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.

Creating Posters Using PowerPoint

Getting ready to do a poster at an upcoming conference? Learn pointers about using PowerPoint to create the poster as one giant slide, and send it to a large-scale printer.

Google for Researchers

With Google, you already search the web, share photos/movies/music, map directions and discover new things...but there are some tools you may have missed. This web search engine is on a mission to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible." So let's explore the new tools and technology that pair Google-efficient tools with library-quality results to weave together a rich information web that goes beyond just the World Wide Web. We'll look at tools such as, Google Docs, RSS Reader, Google Scholar, and iGoogle Research Gadgets that will help you access, evaluate, and share information in an easy collaborative environment.

Google IS a Research Tool

Learn how to exploit Google to your advantage! Our advanced tips and tricks will help you get the most out of your Google searching. Today Google offers researchers access to the broadest array of information available today. White papers, preprints, books, open access journals abound. Google Scholar offers alternative citation resources. Google Books offers a wonderful opportunity to do full-text searching in the largest repository of online books ever created. However, using Google can be challenging. This workshop focuses on practical tips and ideas guaranteed to make your web searching more effective and more efficient!

Grant & Fellowship Information in the Social Sciences

Grant Funding - Search Tools and Resources

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

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.

RefWorks: Basics

Learn the basics of using RefWorks, the Web-based citation manager that is available to all U of M Faculty, students and staff. Adding references to RefWorks will be covered, as well as exporting them to Word, and selecting a style (MLA, APA, etc) for your bibliography. See http://www.lib.umn.edu/refworks/ for more details about RefWorks.
This class is available online: http://www.lib.umn.edu/research/instruction/modules/index.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.