Library Workshops for Grad Students & Faculty

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Mendeley     (Margaret Mellinger)              

Tuesday, April 17, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• Learn to use Mendeley a "free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research."

Intro to Zotero: A Web-Based Way to Manage Your Citations   (Hannah Gascho Rempel)       

Thursday, April 19, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom

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Monday, May 14, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• Learn the basics about this free web-based citation management tool, which you can use to save citations and pdfs, as well as incorporate citations into a Word document.  In this session we will cover how to set up a Zotero library, how to put citations into your library, how to use Word to cite as you go, and how to back up your data.

Advanced Zotero (Hannah Gascho Rempel)       

Thursday, April 19, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom

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Monday, May 14, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• Learn more advanced features of this free web-based citation management tool.  In this session we will cover how to store PDFs in Zotero, how to import and export from EndNote, how to add in more citation styles, how to sync Zotero with multiple computers, and how to use Zotero Groups.

Web of Science:  Nuts, Bolts and Power Tools          (Andrea Wirth)          

Tuesday, April 24, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• This workshop will cover a brief overview of what is indexed in Web of Science, using the search interfaces for topic, author, source title, and address searching, expanding your literature search using the unique Related Records search, using cited reference searching to navigate the literature , how to use Refine, Analyze Results, Citation Reporting, and Citation Maps, how to connect to full text from Web of Science, and tools available in Web of Science for managing your search process.

Preparing Your IRB Submission    (Lisa Leventhal)

Wednesday, April 25, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• This session is intended for graduate students and faculty who have identified a research topic. Practical guidance and tips for submitting high quality study proposals will be provided. The format will be open discussion and any questions related to the IRB process are welcomed.

Basic EndNote Workshop          (Uta Hussong-Christian)                                  

Wednesday, April 25, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

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Thursday, May 17, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom

• Love the writing but hate formatting those citations?  Wrapping up your thesis or dissertation this spring or summer?  Learn to use basic but powerful features of the reference management tool, EndNote.  In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to setup an EndNote library, save references and pdfs, automatically create and edit a bibliography, and prepare a document for publishing.  This workshop is intended for novice EndNote users and is intentionally slow-paced and very interactive.

ICPSR - (Valery King)

Monday, April 30, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Kidder 274

• Are you interested in determining the average age at which men versus women begin smoking? What if you need to know whether age at marriage differs between your region of the country and other regions, or about differences in political attitudes based on age, gender, education, race, or ethnicity? These and countless other questions can be answered by studies in the ICPSR data holdings.  ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) is the world's largest collection of digital social science data - www.icpsr.umich.edu. ICPSR data cover topics from sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations.  This workshop can help you to increase your skills at searching, downloading and analyzing ICPSR data, or simply let you become more familiar with what ICPSR has to offer.

Theses & Dissertations:  Your Rights & Responsibilities     (Sue Kunda)                                  

Tuesday, May 1, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Willamette East Classroom

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Tuesday, May 1, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Willamette East Classroom

• The Graduate School and OSU Libraries team up to bring you the information you need as you prepare to submit your thesis or dissertation for final approval. The Graduate School Thesis Editor will walk you through the thesis and dissertation submission requirements and answer questions about thesis formatting, deadlines and other issues. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will share the latest information regarding the fair use of copyrighted materials in your research, your rights as an author and the implications of making your work openly available via ScholarsArchive@OSU.

Moving Away from Paper: Useful Practices for Online & Mobile Notetaking (Hannah Gascho Rempel)

Monday, May 7, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Willamette East Classroom

• Interested in transitioning to a more electronic reading and annotating workflow? Heard about a variety of tools that allow for online and/or mobile PDF markup, searching of the notes you make, and easy sharing of these notes with collaborators? Come hear about how a variety of researchers use electronic tools in their own workflow to see which tools might work best for you. Tools discussed will include desktop and mobile options, such as Evernote, iAnnotate, Mendeley, Microsoft OneNote, Note Taker HD, Zotero and EndNote.

Intro to Data Management Workshop          (Maura Valentino)                                  

Wednesday, May 9, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

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Thursday, May 10, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• Collecting data for your thesis or dissertation?  Learn to manage your data effectively and efficiently!   This seminar will provide an introduction to capturing, storing, and describing research data throughout the life of the research project and after.   This is intended for those researchers who need help with a data management plan or for those who are just beginning a data management plan.  The discussion will cover granting agencies’ requirements, how to fulfill them and how it is to the researcher’s advantage to do so.

EndNote Web Workshop  *CANCELLED*            (Uta Hussong-Christian)        

Wednesday, May 9, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• Learn how to use the free version of EndNote - EndNote Web! Discover how easy it is to keep track of your sources, import your references into Word documents and share your sources with others using web-based EndNote Web.  This workshop is hands-on and very interactive.  The session includes approximately 30 minutes for a follow-up Question & Answer period.

Graduate Student Financial Support  (Valery King)

Thursday, May 10, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Autzen Classroom

• This is a grant searching (not a grant writing) workshop. We will discuss the many ways in which graduate students are supported at OSU and also explore search tools and techniques for locating external support.

Advanced EndNote         (Uta Hussong-Christian)

Thursday, May 17, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Autzen Classroom

• In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to: search OSU Libraries full-text journals and pull pdfs into an EndNote library, create smart groups, customize citation styles, add citation styles, customize the library window, annotate pdfs (available for X5 users), and create a library backup file.

All workshops are in the Autzen Classroom on the 2nd floor (main floor) of the Valley Library (unless otherwise noted).

If you have any questions about these workshops, contact Hannah Gascho Rempel at hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu.