Workshops
The Weizmann Library offers free and open workshops and training sessions designed
to help faculty, students, and staff with the various challenges they face searching
for scientific information resources for their research.
Information Literacy Workshops for New Students
These workshops are organized in cooperation with the Feinberg Graduate
School at the beginning of each academic year.
All new students are requested to attend in order to get familiar with available
Library and information resources, services and know-how.
Presentations of the November 2009 workshops:
• The Library and its Homepage: An overview
• Searching for a Book/eBook
• Searching
for a Journal/eJournal
• Retrieving
research articles with our offered Online
Databases
Some examples (including remote access) were presented:
- PubMed (presentation)
- Web of Science: including citation searching (presentation)
- OneSearch:
Simultaneous federated search and discovery tool (presentation)
Personal and Group Training Sessions
The Library's information specialists give personal and group training
sessions, upon request, in various information retrieval and organizing topics
such as database searching, citation searching, reference management software
(EndNote, RefWorks), digital resources locating, and many other related topics.
In order to schedule a training session, please contact:
Pazia Gonen: Tel.3536, or
Yifat Belous: Tel. 3019.
Information-Providers' Seminars
Electronic information publishers and providers are occasionally invited, by the
Library, to come to the Weizmann Institute and give training seminars on using
their information products. All Weizmann personnel are welcome to attend these
seminars. Invitations are sent by email.