Learn tools and techniques that will make your research more efficient and easy. Most workshop sessions are 50 minutes in duration with hands-on practice, and are geared to give you a working knowledge so you can apply what you have learned immediately to your projects.
Can't make it to a scheduled workshop? You can request an Individual Research Consultation here.
Subject | Description | Date | Time | Location |
| Finding Images
| Need to find good quality images for your presentations or papers? Come to the Finding Images workshop to learn how use the library’s databases and books to find high quality images in all different subject areas including art, advertising, journalism, popular culture and more. Presentation tips and tech tools will be also be briefly covered. | 1/31 | 2:30-4 | 101 |
| Copyright for the Graduate Student
| This workshop is offered by the Graduate College and Alkek Library and will be of benefit for all graduate students. Knowing how to ethically and legally use materials in your applied research projects, thesis, dissertation, and publications and how to fairly use materials in your teaching and presentations is an essential obligation for graduate students. This workshop will provide an introduction to copyright, with an emphasis on author rights and appropriate steps for acquiring and demonstrating permission to use materials in research publications. Responsible teaching and presentation practices (e.g., use of materials in TRACS and in face-to-face teaching) will also be covered. | 2/14 2/27 | 1:30-3 5:30-7 | 101 101 |
| Graduate Student's | Learn the secrets of successful graduate students. In just one hour, you will understand effective research, time management, database tricks and library services you never knew existed. Workshop covers advanced library usage of databases, finding the correct sources, the reference section, identifying important articles through citation analysis, searching other libraries and more.
| 2/5 2/19 | 4-4.50 4-4:50 | 101 101 |
| RefWorks 2.0 | Use Refworks to organize your citations and generate bibliographies and works cited pages in various citation styles
| 2/12 2/19 3/18 3/27 4/10 4/22 | 3-3.50 10-10.50 4-4.50 5-5.50 2-2.50 9-9:50 | 101 101 101 101 101 101 |
| Advanced RefWorks 2.0 | Learn advanced features of Refworks to save time and make writing your papers easier. | 3/21 4/18 | 5-5.50 5-5:50 | 101 101 |
| Social Media for Scholars | Learn how to use your Facebook account to sign into social research sites CiteULike and Mendeley, and how to use the features of each to connect with colleagues and like-minded scholars in your field, as well as organize and tag pdfs, articles, article citations, and more. Reserve a seat for your preferred date and time. | 4/4
| 5-5:50pm
| 101
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| RSS, Journal Alerts, & Other tools for Long-term Research | Manage your information gathering for long-term research projects such as dissertations, theses, and semester long papers easier and more efficient with database tools such as journal alerts, and RSS feeds. In this session you will learn how to set up an RSS feed reader (if you don’t have one yet) and be introduced to advanced features in research databases to help you keep track of the latest literature in your field.
| 3/25 | 5-5:50 | 101 |
| Research Methods: Presented with the Writing Center | Get a jump start on your research projects with help from Alkek Library and the Writing Center. Learn how to organize your research, find your supporting sources, structure and write your paper, and format your citations. No reservation required. | 2/25
| 4-5pm
| ASB North 108
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| NEW: Crunch Time Tips | If your deadline is looming and you still need a few sources or a polished bibliography, this workshop will teach you some time-saving tricks. Learn how to put together an efficient search, access the resources you need, and cite your sources using Refworks. No reservations required. Drop-ins are welcome! | 4/16 | 7-7:50pm | 101 |
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