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Thanks everyone in advance for your support of our biology undergraduates.
We are starting to see BIOL 140 and BIOL 200 students at our Woodward Reference Desk in and we anticipate they will be visiting AskAway soon too!
Colleagues:
Starting with this week, we are teaching approximately 1,800 engineering students in a number of big classes - Engineering Cases (APSC 150), Engineering Communication (APSC 176) and Technical Communication (APSC 201).
If you get those students coming to you, please help them by starting with our SciEng homepage - http://scieng.library.ubc.ca where you will see links to the appropriate course pages – APSC 150, APSC 201, APSC 176 and APSC 262.
Dear Colleagues,
Just a heads up that you might start seeing some SFU English 203 students on AskAway very soon, as I've just finished instructions sessions with several tutorials.
The ENGL 203 Early Modern Literature class has an assignment which asks them to find the answers to 40 questions about the Renaissance. Most of these questions can be answered by the standard reference sources. However, for this assignment companions and handbooks related to the Renaissance are also very useful.
Dear Colleagues on AskAway,
Thanks everyone in advance for your support with our biology undergraduates. We are starting to see BIOL 140 students at our in-person desks and we anticipate they will be visiting AskAway soon too!
Colleagues:
Starting with this week, we are teaching approximately 1,800 UBC engineering students in a number of major engineering classes - Engineering Cases (APSC 150), Engineering Communication (APSC 176) and Technical Communication (APSC 201)
If you get those students coming to you, please help them by starting with our SciEng homepage - http://scieng.library.ubc.ca where you will see links to the appropriate course pages – APSC 150, 201, 176 and 262.
Please refer any questions you may have with these folks my way.
Colleagues:
Starting with this week, we are teaching approximately 1,800 engineering students in a few major classes- Engineering Cases (APSC 150), Engineering Communication (APSC 176) and Technical Communication (APSC 201) .
If you get those students coming to you, please help them by starting with our SciEng homepage - http://scieng.library.ubc.ca where you will see links to the appropriate course pages – APSC 150, 201, 176 and 262
Please refer any questions you may have with these folks my way.
Many thanks,
From Liz Ball at UVic:
Hi Colleagues:
RE CHEM 101 Labs:
There are 900 students trying to complete their first CHEM 101 Lab. There is a CHEM 101 Web page at http://web.uvic.ca/~chem101/. Lots of answers to questions students maybe asking at the Library Help Desk are found on this web page.
If students want help in writing up their Lab, they should be sent to the Chemistry Drop in Centre on the 2nd floor of Elliot (30 hours a week) .
The Tech 101 Interactive Research Challenge assignment requires students to begin research for the term paper they hand in later in the semester. In the past they have chosen from a list of 20 topics, most in the area of Technology & Society. The assignment is highly structured and includes the following tasks:
-analyze the topic, underline key terms, look them up in the dictionary, brainstorm synonyms and other search terms
-use encyclopedias and/or websites to get background info on the topic
-state three ways to contact a librarian for help
Thanks everyone for your support with BIOL 140 & 200. We are starting to see BIOL 140 and BIOL 200 students at our in-person desks and we anticipate they will be visiting AskAway too!
