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Lauren Haley Wins Sexton Valentine Contest

The Sexton Library would like to congratulate Engineering student

Lauren Haley, winner of the Valentine Gift Basket.

The contest was very well received, with over seventy entries in total. Students raved about the ease of access to electronic resources, the welcoming space, our beautiful view of Halifax Harbour, and most notably our friendly and helpful staff.

We would also like the send out a big thank you to all of the participants.  We appreciate all of the wonderful comments we received. Thank you for celebrating Valentine’s Day with us.

For information on the contest go to our earlier blog post.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Sexton Library

Do you have a favourite Architecture, Engineering or Planning library resource? A positive Sexton Library experience you would like to share with us?

Tell us what you love about the Sexton Library and why for a chance to win a

Valentine gift pack.*

Come by the Sexton Library to visit our Valentine’s Day display, and fill out your ballot, or email us (sexton.library@dal.ca) by Friday, February 12th. Winner will be announced on Monday, February 15th.

*Contest open to students only.

Sexton Student Wins Knovel Contest

Electrical Engineering student Proteus Virk is the winner of an iPod Nano. He, along with several students from across Canada, the United States, and Europe won prizes by participating in the 2009 Knovel University Challenge. The annual Challenge is open to all universities with current subscriptions and trials to the Knovel eBook database.

Winner of Knovel Ebook Contest

Proteus Virk. Winner of Knovel University Challenge

For a full list of 2009 contest winners and prizes, and for more information go to Knovel.

Knovel University Challenge Starts Today!

Take the Knovel E-book Database Challenge and Win.

How It Works:

1. Students search Knovel to find answers to questions relevant to their studies, then use the contest widget to enter between September 14th and December 1st, 2009.

2. Once 3 questions are answered correctly, students will automatically be entered into a drawing for an Amazon Kindle, 2 Nintendo Wiis, 4 iPod Nanos, and 6 Gift Cards.

3. Bonus prizes are available via with the contest-within-a-contest program. It’s simple, if Dalhousie has 100 student entries or more, an iPod Nano prize is guaranteed for a student here at Dalhousie.

Go to the Challenge Widget now!

About the contest

IEEE Citation Style Guide Now Available

Primarily used by Electrical Engineers, the IEEE Citation Style guide produced by the Sexton Library Reference staff is now available online through the “How Do I?” section of the Libraries’ website. The guide incorporates the basics of the IEEE style, including in-text citations and creating a bibliography.

Connect to the guide here.

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