What Will Be Covered
Audience Eligibility
The session is open to everyone, especially U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote.
Who Needs the Training
Spring Election Day is coming—March 3, 2026.
Get ready and become an informed voter!
Certified Voter Registrars will be available at the table to distribute general and updated voter information and answer questions.
Event contact: Anna Xiong, jax2@rice.edu, Head of Kelley Center for Government Information and Civic Engagement
The registration deadline for the spring election is quickly approaching: Feb 2, 2026.
Don't miss out on your chance to vote!
Certified Harris County Voter Registrars will be available on site to help you register to vote.
Event contact: Anna Xiong, jax2@rice.edu, Head of Kelley Center for Government Information and Civic Engagement
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.
In this session you will learn about
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.
Contact
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.
About
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 whatif analysis, pivot table, pivot chart, and power query.