VCU Tech Fair 2013--MCV

Thursday, April 4

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Tompkins-McCaw Library

The 2013 VCU Technology Fair, cosponsored by the VCU Libraries and VCU Technology Services, brings the latest in technology developments for the classroom and research to VCU. Thinking about purchasing an Apple iPad, a smartphone, or a Netbook? Want to learn how others are using emerging technologies to streamline their research, workflow, patient interactions, and educational experience? Then join us for the 2013 VCU Technology Fair to investigate solutions and try hands-on demonstrations of helpful new products. More information at VCU TechFair

Open Workshop: Library Orientation & Tour

Monday, April 8

12:00 - 1:00 PM, TML Classroom, Room 2-006

Learn about the variety of resources and services available to you from the VCU Libraries. In these one hour sessions we`ll show you the most effective ways to find books, journals, and other information for research and provide an orientation to the Tompkins-McCaw Library and its services as well as offer a tour of the facility. Registration is encouraged, but not required. Participants are welcome to bring their lunch. Register at Library Tour 

Online Workshop: RefWorks -- A Citation Management Program                                               

Tuesday, April 9

12:00 - 1:00 PM, TML Classroom, Room 2-006

RefWorks is an extremely useful tool that allows you to easily create and manage your own personal research database. With a personalized account, you can quickly add citations to your database as you are searching the literature. When you are ready, RefWorks will automatically generate your bibliography to finalize your grant, thesis, dissertation, or manuscript. With all the needed styles contained within RefWorks, your bibliography can easily be generated in APA, MLA, or most any other style. RefWorks now includes the added module, RefShare, which allows users to share their RefWorks references with both members of their own institution and globally with any researchers via the Internet, further enhancing collaborative projects. Register at RefWorks

Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag Lunch: Making GCP Your Standard Research Practice

Wednesday, April 10

12:00 - 1:00 PM, First Floor Conference Room, Room 109

Find out how to incorporate Good Clinical Practice into your research. This session is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; advance registration is encouraged. The Whetting Your Appetite for Research Brown Bag series provides a forum for students, faculty, staff, and community partners engaged in research at VCU to gain a better understanding of the research process at VCU. Attendees may bring their lunch. Register at Whetting Your Appetite

Film Screening: "Tapped"                                             

Wednesday, April 17

12:00 - 1:00 PM, TML Learning Center at Hunton, Room 209

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. This timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. Attendees may bring their lunch. Registration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. Register at Film Screening