March 5, 2008

Contact:
Lourdes Rodriguez-Barrera
NSU Office of Public Affairs
(954) 262-5309 (office)
(954) 445-1287

Free “Passport to Information” Event to Be Held At NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library March 13

Ft. Lauderdale (Davie), Fla. - Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center presents “Passport to Information Day,” an event dedicated to educating the community on how to access research databases for personal and professional use. The event, which is open to the public, will be held March 13 in the Alvin Sherman Library at 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Boulevard.

Between the hours of noon and 5 p.m., Broward County patrons can come to the Alvin Sherman Library and learn how to access free information that will assist them in obtaining employment information, pass a course, write a paper, take a wonderful vacation, research investment opportunities and much more. This one day event will offer demonstration on utilizing the hundreds of sources and documents provided by the library. Demonstrations will be provided by various database vendors including HW Wilson, Greenwood Publishers, IGI Global, Proquest, World Book Encyclopedia, Wiley-Blackwell and more.

The Alvin Sherman Library is a unique joint-use facility serving the residents of Broward County as well as NSU students, faculty, and staff members. Thanks to an agreement between the Broward County Board of County Commissioners and NSU, the Alvin Sherman Library offers traditional public library services as well as the full academic resources of one of the nation's largest private universities.

For more information, call the Reference Desk at 954-262-4542.

About Nova Southeastern University: Situated on 300 beautiful acres in Davie, Florida, Nova Southeastern University is a dynamic fully accredited institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs of distinction from preschool through the professional and doctoral levels. NSU has more than 26,000 students and is the sixth largest not-for-profit independent institution nationally. The university awards associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, early childhood, psychology and other social sciences. For more information visit www.nova.edu.