Government Information

Congressional by ProQuest provides Full-text access to historical (1789- ) and current U.S. Congressional publications, federal bills and laws, information about members of Congress and Congressional committees, and more. It allows you to explore Congress in action with comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. You can perform in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest.

HeinOnline is "a premier online research platform that provides more than 232 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more. Composed of fully searchable image-based PDFs and available at an affordable price, the wealth of material allows researchers access to authoritative, true-to-print digital material without the hassle or cost of using multiple research databases." 

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 WestLaw is a licenced commercial database. It is only free accessible for Rice affiliates, so this training is only open to the Rice affiliates.

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Come learn about your access to the Nexis Uni database, the premier academic research database by LexisNexis International, designed for research news, company information, market information, legal cases, law (U.S. federal, state, and international law), briefings, codes, and regulations, in higher education settings.

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Discover the Kelley Center for Government Information & Civic Engagement

This session has the following two parts:

Part 1. 

Come learn about your access to Sage Data and other Sage resources covering Artificial Intelligence (AI) through the Rice University Fondren Library! Are you on the lookout for more data but unsure how to access it? Not sure how to find information about specific populations, time periods, public health initiatives, and more? New to working with AI and not sure where to begin? Have questions about the ethics of AI for research? If so, you’ll want to join us to learn all about Sage Data and AI resources within the entire Sage suite.   

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The Basic Excel Training is designed to equip participants with fundamental skills to effectively use Microsoft Excel in their daily tasks. The complete training consists of three parts. 

This is the Part 3, which covers pivot table, pivot chart, and power query.

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Our Basic Excel Training is designed to equip students with fundamental skills to effectively use Microsoft Excel in their daily tasks. The complete training consists two parts.

This is the Part 2, which covers cell references, utilizing basic formulas and functions (if, sumif, count, couta, countif, vlookup, xlookup), tables, charts, and conditional formatting.

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The Basic Excel Training is designed to equip participants with fundamental skills to effectively use Microsoft Excel in their daily tasks. The complete training consists of three parts. 

This is the Part 1, which covers creating and opening file, saving and sharing, and working with cells (modifying, formatting, understanding number formats, working with multiple sheets, finding and replacing, freezing panes and view opitions, sorting and filtering, groups and subtotals).

What Will Be Covered

• Types of Elections
• Different types of state rules
• County Electorate Data
• What's on the Ballot
• How to Prepare for Elections
• How early voting and mail-in ballots work
• Accessibility and Ballot by Mail
• Upcoming Elections
• Resources and Opportunities
• Q&A

Audience Eligibility
The session is open to everyone, especially U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote.

Who Needs the Training