Workshop Registration

Citation Research

Wondering which journals are the best to publish in? Preparing your dossier? Starting a grant proposal? Want to see how own works have been considered by your peers? This workshop is intended to help you better understand the core databases, web sites and tools available to you for advanced citation research. The first part of the session provides you with an opportunity to learn and discuss the changing landscape of citation research and resources. The last 30-minutes will allow you time for hands-on work in the various citation databases or time to investigate some of the tools available to help you manipulate citation data from different sources.

Grant and Fellowship Information in the Social Sciences

Whether you are hoping to apply for funding a new project or doing research on trends in research funding, the University and its Libraries have wonderful tools to help you. This workshop begins with an overview of the current marketplace for grants, fellowships and other types of funding. Sources for researching trends and funding sources will also be covered. The workshop also provides a practical overview to help you better use the full range of resources that you might need to refine your need, study potential funding sources, etc., such as IRIS, SPIN, Grants.gov, Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for funding opportunities. This workshop is targeted specifically to those in the social sciences and education. Some resources for the course are listed on the Web site of the Office of the VP for Research, http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/.

Grant Funding for Graduate Students

Find out more about funding opportunities available to graduate students. Learn how to use IRIS, SPIN, and Community of Science and the Foundation Directory to search for grant opportunities. Setting up e-mail updates on specific subjects will also be covered, as well as how to find internal U of M funding sources. Resources for the course are listed on the Web site of the Office of the VP for Research, http://www.collaborate.umn.edu/explore/searching.html.

Unravel the Library 1: Orientation and Tour of Wilson Library

This basic workshop is designed to highlight services and resources in the Libraries. You will learn how to read a citation, locate books and articles from a citation using MNCAT, the libraries catalog and tour Wilson Library.

Prerequisites: none. This workshop is designed for new students to the University.

There will be certificates available to provide evidence of attendance to your instructor.

NOTE: If fewer than eight students register for a session, the session will be canceled.

If you are having trouble getting into a workshop, keep checking back because spaces do open up. If the workshops listed below do not fit into your schedule please contact Lynne at l-beck@umn.edu to see if we can add a session.

Unravel the Library 2: Finding Scholarly Articles

This workshop will help you save time. You will learn how to find articles in the University Libraries, identify which are scholarly, search article indexes, and use efficient search techniques.

There will be certificates available to provide evidence of attendance to your instructor.

Prerequisites: Unravel the Library 1 is highly encouraged before taking Unravel the Library 2.

NOTE: If fewer than eight students register for a session, the session will be canceled.

Unravel the Library 3: Advanced Searching

You will learn both the art and science of advanced searching techniques. Upon completion, you will be familiar with field searching, truncation, Boolean operators, and constructing a search strategy.

There will be certificates available to provide evidence of attendance to your instructor.

Prerequisites: Unravel 2: Finding Scholarly Articles or basic academic research experience

NOTE: If fewer than eight students register for a session, the session will be canceled.