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• 2.0 Tools: Greasemonkey – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Greasemonkey, which allows you to change how certain websites look or work, and can help personalize and optimize web research. It is part of the "2.0 Tools in 2.0 Minutes...
• 2.0 Tools: iCyte – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces iCyte, an online tool to save all or parts of any web page for later use. It is part of the "2.0 Tools in 2.0 Minutes" series that highlights online tools that can help li...
• 2.0 Tools: RSS Feeds – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces RSS Feeds, which pull content from numerous online sources into one place for your consumption: an RSS feed reader. You can use an RSS feed reader to read new blog posts from ...
• 2.0 Tools: Yahoo! Pipes – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Yahoo!Pipes, which combines, filters, sorts, and otherwise modifies incoming information via RSS feeds. This tutorial is part of the "2.0 Tools in 2.0 Minutes" series that...
• 2.0 Tools: Zoho Online Office – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Zoho, a free suite of online office software, including word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation products. Because the software is online, there's nothing to download an...
• 2010 ALA Annual Conference Highlights – Self-Paced Learning
  The 2010 ALA Annual Conference was hot – in topics, trends, and temperature! Get the wisdom from Washington without the weather by joining Minitex staff for a brief webinar on the trends and topics co...
• 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting Highlights: Or Boston Briefly – Self-Paced Learning
  Pour yourself a cup of tea and join us for a quick and informative summary of 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting highlights--from passion and promotion at the OCLC Symposium to technology trends and local lib...
• 2010 Library Technology Conference Highlights: Trends, Tips, and Tools – Self-Paced Learning
  The Library Technology Conference provides a mix of sessions highlighting many of the technologies affecting how users interact with libraries and how libraries are using technology to create new and ...
• 2011 ALA Annual Conference – Self-Paced Learning
  The 2011 ALA Annual Conference was hot – in topics, trends, and temperature! Get the latest from Louisiana without the weather by joining Minitex staff for a brief webinar on some of the topics covere...
• 2011 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference Highlights – Self-Paced Learning
  The goal of the ER&L Conference is to bring together information professionals from libraries and related industries to improve the way we collect, manage, maintain, and make accessible electronic res...
• 2011 Library Technology Conference Highlights: Trends, Tips, and Tools – Self-Paced Learning
  Description: The Library Technology Conference provides a mix of sessions highlighting many of the technologies affecting how users interact with libraries and how libraries are using technology to cr...
• 50 in 75: Reader's Advisory Round Table’s Second Annual Blast of Booktalk – Self-Paced Learning
  Guest Presenters: Jennifer Brannen, St. Paul Public Library; Karla Businaro, Carver County Library; Sarah Nagle, Carver County Library; Angie Noyes, Washington County Library; Barbara Pierce, St. Paul...
• Accessing the STEM Workspace in Britannica School Edition – Self-Paced Learning
  This brief tutorial will show you how to access the STEM workspace created in Britannica via ELM. The STEM workspace contains information resources specific to Science, Technology, Engineering, and M...
• After School Homework Help with ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  The school day might be over but the need for homework help is just beginning. From study guides to educational games teaching concepts to multimedia to popular and scholarly articles to pro/con reso...
• All About PubMed – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library, as she addresses how to get the most out...
• American Factfinder Advanced – Self-Paced Learning
  Want to learn how to create multiple faceted tables in American Factfinder? Interested in delving into multiple demographic, economic and social data points for your geographic area? Join Amy West, ...
• American Factfinder Overview – Self-Paced Learning
  The Census Bureau's American Factfinder continues to be the primary source for demographic information about the United States. Covering the basics of how and what data are collected, Amy West, Data ...
• Art Resources in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  Did you know that you can access art images, artist biographies, art history and movements, and more art-related content in the ELM databases? This webinar will highlight the CAMIO (Catalog of Art Mu...
• AskMN and the K12 Student – Self-Paced Learning
  In its first year, AskMN: The Librarian Is In, Minnesota’s statewide cooperative digital reference service, accepted over 6,000 questions from Minnesota residents, many from K12 students. Students are...
• AskMN Best Practices Webinar – Self-Paced Learning
  What makes a chat session good and what makes a chat session exceptional? How do you know you’re truly helping a patron? Sometimes it’s not always clear from working with a patron in a virtual setting...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference – Self-Paced Learning
  Information will always exist. Questions will always arise. More and more patrons look for ways to connect with libraries online and at point of need. Providing a virtual reference service is an easy ...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Finding Your Virtual Reference Users Online – Self-Paced Learning
  The OCLC Research report Seeking Synchronicity found that one of the biggest obstacles to a successful virtual reference service was getting users to simply know the service existed. Virtual customer...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Keeping the Virtual Lights on 24/7 – Self-Paced Learning
  Best Practices in Virtual Reference webinar helps you keep your lights on longer Public, academic and special libraries alike are struggling with cuts to their hours and staff, making it more diffi...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Seeking Synchronicity – Self-Paced Learning
  Lynn Silipigni Connaway & Marie Radford will discuss the key findings of their multi-year study that were recently published in the report, Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for V...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Virtual Reference in Tough Times – Self-Paced Learning
  It’s no secret that libraries everywhere are making difficult choices due to the current economy. Newer programs, like virtual reference, are often the first to face the chopping block. Making the c...
• Britannica for Academic Libraries – Self-Paced Learning
  This session will cover navigation of the Britannica Online Academic Edition. This includes features such as the World Data Analyst, Research Tools, Multimedia, and Variety of Sources.
• Britannica for Schools – Self-Paced Learning
  This session will cover the Britannica Online School Edition including the Elementary School / Learning Zone, Middle School, and High School levels. It will also touch on the Curriculum Standards Res...
• Britannica's Interactive Learning Materials – Self-Paced Learning
  This session will explore the many student activities available in Britannica that assist in reviewing concepts taught in the classroom and aid in learning new skills. You can select from study guides...
• CALCO Covers the State: Learn How State Government Agency Libraries Can Help You & Your Clients – Self-Paced Learning
  CALCO, the Capitol Area Library Consortium, includes 13 unique libraries offering state government services and resources helpful to librarians and their clients. Join Minitex Reference Outreach & Ins...
• CatExpress Tutorial – Self-Paced Learning
  CatExpress gives you direct access to the WorldCat records you need for copy cataloging. This tutorial shows you how to use CatExpress to search for, edit, and export records and how to set or delete ...
• Census 2010: Power, Money, Data – Self-Paced Learning
  Guest Presenters: Amy West and Kirsten Clark of the University of Minnesota Libraries Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Amy West, Data Services Librarian at the University of Minneso...
• Consumer Health Information on the Internet: Where to Look and What to Look Out For – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library as she discusses consumer health informat...
• Doing It With Drupal – Self-Paced Learning
  Guest presenters: Wayne Loftus, Web Services Coordinator, Health Science Libraries, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Cody Hanson, Technology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries. Wayn...
• ELM Databases for Grades 6-8 – Self-Paced Learning
  Do you work with middle school students? If so, you won't want to miss this brief 60 minute webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 6-8. This session wil...
• ELM Databases for Grades 9-12 – Self-Paced Learning
  Do you work with high school students? If so, you won't want to miss this brief one hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 9-12. This session will ...
• ELM Databases for Grades K-5 – Self-Paced Learning
  Do you work with elementary students? If so, you won't want to miss this one hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades K-5. This session will cover K-5...
• ELM for K-12 / NLLN – Self-Paced Learning
  Join this webinar for an introduction to the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) geared towards school library personnel and other K-12 educators in the Northern Lights Library Network area. We’ll ...
• ELM for K-12 Academic Standards: An Introduction – Self-Paced Learning
  This video introduces ELM for K-12 Academic Standards, a tool for Minnesota classroom teachers that matches reliable, authoritative content from library databases to MN academic benchmarks. Teachers a...
• ELM In Depth Series: EBSCO Unique Interfaces (Week 2) – Self-Paced Learning
  Week 2: EBSCO Unique Interfaces This hour and a half webinar will take a close look at four of the EBSCO databases in the ELM collection operating with specialized interfaces specifically designed...
• ELM In Depth Series: EBSCOhost (Week 1) – Self-Paced Learning
  Week 1: EBSCOhost This hour and a half webinar will take a close look at three of the EBSCO databases in the ELM collection operating with the EBSCOhost interface. 1. Academic Search Premier ...
• ELM In Depth Series: Gale K12 (Week 4) – Self-Paced Learning
  Week 4: Gale K12 This hour and a half webinar will take a close look at three of the Gale databases in the ELM collection operating with specialized interfaces specifically designed with students a...
• ELM In Depth Series: Gale PowerSearch (Week 3) – Self-Paced Learning
  Week 3: Gale PowerSearch This hour and a half webinar will take a close look at three of the Gale databases in the ELM collection operating with the PowerSearch interface. 1. Expanded Academic ...
• ELM In Depth Series: ProQuest (Week 5) – Self-Paced Learning
  Week 5: ProQuest This hour and a half webinar will take a close look at the ProQuest resources in the ELM collection including an in-depth orientation to ProQuest Newsstand Complete highlighting t...
• ELM Over Lunch: Britannica Public Library Edition (Week 3) – Self-Paced Learning
  Learn about the many features of the Britannica Public Library Edition, which include the Reference Center and Britannica for Kids. Find out about tools like the World Data Analyst and the Geography E...
• ELM Over Lunch: MasterFILE Premier (Week 2) – Self-Paced Learning
  Week 2: This session will take you through the EBSCOhost interface, which is used with many other EBSCO resources, and searching in MasterFILE Premier. MasterFILE Premier contains full-text of popular...
• ELM Refresher – Self-Paced Learning
  Have the relaxing summer months caused you to forget about all the resources offered via the Electronic Library for Minnesota? If so, join Minitex Reference Services staff as they highlight the datab...
• ELM Tutorial: Business Research – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces the Business Source Premier database which business researchers can use to research companies, make informed personal financial decisions, and stay abreast of business news an...
• ELM Tutorial: Consumer Health Complete – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Consumer Health Complete, which contains reliable health information written in accessible language.
• ELM Tutorial: Consumer Research – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces two databases that contain consumer information: MasterFILE Premier and ProQuest Newsstand Complete. Learn strategies to quickly find reviews of products, services, companies,...
• ELM Tutorial: Encyclopedia Britannica – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces the Encyclopedia Britannica databases. Britannica offers authoritative encyclopedia and multimedia content for elementary, secondary, college, and lifelong learners.
• ELM Tutorial: Kids InfoBits – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Kids InfoBits, which contains reliable information for elementary students.
• ELM Tutorial: Locating Science Experiments & Activities in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  The brief tutorial will show you how to locate science experiments and activities for the K-12 classroom in Science Reference Center and Student Resources In Context.
• ELM Tutorial: Points of View Reference Center – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Points of View Reference Center, which contains "pro vs. con" articles on current or controversial topics.
• ELM Tutorial: Student Research Center – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Student Research Center, which contains encyclopedia and magazine articles as well as primary source materials and multimedia content. It is intended for middle and high schoo...
• Employment Research with ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  Finding job postings is tough enough. But how can job seekers differentiate themselves during the application and interview process? By doing their research, at least in part. Join this 45-minute webi...
• FRBR and FRAD: Keys to RDA (Online workshop) – Self-Paced Learning
  The studies titled "Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records" (FRBR) and "Functional Requirements for Authority Data" (FRAD) give a big picture view of the structure and content of library ca...
• From News to the Document: Finding Government Information Mentioned in Newspapers, Blogs & Tweets – Self-Paced Learning
  "I read about this EPA document on a news blog last year and want a copy." "Representative Ellison mentioned a report on Twitter. How do I find it?" Surprising as it is to library staff, media does...
• Get Me Started: Government Information Basics – Self-Paced Learning
  Nearly 300 federal agencies. Millions of websites. 1 clueless patron. 1 somewhat clueless library staffer. How do you connect all these pieces together to create a positive reference transaction? ...
• GLBT Resources in Government Information – Self-Paced Learning
  Often, we think of LGBT resources as those specifically labeled and recognized as such: an encyclopedia called “encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history” or a database indexing ...
• Google for Research: Tips & Tricks for Expert Searching – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Martha Hardy, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul as she discusses using Google for research. Are your ...
• Health and Medical Resources in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  A thorough overview of the Consumer Health Complete medical resource including key features such as accessing Evidence-Based Reports, reference book content, medical images, animations and video as we...
• History Day Resources in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  History Day focuses on teaching students how to select a topic and conduct thorough research using primary and secondary sources to give well-rounded understanding and competency about that topic. In...
• How to Cite – Self-Paced Learning
  
• Ice Cream Experiment – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial walks through the process of a science experiment. For more information about this experiment view the lesson plan: https://rpc.elm4you.org/assignments/4882
• Information Literacy – Do Students Know What They Are Looking For? – Self-Paced Learning
  Often when K-12 students come to AskMN, Minnesota’s statewide digital reference service, they are looking for help on a particular assignment. Sometimes students will just copy and paste the original ...
• Information Management 2.0: Customized Content and Customized Delivery – Self-Paced Learning
  As the amount of content available online continues to expand at a rapid pace, the way that we have traditionally kept up with personal and professional information will become less and less feasible....
• Intro to ELM for Teachers: Education Professional Development – Self-Paced Learning
  This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways educators from across the state use ELM to stay current in their field. The session is geared toward ...
• Intro to ELM for Teachers: Elementary School – Self-Paced Learning
  This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways elementary school educators from across the state use ELM in the classroom. The session is geared towa...
• Intro to ELM for Teachers: English Language Arts – Self-Paced Learning
  This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways English language arts teachers from across the state use ELM in the classroom. The session is geared t...
• Intro to ELM for Teachers: Science – Self-Paced Learning
  This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways science teachers from across the state use ELM in the classroom. The session is geared toward classroo...
• Intro to ELM for Teachers: Social Studies – Self-Paced Learning
  This 30-minute webinar will introduce the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) and discuss ways social studies teachers from across the state use ELM in the classroom. The session is geared toward c...
• It is your Business .... to Know! – Self-Paced Learning
  The US government produces a plethora of information, data, and statistics on business, trade, the economy, occupations, salaries, companies –both public and nonprofit—but how do you navigate through ...
• Just Search: EBSCOhost – Self-Paced Learning
  Here’s your chance to get to know the EBSCOhost search interface like the back of your hand. It’s nothin’ but search! In this 45 min. webinar you’ll learn all about the search options, indexes, and ...
• Just Search: ProQuest – Self-Paced Learning
  Here’s your chance to get to know the ProQuest search interface like the back of your hand. It’s nothin’ but search! In this 45 min. webinar you’ll learn all about the search options, indexes, and l...
• Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 1 – Self-Paced Learning
  This webinar will introduce library staff to the basics of editing Local Holdings Records (LHRs) through the OCLC Connexion Browser. We will discuss the implementation of MARC 21 format in OCLC, and ...
• Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 2 – Self-Paced Learning
  This session will expand trainees' knowledge of Local Holdings Record maintenance though the OCLC Connexion Browser. Through live demonstration and exercises, we will learn how to create new LHRs - e...
• Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 3 – Self-Paced Learning
  Third in our series on Local Holdings Record (LHR) maintenance through the OCLC Connexion Browser. In this session, we'll work with less common holdings requiring extra fields, including multiple lev...
• Moving Forward: New Guidelines for Contributors to Minnesota Reflections – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Greta Bahnemann, Metadata Coordinator for the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL), for a free online session that will introduce recent changes to the MDL’s Minnesota Reflections Metadata Guidelines....
• Multimedia in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  No matter what the research project or personal interest, multimedia is in high demand. ELM contains a treasure trove of multimedia from a digital collection of works of art to indexes holding thousa...
• OCLC Indexes in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Minitex Reference staff as they delve into the OCLC indexes available through ELM. These resources include OCLC PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, WorldCat Disseratations and Theses, ArticleFirst, a...
• Oh, the Places We Have Gone: Using Map and GIS data resources from the federal government – Self-Paced Learning
  A recent exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art centered on "The Impossible Black Tulip" a wood block printed world map created in 1602. Fast forward 410 years and think about how maps and th...
• Online Information Literacy and ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  Google is usually the first place, and many times the only place, people go for their research. In the latest Pew Internet & American Life Project Report, How Teens Do Research in the Digital World, 9...
• Outreach: Homeschooling Communities – Self-Paced Learning
  Are you looking to expand or improve upon your library’s outreach to local home educators and their students? Wishing to learn more about homeschoolers as they relate to local public and school libra...
• Personalize (and Share!) Your News Experience with ProQuest Newsstand Complete – Self-Paced Learning
  With over a thousand different news sources offering a wide range of perspectives, you can personalize the world’s news with ProQuest Newsstand Complete. In this brief webinar join Minitex Reference ...
• Perspectives on Current Events – Self-Paced Learning
  There are many ways to look at a story. It can be very easy to see or hear only one side to a story and think that it is the complete version when often it is not. When compiling resources students ar...
• Primary Sources in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  Whether needed for a History Day project, paper, or report, primary sources are necessary for thorough and comprehensive research. This webinar focuses on ELM databases containing primary sources inc...
• RDA for the Seasoned Cataloger: Audiovisual Materials (3-part online workshop) – Self-Paced Learning
  In 2013 the Library of Congress, and no doubt many other libraries, will transition from AACR2 to RDA. In anticipation of this event, Minitex is offering a self-paced, online workshop on cataloging a...
• RDA for the Seasoned Cataloger: Print Monographs (3-part online workshop) – Self-Paced Learning
  The Library of Congress and other libraries will transition from AACR2 to RDA in 2013. In anticipation of this move, Minitex is offering a self-paced, online workshop on cataloging textual print mono...
• RDA for the Seasoned Cataloger: Print Serials (3-part online workshop) – Self-Paced Learning
  Spring 2013 marks the season in which the Library of Congress will transition from AACR2 to RDA for all of their original cataloging. With the prospect that other libraries follow their lead, Minitex...
• Search Strategies: Part One – Self-Paced Learning
  This self-paced tutorial is designed to help students get a better understanding of how to create a search strategy for finding reliable information based on a topic. Part One will identify three step...
• Search Strategies: Part Two – Self-Paced Learning
  This self-paced tutorial is designed to help students get a better understanding of how to create a search strategy for finding reliable information based on a topic. Part One will identify three step...
• STEM Resources in ELM – Self-Paced Learning
  Teachers and Library Media Specialists are invited to register for this online webinar about accessing free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) resources from the ELM (Electronic Library...
• STEM Resources in ELM Tutorial – Self-Paced Learning
  This brief tutorial shows you how to access the databases containing STEM content that are available in ELM.
• Student Resources In Context – Self-Paced Learning
  Gale has just replaced select Gale Resource Centers, with the new In Context family of products. This learning environment provides a revolutionary user experience that’s supported by media-rich cont...
• Taking the Fear Out of Business Reference – Self-Paced Learning
  Business reference may be the most intimidating interaction librarians face on the reference desk. This one-hour session will take the fear out of business reference by breaking the broad concept of b...
• The History of Minnesota – Digitized For Your Convenience – Self-Paced Learning
  Minnesota’s history has come to life once again through the efforts of many libraries, museums, county historical societies, and leading the effort is Minnesota Historical Society and Minnesota Digita...
• The International Standard Book Number . . . And How It Grew – Self-Paced Learning
  The International Standard Book Number is expanding from 10 to 13 digits and OCLC has enhanced Connexion Client to accommodate this change. You're probably wondering how this expansion will affect yo...
• The New Britannica School – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Darcy Carlson of Britannica as she covers this new edition of Britannica School. In it you'll find more content and a wider variety of resources – thousands of articles, images, videos, primary ...
• The Portable Reference Library: Accessing Reference Resources and Services on Mobile Devices – Self-Paced Learning
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Alec Sonsteby, Reference and Instruction Librarian and Assistant Professor at Metropolitan State University. Has the day of the roving reference lib...
• Turning Points in History: Fitting Government Information into History Day Projects – Self-Paced Learning
  The 2013 History Day theme, Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events, provides for a huge number of topics centering around state, national, and international history. And with many of those ...
• Using the New Minnesota Reflections – Self-Paced Learning
  As of November 1, 2011, Minnesota Reflections has a new look! The software that runs Minnesota Reflections (CONTENTdm) was upgraded to the latest version. This upgrade contains many new features, mak...
• What Every Job Seeker (AND Librarian) Should Know: Tools and Services from MN DEED – Self-Paced Learning
  Guest Presenters: Dru Frykberg, DEED Librarian Karen Underhill, DEED Outreach and Training Specialist for MinnesotaWorks.net Rachel Vilsack, DEED Regional Labor Market Analyst The Minnesota Dep...
• What's New with ELM? – Self-Paced Learning
  The list of databases that make up the ELM collection has been the same since 2009, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s changed. We’re always working to make the ELM databases more accessible, more releva...
• Wikipedia: The Educator’s Friend(!) – Self-Paced Learning
  Guest Presenter: Nathan Rinne, Media Cataloging Technician, Osseo Area Schools Wikipedia can be an excellent springboard for learning some profound lessons. We’ll look at practical ways to use it w...