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Schedule of Library Workshops
Fall, 2009 Workshop Schedule
Come meet the people and discover the places that will answer your questions! The UNT Libraries are here to help UNT students enjoy a successful learning experience while at the University, and master information-seeking skills that will help you all your life.
To register for these workshops, please go to this link: http://tsgs.unt.edu/workshops/
- Toulouse & UNT Libraries Workshop Series
- Introduction to Graduate Research
- RefWorks for Graduate Students
- Literature Review Workshops
- Subject Specific Database Workshops
-
Using Google Effectively for Research: Google Scholar and Google Docs Workshops
- Introduction to the UNT Libraries Workshop & Tour
- Finding Books and Articles Workshops
- Tech Skills Workshops
- North Texas 23 Things
Toulouse & UNT Libraries Workshop Series
"Knowledge You Don't Want Toulouse!" Thanks to a partnership with the Toulouse Graduate School, the library is offering a series of workshops during the Fall Semester focusing on tools that will assist graduate students with their research.Please join us in Willis Library, room 136.
Featuring:
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.
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Sept. 2 |
4:00-5:30 |
| Saturday | Sept. 12 | 10:00-12:00 |
| Saturday | Sept. 26 | 10:00-12:00 |
RefWorks for Graduate Students
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 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).
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Sept. 12 |
1:00-2:00 |
| Wednesday | Sept. 23 |
2:00-3:00 |
| Saturday | Sept. 26 |
1:00-2:00 |
| Saturday | Oct. 17 |
11:00-12:00 |
| Thursday | Oct. 22 |
11:00-12:00 |
| Friday | Nov. 6 |
11:00-12:00 |
Literature Review Workshop
Learn how to take control of the literature with this workshop! Let us show you what components go into a proper literature review and help you discover how to search the appropriate literature for your subject area.
Click here for handouts and more details:
https://www.edit.library.unt.edu/library-instruction/library-workshops/literature-review/
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Oct. 17 |
10:00-11:00 |
| Thursday | Oct. 22 |
10:00-11:00 |
| Friday | Nov. 6 |
10:00-11:00 |
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 English, Education, Business, Science, Psychology, and Biology. Open to graduate and undergraduate students, the workshop will be held in Willis Library Learning Center, W136.
| Topic | Database | Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | ERIC | Wednesday | Sept. 16 |
10:00-11:00 |
| Psychology | PsycINFO | Wednesday | Sept. 16 |
2:00-3:00 |
| Science | Web of Science; Journal Citation Report |
Wednesday | Oct. 28 |
10:00-12:00 |
| Biology | BIOSIS Previews |
Wednesday | Oct. 28 |
2:00-3:00 |
| Business | ABI Inform |
Wednesday | Nov. 11 |
10:00-11:00 |
| Literature | MLA International Bibliography |
Wednesday | Nov. 11 |
2:00-3:00 |
Using Google Effectively for Research: Google Scholar and Google Docs 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. Google Docs allows you to create spreadsheets, presentations, documents, and forms, and save them online. You can also easily share documents with others when you're working on a joint project. Just Goooooooogle it!
The workshops will take place in the Willis Library Learning Center (W 136).
| Workshop | Day |
Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Docs |
Wednesday | Sept. 30 |
2:00-3:00 |
| Google Scholar |
Wednesday | Oct. 21 |
2:00-3:00 |
Workshops on Technology
Tech Skills Workshops
Brought to you by Lilly Ramin (RIS), and Kristin Boyett (MMDL). These introductory sessions are intended to assist UNT library staff, students and faculty.
- For previous sessions and handouts, please go to the Tech Skills workshop page.
North Texas 23 Things
The official North Texas 23 Things project and registration is restricted to library staff. However, the workshops are open to those who want to learn these various technology tools. We hope to repeat workshops for the Fall for all of UNT.
URL: http://northtexas23.blogspot.com/- For previous sessions and PowerPoint slides, please go to the North Texas 23 Things page.
Workshops for Undergraduates
Introduction to the UNT Libraries Workshop & Tour
Workshops will last approximately one hour and will be given in Willis Library, Room 035. There will be a PowerPoint introduction to the Libraries given by UNT Librarians, a brief demonstration of one of the general journal databases, followed by a walking tour of the first and fourth floors of Willis Library.
| Day | Date |
Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday |
Aug. 25 |
2:00-3:00 |
| Wednesday | Aug. 26 |
11:00-12:00 |
| Tuesday | Sept. 8 |
2:00-3:00 |
Finding Books and Articles Workshops
These workshops will focus on using the UNT Libraries catalog and give a more in-depth look at some of the general journal index databases. It will meet in the Willis Library Learning Center (W 136), immediately to the left as you enter the Library doors (not the General Access Lab). It will last approximately an hour, and there will be hands-on applications.
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Sept. 24 |
2:00-3:00 |
| Monday | Oct. 19 |
1:00-2:00 |
Future Workshops
Zotero "A Personal Research Assistant inside Your Browser"
Become the Zorro of research with Zotero and show your paper or project who’s the boss! Zotero is a simple-to-use program designed for the Firefox browser that will help you “collect, manage, and cite your research sources”. During this swashbuckling workshop, you will learn how to become master over all of your research endeavors with Zotero.