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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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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. |
Tuesday
May 13, 2008
2:00 pm |
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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. |
Wednesday
May 28, 2008
10:00 am |
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Introduction to Academic OneFile
Thomson/Gale's newly compiled Academic OneFile database
contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from 8,000
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. |
Wednesday
June 4, 2008
2:00 pm |
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Introduction to Matthew Bender Treatises on LexisNexis
Matthew Bender is a leading provider of analytical
content - treatises, practice guides, and forms collections
covering every legal practice area. Matthew Bender
content is renowned for the expertise of its authors
and is updated frequently to ensure currency and
accuracy. This class will show attendees how to access
and search through Matthew Bender treatises on subjects
such as bankruptcy, evidence, federal civil procedure,
electronic discovery, and real property via LexisNexis.
This program will be conducted by a LexisNexis trainer. |
Wednesday
June 18, 2008
10:00 am |
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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. |
Thursday
June 26, 2008
9:30 am |
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Useful Federal Resources on the Internet
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. Websites
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
July 16, 2008
2:00 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 collection, 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
July 30, 2008
2:00 pm |
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Advanced Legal Research on LexisNexis
This newly-offered training program builds on techniques
presented in the "LexisNexis: Introduction and
New Features" class, emphasizing time efficient
and cost effective searching. You 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
August 6, 2008
2:00 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. |
Wednesday
August 20, 2008
10:00 am |
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