Teaching Database Skills to Students of the McNair Program at NJIT

Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement program, awards grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide underrepresented students with effective preparation for doctoral study.  The program at NJIT is described at http://mcnair.njit.edu .  Many students of this program have moved on to professional positions with prestigious organizations.

This past Monday I gave a session to this year's class on how to use the library's databases to support their research.  Their topics included:

• Tungsten Based Alloys
• Project Class
• Computer Networking
• Solar water splitting to produce hydrogen
• Dissolution of Nanocomposite Microparticles

The students picked up on their training and were able to find douments to support their projects.  It was a pleasure to work with them.