Thursday, June 19th
10:00-11:00am
Location: Undergraduate Library 291
Learn how to use RefWorks, a citation management software program subscribed to by the
University of Illinois Library and CITES that is free to faculty, staff, and students of the
University of Illinois. This workshop will cover the basics: how to access RefWorks, search
catalogs, import references from library databases, retrieve and manage citations, create
bibliographies according to various citation styles (e.g., MLA or APA), and use Write N Cite to add
parenthetical references to your work. For more information about RefWorks see:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/refworks/.
Tuesday, June 17th
1:00-2:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Library 291
Save valuable research time! Online research resources are pervasive today, making it much harder to stay current in your field. This workshop will introduce several current awareness features including how to set up an RSS feed reader account, creating search alerts from library databases as well as Table of Contents alerts.
Are you struggling with your research? Need help locating articles and other materials? This workshop will go over how to locate items in the library system, including how to find online resources through library databases and when to use Interlibrary Loan. Bring your research paper with you -- time will be set aside to answer individual questions.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
Learn how to use RefWorks, a citation management software program subscribed to by the
University of Illinois Library and CITES that is free to faculty, staff, and students of the
University of Illinois. This workshop will cover the basics: how to access RefWorks, search
catalogs, import references from library databases, retrieve and manage citations, create
bibliographies according to various citation styles (e.g., MLA or APA), and use Write N Cite to add
parenthetical references to your work. For more information about RefWorks see:
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/refworks/.
This workshop will be offered again Summer 2008.
Save valuable research time! Online research resources are pervasive today, making it much harder to stay current in your field. This workshop will introduce several current awareness features including how to set up an RSS feed reader account, creating search alerts from library databases as well as Table of Contents alerts.
This workshop will be offered again Summer 2008.
Geared towards Research and Teaching Assistants, this library workshop will introduce several time-saving tips. Topics include the basics of working for others (e.g., proxy authorizations and departmental charge accounts), current awareness services, PapersInvited, how to locate dissertations, and how to use RefWorks, a personal citation database.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
Is your academic pile of information overwhelming? Are you looking for new ways to get organized? Learn from the best! Librarians will give you the low-down on how they organize their own research materials using several different strategies including the GTD method (Getting Things Done), citation management, current awareness tools, social bookmarking and quick tips.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
Even librarians use Google Scholar! Improve your searching by learning tricks of the trade using advanced features of Google Scholar. Learn the benefits and limitations of what Google Scholar can do for you. Also, learn about the new Google Book project and how to find online books.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
You're ready to submit your paper for publication. Don't just give over copyright ownership to the publishers. Come to this session and learn how to modify publishers' copyright agreements to suit your future needs. Learn how to make your article free for the whole world to read by putting a copy of it in the university archive, IDEALS. Learn about open access journals - should you publish in one?
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
You're writing a thesis or preparing to teach your course, but you have a lot of concerns about being ethical and abiding by copyright law. Come to this session and learn the basics of copyright law and some guidelines for how you can stay within the law.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
Would you like to enhance your research papers with data from public opinion polls? Learn to use the fabulous Roper iPOLL database which contains nearly half a million public opinion survey questions dating from 1935 to 2008. We will focus on examples using election year topics. No knowledge of statistics or statistical programming is required. Jointly sponsored by the University Library and ATLAS.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
The American National Election Studies (ANES) are a series of national surveys of the American electorate taken in every election year since 1948. This workshop will show you how to create your own tables from the 1948-2004 ANES cumulative file using an online web-based tool. No knowledge of statistics or statistical programming is required. Jointly sponsored by the University Library and ATLAS.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. Learn to search ICPSR's catalog of holdings, download data, and read it into a statistics program (SPSS) to make tables. Our examples will focus on topics suggested by the audience. Some prior experience with SPSS may be helpful, but is not necessary. Jointly sponsored by the University Library ATLAS.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
The United States government is the largest statistical collector in the world. American FactFinder is the public porthole to Decennial Census and American Community Survey data. This workshop explores the range of statistics available within census geographic areas; creating maps and tables; and downloading data into statistical software. Discusses the use of TIGER/Line files for GIS applications.
This workshop will be offered again Fall 2008.
Plain old books and articles got you down? Add a little kick to your papers and presentations by adding digital multimedia from popular sites like YouTube as well as the library's online collections. Find media and audio clips, create seamless presentations and papers using those clips and learn how cite these resources in this 1 hour workshop. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Library.
Is your research taking you to archival collections housed across the country or across the globe? Wondering how you’ll manage to get the most out of your short visit? Some scholars are taking advantage of digital photography and other tools to quickly capture data, but there are things you should know before heading out of town. Join experienced scholars and staff from the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library for our first workshop on using digital tools for archival research. This workshop is designed for graduate students or scholars interested in using digital photography in their archival research efforts. Topics will include a discussion of the pros and cons of using digital tools in archival research; tips for planning your trip to an archive; and information on hardware, software, data back-up, and storage. There will also be a hands-on component where participants will have the opportunity to practice photographing a variety of archival documents. Be sure to bring your digital camera if you can! Sponsored by the History, Philosophy, Newspaper Library.
If you can’t make it to the workshop, check out our new research guide at http://uiuc.libguides.com/techives.
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