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Research Fundamentals

ProQuest Databases
2025-08-21 17:00:00 2025-08-21 18:00:00 America/Chicago Research Fundamentals A beginner-friendly workshop to help you master ProQuest databases, search queries, and proper citations! William F. Laman Public Library - Genealogy Room 125

Thursday, August 21
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-21 17:00:00 2025-08-21 18:00:00 America/Chicago Research Fundamentals A beginner-friendly workshop to help you master ProQuest databases, search queries, and proper citations! William F. Laman Public Library - Genealogy Room 125

William F. Laman Public Library

Genealogy Room 125

A beginner-friendly workshop to help you master ProQuest databases, search queries, and proper citations!

Did you know that the library has access to 18 research databases through ProQuest, containing books, news articles, scholarly journals, and more!

You can read everything from Jane Austen novels and their literary critiques to papers on how droughts in Los Angeles were a significant factor to the rise of professional skateboarding in the 1970s. Learn how to navigate these databases for all your research needs in the Genealogy Room at Laman.

No registration is required for this beginner's workshop. Adults of all ages and students in high school and college are welcome to attend.

For more information, contact Jamie at jmiddleton@nlrlibrary.org.

AGE GROUP: | Ages 19+: Adults | Ages 13-18: Teens |

EVENT TYPE: | Education/Training |

TAGS: | Research | ProQuest | Genealogy |

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