Government Information

This training session is part of a new Kelley Center series of government information literacy instruction - Unlocking the Power of Governnent Information.

This course provides you introduction and hands-on training to get you started to use the WestLaw database to do legal research. It is offered by Kelley Center for Government Information partnered with the WestLaw Representative. The training should be especially valuable for the students who plan to take law classes and/or pursuing pre-law track.

Attendee Eligibility

The OECD works with +100 countries to build a more resilient, fairer, and cleaner society and acts as a forum and knowledge hub for data, analysis and best practices in public policy. This workshop will demonstrate how to search and use OECD iLibrary for research.

This training session is part of a new Kelley Center series of government information literacy instruction - Unlocking the Power of Governnent Information.

It is free and open to Rice and the general public community.

Contact: jax2@rice.edu

The United Nations is an international organization which presently focuses on peace and security, human rights, humanitarian aid, sustainable development and climate issues, and international law. The United Nations is part of the UN system which comprises various programs, funds, and specialized agencies, many of which publish their data and research. This training session will cover:

Level

Beginner to Intermediate

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The World Bank is an international organization that provides financing, advice, and research to developing countries. The organization’s websites hold a wealth of research resources and data banks that may be useful to those interested in issues related to poverty measurement, delivery of social services, trade, migration, and a whole range of other topics related to development.

Level

Intermediate. It is highly recommended that you complete Excel training course 1: Excel Basics and Excel Training Course 2: Data Organization and Visualization in this series beforehand.

Course Information

In this course, students will learn how to use:

Level

Beginner to intermediate. It is highly recommended that you complete Excel training course 1 in this series beforehand.

Course Information

In this course, students will learn how to

• organize data 
   
• visualize data for presentation
   
• conditionally format data

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Eligibility

Level

Beginner 

Course Information

As the first course in a three-part series, this training teaches students how to:

• Navigate the Excel interface
   
• Handle cells and cell manipulation
   
• Use number formats and work with multiple sheets

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Eligibility

This training session is part of Kelley Center series of government information literacy instruction - Unlocking the Power of Government Information.

This short course covers:

1. Congress.gov: the free official website for U.S. federal legislative information.

• govinfo.gov is the official gateway that can provide free access to online full text of more than 1 million official publications from all the three branches of U.S. federal government, current and historic content.
• The CGP is the official national catalog of U.S. Federal Government publications.

Both tools are created and updated daily by the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) - the only federal agency that is legally authorized to publish all federal agencies' publications.

This session will mainly cover: