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Library Orientation | Graduate Orientation Programs

Library Orientation Programs for New Graduate Student

Ancient Near East - Art - Center for Middle East Studies - Classics - Divinity School - East Asia -English Language & Literature - Germanic Studies - MAPH - Music - NELC - Philosophy - Romance Languages & Literature - Slavic and East European Studies - SSA - TTI - Urban Teacher Education Program

Additional programs will be listed in the coming days.


Ancient Near East

For more information, please contact Catherine Mardikes.

Wednesday, September 29
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 401
(unless coming from the Oriental Institute sessions)

Art

For more information, contact Nancy Spiegel.

Wednesday, September 19
10:00 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Classics

For more information, please contact Catherine Mardikes.

Wednesday, September 19
1:00 - 2:00 pm
The Joseph Regenstein Library, Classics Reading Room, Floor 401

Divinity School

For more information, please contact Beth Bidlack.
We will begin in JRL153 with a hands-on overview of the library’s webpage and conclude in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) with a display of a variety of materials, including items from the collected papers of Martin Marty’s mentor, Franz Bibfeldt.

Tuesday, September 25
9:00-10:30 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Thursday, September 27
3:30-5:00 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Friday, September 28
9:00-10:30 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Saturday, September 29
10:00-11:30 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

East Asia

For more information, please contact Willliam Alspaugh.

Monday, October 1
2:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 520

Tuesday, October 2
4:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 520

Friday, October 5
10:00 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 520

English Language & Literature

For more information, please contact Sarah Wenzel.

Thursday, September 20
10:45-11:45 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 186

Germanic Studies

For graduate students in the Dept. of Germanic Studies. For more information, please contact Sem C. Sutter.
We will meet at the entrance desk to Regenstein library. The session will cover Library basics including the catalog and webpage, electronic & print resources, and the Special Collections Research Center.

Monday, September 17
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Joseph Regenstein Library, Reference Desk

Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH)

Limited to students in the MAPH program. For more information, please contact Catherine Mardikes.

Wednesday, September 12
11:00 am -12:30 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room A-11

Music

Limited to graduate students in Music. For more information, please contact Scott Landvatter.
The Orientation will include searching for music materials in the online catalog, an introduction to print and online music reference tools, an introduction to the three different bibliographic/citation styles used for music seminar papers, and a quick overview of the five music bibliographic instruction sessions scheduled during Fall Quarter.

Friday, September 21
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

NELC (Islamic Division) and Center for Middle East Studies

Limited to graduate students in NELC and CMES. For more information, please contact Marlis Saleh.

Tuesday, September 25
3:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 503

Philosophy

For more information, please contact Beth Bidlack.
We will begin in JRL153 with a hands-on overview of the library’s webpage and conclude in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC).

Tuesday, September 25
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Friday, October 5
9:00 - 10:30 am
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Romance Languages & Literature

For more information, please contact Sarah Wenzel.

Wednesday, September 19
1:00-2:00 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Slavic and East European Studies

For more information, please contact June Farris.

Monday, October 8
4:00-5:30 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Tuesday, October 9
4:00-5:30 pm
Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 153

Social Service Administration (SSA)

For more infomation, please contact Eileen Libby.

MA Evening Students
Saturday, September 15
1:00 pm
SSA Library

MA and PhD Day Students
Thursday, September 20
10:30 am
SSA Library

PhD Students
Thursday, September 20
11:30 am
SSA Library

MA Students
Monday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 3
12:00 pm (Noon)
SSA Library

Toyota Technical Institute

Open only to students in the program.

Tuesday, September 18
10:30 am
The Joseph Regenstein Library and Eckhart Library

Urban Teacher Education Program

Open to students in the program. For more information, contact Jane McKeever.

Tuesday, September 18
4:00 - 5:00 pm
The Joseph Regenstein Library. Meet at the entrance, then go to JRL 153.