Discovery Park Workshop Schedule - Fall, 2009

Discovery Park Workshop Schedule - Fall, 2009,

held in Library Classroom, Room 135, in Discovery Park Library

Please note:  the capacity of the Library classroom is 30.  Please contact DiscoveryParkLibrary@unt.edu if you have any questions.

• Introduction to Graduate Research
• RefWorks
• The Literature Review
• Subject Specific Database Workshops
• Using Google Effectively for Research: Google Scholar Workshops

Introduction to Graduate Research

These workshops are open to any graduate students, and will include:

* Hands-on experience with some of the general journal databases which contain many full-text scholarly articles;
* Digital Dissertations, the major database for searching dissertations;
* Interlibrary loan;
* Setting up journal alerts within a database. 

The workshops will take place in the Willis Library Learning Center (W 136), immediately to the left as you enter the Library doors (not the General Access Lab).  They will last approximately 1.5 - 2 hours.

RefWorks 

Do you need some organization to your research? Do you want to learn how to craft bibliography and reference pages with a few clicks of a button? Let RefWorks work for you! This workshop will show you the benefits of using RefWorks citation management software throughout the research process, including importing citations from electronic databases and bibliographic composition in the most common writing styles (e.g., APA, MLA, etc.) 

The Literature Review

Working on a paper? Do you need to write a literature review for a class paper or project? Are you finding the process overwhelming? Learn how to take control of the literature with this workshop! Let us discuss the process with you and show you what components go into a proper literature review.

Wednesday Workshops

Subject Specific Database Workshops

These workshops are designed to help introduce students to the major databases in their discipline.  The subjects covered are Engineering, Library and Information Science, and Science.  Open to graduate and undergraduate students.

Using Google Effectively for Research: Google Scholar Workshops

You already know how to use Google, so now it’s time to take your research to the next stage! Google Scholar—a part of the Google Suite—is a powerful yet simple tool to help you find research material right on the web! Let our librarians show you how using the Internet can be an excellent way to find academic and scholarly literature with Google Scholar.  Just Goooooooogle it!