Beyond the Basics Workshops

These workshops are designed for more advanced students and faculty who want to learn more about library resources and services for specific subjects, citation management, and copyright. Please register 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 or submit feedback »

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Beyond the Basics Workshop Descriptions

Locating Primary Sources

Learn how to find primary sources in Special & Digital Collections. From navigating archival collection guides to finding online copies of images and oral histories, this session will equip you to perform research with the Library’s unique primary sources.

There’s an App for That!

Learn how to use graphical mind mapping software to generate and preserve ideas, how to record, organize, and preserve notes and images (using Evernote), and how to backup and synchronize your most important working documents and other files across multiple computers, tablets, and smartphones (using Dropbox).

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: Advanced RefWorks

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.

Tour of Special Collections

You are invited to tour the USF Tampa Library’s Special Collections, a treasure trove of rare books, children’s and young adult literature, Floridiana, science fiction, and Holocaust and genocide materials that are too valuable to circulate. Whether your research is hyper-local or international, Special Collections may be the place to take your research to the next level. Special Collections librarians will be on hand to showcase the materials and answer your questions.

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.

Learn to Find Multimedia for Use in Your Presentations

30,000 words per second! Use the power of images and video for your presentations and class assignments.

Research in Engineering

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.

Research in Business

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.

Research in 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.

Conducting a Literature Review

In this workshop you will learn what a literature review is as well as develop a search strategy to implement a comprehensive literature review. You will acquire the skills to develop a methodology for conducting a literature review that you are comfortable with in order to move forward with your research endeavors.

Scholarly Research & Publishing

This workshop will introduce you to the world of scholarly publishing in the social sciences. Learn how to read a journal article, what the peer review process is like, how to find impact factors of journals, and many other basic research skills. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate students, O.U.R. Students, and new graduate students.

Finding Dissertations & Theses

Learn how to locate dissertations and theses and use them to expand your research endeavors.

Documenting Scholarly Impact with Cited References, Journal Rankings, and Bibliometrics

This Webinar is for graduate students and faculty interested in how scholars can profile the impact of their work through cited references and journal rankings. The session will cover bibliometric tools that assist researchers in deciding where to submit their manuscripts, how to determine the impact of their journal publications, and finally, how to build a strong tenure/promotion portfolio in documenting their cited references.

Scholarly Research & Publishing in the Social Sciences

This workshop will introduce you to the world of scholarly publishing in the social sciences. Learn how to read a journal article, what the peer review process is like, how to find impact factors of journals, and many other basic research skills. Recommended for upper-level undergraduate students, O.U.R. Students, and new graduate students.

Finding Demographic Data

Overcome your fears and join Research Rescue in a workshop focused on finding government statistics including the US Census. These statistics can reveal demographics, immigration, and business data. All information useful in business, education, city planning, health and many other areas of study.