Historical Truth

How do you know when something is historically true or not, and if it is, are we able to discover it? Lisa Garofali discusses these two points in her latest blog, click here to continue reading.

Book Review: Diplomatics by Luciana Duranti

No, Diplomatics is not the study of diplomacy or politics but the study of documents. It has been described by its leading practitioner, Luciana Duranti, "As studying the written document by analyzing the information transmitted or described by means of rules of representation, which are themselves evidence of the intent to convey information: formulas, bureaucratic or literary style, specialized language, interview technique, and so on. It is this information that we refer to as both the physical and intellectual form, and what is used to reveal the act, procedure, person, function, and system that produced it." read on

Fall 2008 RefWorks Training Sessions for Faculty and Graduate Students

RefWorks, the on-line bibliographic and citation software, is available to faculty and graduate students at Youngstown State University.

RefWorks assists the serious researcher in managing citation information in a centralized, web-based application. This management program permits the exportation of citation information from diverse databases and catalogs. RefWorks can use these centralized citations to create bibliographies and citations within documents in a wide variety of formats.

Maag Library is offering several training sessions during Fall 2008 for faculty and graduate students interested in learning more about RefWorks.

RefWorks Basics for the PC

Thursday, October 2, 2008 -- 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

or

RefWorks Basics for the PC

Friday, October 3, 2008 -- 9:00 a.m. to noon

All sessions will be held in the Instruction Room (Fourth Floor of Maag)

Seating is limited, so to register for any session contact:

Cynthia Harrison

clharrison@ysu.edu

330.941.3680

Scholastic Book Fair

It's back!!! Due to popular demand, the Scholastic Book Fair will be held Monday, September 15th through Thursday, September 18th, in the Wilcox Curriculum Resource Center (First Floor, Beeghly College of Education). Hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Library Workshops--something for everyone!

Whether you're a seasoned researcher or new to the information world, take a look at the range of resources being presented in our FALL 08 workshop lineup.

http://www.maag.ysu.edu/docs/newdoc.htm

For more information, contact Becky Roberts at x1720. (rkroberts@ysu.edu)