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Advanced Topics Workshops
These workshops are designed for more advanced students and faculty who wants to learn more about library resources and services for specific subjects, citation management, and copyright. Please RSVP 24 hours in advance to give us an idea of the expected workshop size. If there’s something you would like to learn about but don’t see a workshop offered, please schedule a one-on-one consultation »
(**Hover over the session title for a description or read descriptions below »)
| Arts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Fri. Feb. 17 | Discover Hidden Treasures | 12:00-1:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Fri. Feb. 17 | Discover Hidden Treasures | 3:00-4:00 | Online | Workshop closed |
| Business | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Tues. Feb. 14 | Beyond the Basics | 2:00-3:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Wed. Feb. 15 | Beyond the Basics | 6:00-7:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Thurs. Feb. 16 | Datasets | 2:00-3:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Citation Management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Thurs. Feb. 2 | Basics RefWorks | 2:00-3:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Thurs. Feb. 9 | Advanced RefWorks | 3:00-4:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Thurs. Mar. 22 | EndNote | 5:00-6:00 | LIB201 | RSVP Now » |
| Thurs. Mar. 29 | Mendeley | 5:00-6:00 | LIB201 | RSVP Now » |
| Engineering | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Wed. Feb. 15 | Beyond the Basics | 2:00-3:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Wed. Feb. 15 | Beyond the Basics | 4:00-5:00 | Online | Workshop closed |
| General | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Fri. Feb. 10 | Copyright | 1:00-2:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Tues. Feb. 14 | Government Information Sources | 3:00-4:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Thurs. Feb. 16 | News & Media | 1:00-2:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Thurs. Mar. 15 | Impact Factors & Journal Rankings | 3:00-4:00 | Online | RSVP Now » |
| Social Sciences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Tues. Feb. 14 | Select Research | 1:00-2:00 | LIB201 | Workshop closed |
| Thurs. Mar. 8 | Beyond the Basics | 3:30-5:00 | Online | RSVP Now » |
| Sciences | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Session Title | Time | Location | RSVP |
| Thurs. Feb. 23 | Environmental Science & Policy | 5:00-6:00 | Online | RSVP Now » |
| Thurs. Mar. 1 | Natural Sciences | 5:00-6:00 | LIB201 | RSVP Now » |
Advanced Topic Workshop Descriptions
Citation Management Using RefWorks – Basics
This session covers all the basics – creating a RefWorks account, importing data, organizing your database and generating a bibliography. Great for new users or even existing users who would like a refresher.
Citation Management Using RefWorks – Advanced
This session covers topics such as using Write-N-Cite to create in-text citations, editing references, account back up and more. Attendees should have a working knowledge of RefWorks’ basic features.
Copyright
What you need to know as an author, how to use copyrighted materials, re-using your own published works, and how to protect your work.
Select Research in Social Sciences
This will be a hands-on session on how to find research and major publications in the areas of Psychology, Sociology, and Political Science.
Business Research – Beyond the Basics
You’ve used the library catalog and are familiar with many of the standard resources, but there’s much more information and resources available for topics in business, economics, finance and more.
Government Information Sources
This will be an interactive workshop on finding major government and legislative resources, such as federal and state documents, political theory and analysis, and research on international governments.
Engineering Research – Beyond the Basics
You’ve used the library catalog and are familiar with many of the standard resources, but there’s much more information and resources available for topics in engineering and technology. This session will focus on the more advanced research tools and sources, such as specialty journal packages and databases, required for high-level student and faculty research.
Resources for News & Media
This workshop will provide an overview on locating U.S and international news & media sources.
Business Research – Datasets
The use of metadata in business research is growing in popularity and this session will outline the basics of using these new sources of numerical and statistical information. This session will cover popular data sources, like WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services), Standard & Poors, and other datasets available to current USF affiliates.
Discover Hidden Treasures When Researching The Arts
There are many resources available to you when doing research in the arts. Discover very cool image, audio and video databases that are become important to you in your research and scholarly pursuits.
Research in Environmental Science & Policy
This session will cover USF’s best databases for finding environmental research as well as an overview and search strategies for finding government policies and documents relating to the environment.
Research in the Natural Sciences
This session will include an introduction to the Web of Science database and you will also learn how to use many of the more subtle features, such as learning about funding sources, citation metrics, and setting up alerts.
Social Sciences Research—Beyond the Basics
You know the basics – the library catalog, the databases in your discipline and many of the tools for coursework and basic projects, but now you want to go deeper either because you are getting ready for writing your thesis or you want to submit a manuscript for publication. This workshop will cover the tools researchers use to go beyond the basics to do an exhaustive review of the literature. Learn how to expand your literature search beyond the familiar databases and by using current awareness services. Follow the bibliographic trail by using advanced searching techniques in Google Scholar, World Catalog, through cited author references, and online dissertations.
Impact Factors & Journal Rankings
Determining the value of faculty research for purposes of retention, promotion, tenure decisions is central to publishing and effective and creative work. This session will outline subject and discipline specific methods to help measure the impact of your work and scholarship efforts.
Citation Management Using EndNote
This session will introduce you to EndNote, a powerful desktop program that will organize your articles and PDFs as well as make bibliographies for you in thousands of different formats.
Citation Management Using Mendeley
Mendeley is a new citation management tool that is completely free and open source. It will help you manage your articles, PDFs, and citations as well as collaborate with other Mendeley users and keep up on the latest research in your field.