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Workshop sessions listed below are for Fall semester, September - December

 

September: Wednesday 1st. Search PittCat in Pinyin
September: Wednesday 8th.
Intro. Of Japanese online full-text databases
September: Wednesday 15th.
Search Chinese Academic Journal Database

September: Wednesday 22nd. Search Siku Quanshu 四库全书  (CD-ROM)


Every Wednesday in Oct., Nov. and Dec., Library Instruction Class will be held by appointment.

 

Search PittCat in Pinyin

 

Time: 2:00-3:00pm, Sep. 3, 2003,

Place: East Asian Library, 207 Hillman Library 

Description: This workshop will provide a hands-on experience of searching PittCat in Pinyin to find Chinese books and periodicals collected by University of Pittsburgh libraries. It will cover:

 

- search by Chinese book/periodical title

- search by Chinese author's name

- advanced search. 

 

Note:  Handout will be available in class.                                                  

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Introduction of Japanese Full-text Databases

 

Time: 2:00-3:00pm, Sep. 10, 2003,

Place: 207 Hillman Library

Description: This session will introduce Japanese full-text databases available in the University of Pittsburgh libraries. Specific database search techniques will be offered later.

 

 

CAJ (Chinese Academic Journals) Searching

 

Time: 12:00-1:00pm, Sep. 17, 2003,

Place: East Asian Library, 207 Hillman Library

DescriptionThis session will offer a hands-on experience of finding full-text Chinese academic journal articles from the CAJ database. It will cover:

 

- simple search,

- advanced search,                                                                     

- search in English,

- search in Chinese and search in Pinyin

- downloading the CAJ viewer


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Note: handout will be available in class.

 

Search Si Ku Quan Shu (四库全书) CD-ROM

Time: 12:00-1:00pm, Sep. 24, 2003,

Place: East Asian Library, 207 Hillman Library

DescriptionThis session will cover the following searching functions of Si Ku Quan Shu 四库全书 CD-ROM

 

- search by book title

- search by siku category

- search by author

- combined search

- proximity search

- full-text searching

 Note:  handout will be available in class

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