Back by popular demand, PORTALS is offering a third session of the popular workshop on savvy web searching, presented by Andrew Hamilton, Senior Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Oregon Health Science University Library.

Schedule
Friday, February 24, 2006
12:30 – 1:00 PM Registration and light refreshments
1:00 - 4:00 PM Workshop

Location
Rock Creek Library, Building 9, Room 213
Portland Community College
17705 NW Springville Road
Portland, OR 97229
For directions and parking information, see http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/rock-creek/

Description
This hands-on workshop will teach participants how to search the Internet effectively for information in multiple formats. Google's overwhelming popularity has left it part of the daily vernacular, but there are other search engines that possess useful features and capabilities not offered by Google, including Result Clustering and Expert Referrals. The first part of this workshop will address basic and advanced features of Google and its brethren. Workshop participants will compare and contrast a variety of Internet search engines. The second part of this workshop will focus on using image and multimedia resources. Workshop participants will visit multimedia search engines and learn search strategies specific to finding digital images and multimedia content. Copyright issues concerning the use of Internet multimedia resources will be discussed. (This is not a design class for creating presentations or web pages, but some experience with HTML, graphics software, or presentation software would be useful if you plan to use the items for that purpose.)

Presenter
Andrew Hamilton is a Senior Reference & Instruction Librarian at the Oregon Health & Science University Library. Prior to joining the OHSU Library staff in 2002, he was an Online Analyst for six years with the National Training Center & Clearinghouse (NTCC) at the Middle Atlantic Regional Medical Library, and spent three years as a Clinical Medicine Information Specialist in the Reference Department of the New York Academy of Medicine Library. Andrew has earned two BS degrees in Microbiology and Biology/Genetics from Oregon State University and earned his MLS degree as part of a Drug Information Specialist Double Master's Program, graduating from St. John's University with a dual MS - Pharmaceutical Sciences/MLS degree.

Cost
PORTALS Member and Student Rate: $25.00
Nonmember Rate: $30.00

After you have registered, please make out your payment check to PORTALS and mail to

Roberta Richards, PORTALS Coordinator
Sylvania Library—PORTALS Office
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990