On the Fly Classes are free to Nicholls students, faculty, staff and the public. To schedule a class, please e-mail the class instructor to let him/her know that you are interested. The instructor will get back to you within the same week to discuss setting up a class. Groups (fraternities, sororities, honor societies, organizations, study groups, etc.) are especially welcome. All classes will be scheduled for the Multipurpose Room of the library, on the third floor. In cases where the room is unavailable, the instructor will notify participants of a different class location.
The library will supply laptops with wireless connections for the classes, or participants may bring their own. You can also request an “on location” class for your dormitory or meeting room.
For more information, or to request an On the Fly Class on any subject, please email Melissa Goldsmith.
Class Offerings (Fall 2009):
Library 101 [Audience: Students]
DESCRIPTION: Explore eLibrary and the Electronic Research Databases, and learn quick and efficient search strategies.
Instructors: Tony Fonseca, Melissa Goldsmith, Van Viator
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
| Email instructor: | Viator |
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Business Resources [Audience: Faculty, Students, Community Outreach]
DESCRIPTION: Learn about important print resources (Standard and Poor’s, Mergent, ValueLine, etc.) and databases. Also learn how to use the vast resources on the World Wide Web.
Instructor: Tony Fonseca
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
Computers and Technology [Audience: Faculty, Students, Staff]
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to access library resources concerned with computers, other hardware, software applications and virus protection.
Instructor: Tony Fonseca
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
Culinary Arts Resources
DESCRIPTION: Learn about important databases (including full-text databases) for research in the Culinary Arts, including restaurant management. Also learn to find cookbooks and histories of cooking.
Instructor: Jean-Mark Sens
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Sens |
Education Resources [Audience: Faculty, Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn about important databases in education, as well as how to use eLibrary and the Web effectively.
Instructors: Tony Fonseca, Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Electronic Books [Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff]
DESCRIPTION: Ellender Memorial Library has recent titles in its e-book collection. Learn how to access these from campus and at home.
Instructor: Van Viator
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Viator |
Full Text Online Journals [Audience: Faculty, Graduate Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to access articles via our electronic databases and how to get a list of journals in your discipline.
Instructor: Tony Fonseca
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
Literature Resources [Audience: Faculty, Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn about important full-text databases, as well as how to fully utilize other resources, including other universities’ websites.
Instructor: Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Music and Musicology Resources [Audience: Faculty, Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn about important print resources (The Grove Dictionary of Music, The Grove Dictionary of Opera, etc.) and databases. Also learn how to use the vast resources on the World Wide Web.
Instructor: Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Nursing and Allied Health Resources [Audience: Faculty, Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn about important full-text databases, including Cochrane.
Instructor: Tony Fonseca
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
The Research Paper Process [Audience: Faculty, Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to use the library’s resources for brainstorming, honing, research, outlining, writing, documenting, and avoiding the pitfalls of plagiarism.
Instructor: Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Web Searching [Audience: Faculty, Students, Staff]
DESCRIPTION: Learn the differences between a web directory and a web search engine, where you can run advanced searches to find web pages, images, and even sound bites or videos.
Instructor: Tony Fonseca
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
Special Topic 1: Become a POWER USER! [Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students]
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to do Interlibrary Loan with one click, how to search all our databases simultaneously, how to create Folders for information in EBSCO databases, and how to make the databases create your bibliographies–according to virtually any style manual.
Instructor: Tony Fonseca
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
Special Topic 2: Science Fiction / Fantasy [Audience: Fans and Newbies]
DESCRIPTION: Faster than you can say “researchious completicus” you will learn how to find those lost dragons, how to defeat the evil dark wraiths, and how to talk to the animals. Before you can wave your magic wand you learn to find reviews of fiction in the genre, how to locate reading lists, and how to navigate the labyrinth of Hogwart, uh I mean Ellender Memorial, library.
Instructor: Van Viator
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | “Valiant” Viator |
Special Topic 3: Ego Searching for Experts [Audience: Students, Faculty, Other Individuals who have basic Internet searching skills]
DESCRIPTION: Envision your name and work all over the web? Can’t get enough of seeing hits listed under your name? Find out how to search for yourself using various websites and databases and how to make yourself and your work more accessible through various strategies and critical thinking.
Instructor: Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Special Topic 4: So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star? [ Audience: Faculty, Students, Other members]
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to approach information about songs, musical groups, and sound recordings. We will also look at songwriting and composition resources to help you get started!
Instructor: Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Special Topic 5: Writing and Publishing Children’s Books [Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, Community]
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to use the library’s resources to get ideas for children’s books, find printers, publishers and artists, and self-publish.
Instructors: Tony Fonseca and Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Fonseca |
Special Topic 6: Publishing and Self Publishing Made Easy [Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, Community]
DESCRIPTION: Got a book idea, but have no earthly idea of where to start? Come join us to learn about using the library’s resources to find information on writing, editing, copyrighting, even self-publishing.
Instructors: Tony Fonseca and Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |
Special Topic 7: The Art and Science of Crystallography [Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, Community]
DESCRIPTION: Learn about snowflakes, including how they are formed, and how to grow them yourself. The class will cover everything from magic rocks to silver nitrate.
Instructor: Melissa Goldsmith
Location: Multipurpose Room, Library 3rd Floor
| Email instructor: | Goldsmith |