Comments Off on Write-n-Cite

By Scott Pfitzinger, October 14, 2005 6:09 am

RefWorks has a function called “Write-n-Cite” that encorporates
citations into the student’s paper. It appears that this function does
not always work from off campus.

[content edited by Brad]

Scott
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UPDATE 10/25/05

For information about accessing RefWork’s “Write-N-Cite” features off-campus see the following URL:

http://www.butler.edu/library/research/db/about/refworks.html

Thanks!

-Brad

Comments Off on Voice Mail: Reference Desk

By bmatthie, October 13, 2005 1:05 pm

Friendly reminder: If you answer a voice mail reference question be sure to delete the originating message.

Comments Off on CheckOut Survey

By Scott Pfitzinger, October 5, 2005 9:21 am

For all Library Staff: please add a comment to this post (click the
“Comments” link at the bottom) with your response to the following
question:

How should we inform each other when we’re unavailable or out of the office?
    A. Use CheckOut.
    B. Use an Instant Messenger.
    C. Use both.
    D. Find some other means.
    E. None of the above. We don’t need to inform each other about that.

Thank you.
Scott

Comments Off on Auto-Starting CheckOut

By Scott Pfitzinger, October 5, 2005 8:52 am

Now that we’ve had that CheckOut program running for a few months, I thought it time to evaluate its use.

7 or 8 people have been using it relatively frequently and keeping it relatively current.
About 10 have used it sporadically, and not in a while.
The rest (6 or 7) have not really used it at all.

The primary reason for using the program at all has been to let other
people know if you’re going to be out for a while, whether that’s days
(like Brad saying he’ll be on vacation until next Monday) or hours
(like Sheri saying she’s at a recital until 4:00). Six of our staff
members (including the Reference Desk) have been using an Instant
Messenger program, which, besides making it easy to ask quick questions
of co-workers, allows “Away Messages” to show if you’re out for a
while. They even come up automatically if you just leave your computer
for a few minutes.

If you just forget to go into CheckOut and update your status, it has
been suggested to me that I explain how to put CheckOut in your Startup
folder, so it will automatically start when you start Windows. Then you
could easily “check in” and close it. There is a shortcut in Library on
Ben (the G: drive for most of you). You can copy that shortcut and
paste it into your Startup folder (C:\Documents and
Settings\yourusername\Start Menu\Programs\Startup). If you’ve already
copied the shortcut to your desktop (I know many of you have), you can
just copy/paste (or click/drag) it to your Startup folder as in the
picture below. You can also get to your Startup folder by
right-clicking your Taskbar, selecting Properties, then the Advanced
tab and Advanced button.