www.ncsu.edu/software/available-software/product.php?software=170

It's highly recommended to follow the installation instructions, which include the path to the License Server.

Be sure to also install the Service Packs!

If you have books, journal articles, course notes, or other items you would like to make available to your students, either online or in the Natural Resources Library, you may place them on reserve using the library’s reserves system:

http://reserves.lib.ncsu.edu/

Contact us at nrl_library@ncsu.edu if you have any questions or problems using this system. The staff of the Natural Resources Library is here to assist you and is happy to put your items on reserve for you.