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 Training
Sessions at the Interior Library
The U.S. Department of the Interior Library offers regular training sessions for U.S. Department of the Interior employees.
Because of limited space, each training session is limited to a maximum of six people. Please RSVP
by e-mail at library@nbc.gov at least one week before the program if you are interested in attending any of the sessions
listed below.
Additional training sessions will be posted as they are scheduled. Please check this page regularly for any changes or updates.
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Advanced Legal Research on Westlaw
Attendees will learn how to take research skills learned in introductory Westlaw courses to the next level. Learn how to find
cases by attorney or judge's name, date, and jurisdiction. Explore statutory materials and learn how to combine the best of book
and online research with Westlaw's online Table of Contents. Delve into KeyCite's unique features that allow researchers to
fine-tune their result by legal issue, jurisdiction, and other selected criteria. And learn how to personalize Westlaw to meet
your unique research needs. This program will be conducted by a Westlaw trainer. |
Friday
September 19, 2008
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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ProQuest's National Newspapers Collection: Introduction and New Features
ProQuest's National Newspaper package provides the Department of the Interior with online access to the most respected national
and regional newspapers from across the U.S. The titles in ProQuest National Newspapers offer researchers thorough coverage of
local, national, and international events with journalistic balance and perspective. Attendees will learn how to browse and
search through ProQuest's collection of full-text articles from the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street
Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post dating back to the 1980's, using helpful browsing and searching tips offered by a
Proquest trainer. |
Tuesday
September 30, 2008
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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DOI Library Tour
Join us for a tour of the many resources of the Department of the Interior Library. Included in the tour will be a description
of legal and legislative resources on Deck 4 of the Library, including the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, U.S. Statutes
at Large, and case reporters. Also included will be a look at the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, dating back to 1789, and the
Library's Rare Book Collection. This tour, conducted by DOI Law Librarian Maureen Booth, will be valuable for anyone intending
to do research at the DOI Library. |
Wednesday
October 15, 2008
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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The Environmental Law Reporter Online: Introduction and New Features
The Environmental Law Reporter Online is an environmental, natural resources, toxic tort, energy, health/safety, and land use
law research tool containing original source documents, editorial summaries, and expert analysis on state, federal, and
international issues. ELR consists of twelve components: News & Analysis; ELR Update; Litigation; Federal Laws and Regulations;
Administrative Materials; Indexes; State Materials; International Materials; Health and Safety Materials; Guidance & Policy
Collection; Briefs & Pleadings; and Online Seminars. Attendees will learn more about the holdings of these components, how
to search through them, and about new features and techniques that can be used to better format your queries. This program
will be conducted by an Environmental Law Institute trainer. |
Wednesday
October 29, 2008
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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LexisNexis: Introduction and New Features
For the beginner (or as a refresher), learn how to access the LexisNexis online legal database via the Internet. Researchers
will be taught basic search techniques used to obtain supporting caselaw, statutes, law review and newspaper articles, as well
as federal and state administrative materials. Attendees will also be shown how to validate research using the Shepard's Citator
Service in addition to other newly implemented features on this useful database. This program will be conducted by a LexisNexis
trainer. |
Wednesday
November 12, 2008
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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Introduction to Academic OneFile
Thomson/Gale's Academic OneFile database contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from 11,000 of the world's leading journals
and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, law and legislation, the environment, and
other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. Attendees will learn how to search through its millions
of articles to quickly find accurate information. Also learn how to peruse through their full-text coverage of the New York Times
back to 1995 as well as podcasts and transcripts for NPR, CNN, and the CBC. This program will be taught by a Thomson/Gale trainer. |
Tuesday
December 2, 2008
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Federal Legislative History Research Using Print and Electronic Resources
Those interested in learning the process involved in compiling an official federal legislative history will find this particular
training program invaluable. Attendees will learn how to use print and electronic resources available in the DOI Library to
conduct legislative history research. Included will be a look at how to put together an "official" legislative history using
Library resources such as the Congressional Information Service indexes, U.S. Congressional Serial Set (print and online
editions), Congressional Record, HeinOnline, and the LexisNexis Congressional Hearings and Research Digital
Collections. This program will be conducted by Reference Librarian Jennifer Klang. |
Wednesday
December 17, 2008
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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The U.S. Congressional Serial Set -- Digital Edition: Introduction and New Features
The U.S. Congressional Serial Set, the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents and Journals of the
U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, constitutes an incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects
of American history. The Serial Set has now been digitized by Readex and is available through the DOI Library's web site. This
class will introduce you to this valuable online resource and provide attendees with helpful hints for searching the treasures
of this collection. This program will be conducted by a Readex trainer. |
Wednesday
January 7, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Westlaw: Introduction and New Features
Thomson/West's Westlaw legal and legislative online database provides access to state and federal statutes, case law materials,
public records, and other legal resources. The West Key Number System, provided on Westlaw, is the master classification system
of U.S. law, claimed to be "the only recognized legal taxonomy". Its 16,000 databases not only contain legal information, but
access to hundreds of full-text newspaper and magazine articles as well. In this session, a Westlaw training professional will
teach you how to utilize Westlaw for your reference and research needs, introducing you to these databases and highlighting
newly added features that make Westlaw an even more user-friendly research tool. |
Wednesday
January 21, 2009
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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EBSCOHost Online Databases: Introduction and New Features
EBSCOHost's online databases provide access to tables of contents, citations, abstracts, and full-text articles for over
thousands of scholarly, trade and general-interest journals. The current databases subscribed to by the DOI Library, the
Science & Technology Collection, Academic Search Elite, MasterFILE Premier, Legal Collection,
and GreenFILE, cover a wide range of subjects of interest to the Department of the Interior, including biology, botany,
geology, history, law, and zoology. Each database is updated daily. Attendees to this session will learn how to effectively
search these EBSCOHost databases to find needed articles and will learn of newly added, user-friendly features that have
enhanced their capabilities. |
Wednesday
February 4, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Compiling a Federal Legislative History: A Step-by-Step Example
Those interested in learning the process involved in compiling an official federal legislative history will find this program
invaluable. A specific Public Law will be the focus of a step-by-step piecing together of a legislative history, using print
resources such as the U.S. Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, and U.S. Congressional Serial Set.
Online sources of federal legislative history information will also be highlighted. This program will be conducted by DOI
Law Librarian Maureen Booth. |
Thursday
February 19, 2009
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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The Congressional Hearings and Research Digital Collections: Introduction and New Features
Learn how to access and use two collections offered by LexisNexis: the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, covering
congressional hearings dating back to 1824; and the Congressional Research Digital Collection, offering digitized copies of
Congressional Research Service (and earlier Legislative Reference Service) reports back to 1916, as well as congressional
Committee Prints back to 1830. Both of these collections are fully searchable through one online search screen. Attendees
will learn search techniques that can be used to locate digitized copies of these materials essential in conducting thorough
legislative history research. This program will be conducted by a LexisNexis trainer. |
Wednesday
March 4, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Advanced Legal Research on LexisNexis
This training program builds on techniques presented in the "LexisNexis: Introduction and New Features" class, emphasizing
time efficient and cost effective searching. Attendees will learn how to bypass menu screens using short cuts, narrow searching
with segments, focus on specific word(s) within your original search, and refine searches with advanced connectors. This program
will be conducted by a LexisNexis trainer. |
Wednesday
March 18, 2009
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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HeinOnline: Introduction and New Features
HeinOnline is the world's largest image-based collection of law and law-related material with more than 75 million pages
of material stored digitally. HeinOnline is bringing previously unavailable content to the online research community in
a fully-searchable, image-based format. In this Library training session, you will learn how to use HeinOnline to search
for materials in their Law Journal Library, Federal Register Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, Statutes
at Large Library, and the Department of the Interior Library, just to name some of the sources available. Each
library contains documents dating from the inception of publications contained in the library, dating as far back as the mid-19th
century, fully searchable and available in PDF format. This program will be taught by William S. Hein III, grandson of the founder
of the company. |
Wednesday
April 8, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Useful Federal Resources on the Web
While the Internet can be a great resource for federal documents, it is often difficult to know what reliable sites to go in
order to find the official materials that you are looking for. Join DOI Reference Librarian Jennifer Klang on this tour of
valuable and reliable sources of federal information on the Internet. Web sites from the Library of Congress, the Government
Printing Office, the University of Oklahoma, and the U.S. Census Bureau will be among those featured in this course. Designed
for both the beginning and advanced searcher, attendees will learn about resources for scientific reports, legislative documents,
statistical information, Native American documents, and other useful items. |
Wednesday
April 22, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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