Upgrade your research skills with our spring workshops!
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Please contact your subject librarian or Ask a Librarian if you have any questions!
The Library is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Please contact us in advance if you have any particular accommodations requirements (two weeks preferred), (libinstruct@library.uwaterloo.ca or call Leeanne Romane 519-888-4567 ext. 36860).
Make your research more effective. This session provides you with an overview of the Library’s resources, locations, and services available to you as a faculty member or graduate student. It includes searching for books, browsing e-journals, selecting and using subject-specific and multidisciplinary databases, accessing articles using Get it @ Waterloo, and discovering who your liaison librarian is and how s/he can help you with your research.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
Held in the FLEX Lab, 3rd floor, Dana Porter Library.
This workshop is your starting point for conducting research at the Library. Learn how to find books, journals, electronic resources and more. Discover hands-on how to locate resources, access course reserves, manage your library account, collect and export references, and set up alerts for search results.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
Held in the FLEX Lab, 3rd floor, Dana Porter Library.
| Wednesday | May 30 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am |
Here is a secret: better searching can lead to better marks. In this hands-on session, you will learn advanced search strategies for effectively locating books, journal articles, and internet resources. Discover how to make better use of your time and find good sources for your papers and assignments.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
Held in the FLEX Lab, 3rd floor, Dana Porter Library.
| Tuesday | May 29 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Learn how to manage your references, create bibliographies, and format your papers in a variety of citation styles using RefWorks, a web-based citation software freely available to all Waterloo students, faculty, and staff.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Held in the FLEX Lab, 3rd floor, Dana Porter Library.
| Thursday | May 31 | 9:30 am - 11:30 am |
Held in the Musagetes Library Seminar Room.
| Friday | June 8 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Stay current in your field of research! Learn how to automate your searches for new and relevant research by having search results and journal tables of contents sent to you on a regular basis. Find out about the alerting services available in Web of Science and CSA databases, RSS feeds, and the Library’s search tool, Primo.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
Keep Current with Research Alerts is now over.
Wanting to play with Google Earth for fun? Never use Google Earth to create a map? This workshop will teach you the basics of the popular Google Earth. You will learn how to create placemarks, how to create a walking tour, how to record a Google Street View tour and how to create and share a map.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
This session is now over.
Wanting to create a map for your course assignment or research project but don’t know how to start? This workshop will teach you the basics with the popular ArcGIS Desktop 10 program. You will learn how to add GIS data, how to create simple maps, and where to find GIS data and resources.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
These sessions are now over.
Not sure how to start your literature review? Struggling to keep pdfs organized and to find up-to-date references?
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Held in the FLEX Lab, 3rd floor, Dana Porter Library.
| Tuesday | June 19 | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
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