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Beyond the Stacks: Build up your Library Skills
Website, Search, & Beyond: Unveiling your Library's Full Potential
Embark on a library quest! Learn how to navigate our website with ease, conquer our search engine, and uncover the hidden gems of resources and services that will fuel your research success.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour
From Research Rookie to Research Rockstar
This customizable session will empower you to understand source types, master advanced database searching, and uncover the best subject-specific resources. We'll guide you through research methods so you can conquer your research project with confidence.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Become a Google Scholar "Guru"
This workshop is open to sophomore or older students, faculty, and staff, who wish to enhance their research skills by familiarizing themselves with a sophisticated research tool like Google Scholar. Participants will learn how to use Google Scholar to retrieve full-text resources, organize their results with Google Scholar features, and evaluate articles using Google Scholar bibliometric tools.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students
Duration: 1 hour
Cite and Manage your Sources
APA Referencing Basics
This workshop mainly addresses undergraduate students attending courses in the social sciences and business. It is also open to anyone interested in refreshing their citation building skills or learning the basics of the referencing style of the American Psychological Association. Participants will become acquainted with the library’s APA citation guide and learn how to build correct citations of basic types of sources. The workshop is based on APA7.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students
Duration: 1 hour
Crash Course on APA Paper Formatting
This workshop is open to anyone, who wishes to learn the basic paper formatting guidelines of the APA style. Participants will be taught all the functions of MS Word necessary for them to properly format their APA papers. The workshop is based on APA7.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students
Duration: 1 hour
Taming the Citation Beast: Use Zotero for Effortless Research Management
Level up your research game with Zotero Mastery! Learn how to organize your references, generate flawless citations, and leverage Zotero's powerful features to streamline your research workflow.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Learn How to Tame the Tide of References: Power Up Your Research Workflow with Mendeley
Tired of managing a messy pile of papers? Join us for a fun and informative session on Mendeley, the ultimate digital research tool. Learn how to easily organize, annotate, and share your references and generate flawless bibliographies in this session.
Audience: undergraduate & graduate students & minor students & regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Researcher Support for Research Success
Taming the Data Deluge: Mastering Research Data Management (RDM)
This seminar emphasizes the importance of good RDM practices in ensuring the quality and organization of research data. Attendees will learn the basics of the RDM life cycle and will be introduced to tools and processes that ensure the reproducibility and accessibility of research findings.
Audience: graduate students & regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Exploring the Riches of Web of Science & Scopus
In this workshop we'll delve into the riches of Web of Science and Scopus, the leading citation databases. Learn to navigate their interfaces, craft powerful search queries, and unlock the secrets of citation analysis. Identify influential research and scholars, equipping you to excel in your academic journey.
Audience: graduate students & regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour
Metrics Mania: Making Sense of Journal Rankings
This workshop empowers researchers to measure research impact using various tools. Learn about the significance of research metrics, differentiate between various author, article, and journal metrics. Utilize key journal metrics like CiteScore, SJR, and Impact Factor, analyze author metrics to identify influential researchers, and evaluate article-level metrics to gauge research impact, enabling data-driven decisions in the scholarly world.
Audience: Researchers, graduate students, and anyone interested in evaluating research impact using citation databases.
Duration: 1 hour
Think. Check. Publish.: A Workshop on Safe and Effective Scholarly Publishing
This workshop provides essential skills for navigating the complex world of scholarly publishing. Learn about open access and closed access publishing models, understand the benefits and considerations of open access, utilize tools to find reputable journals, effectively evaluate potential journals, and confidently navigate the publishing process, ensuring your research reaches the right audience while avoiding predatory practices.
Audience: Researchers, academics, and anyone interested in publishing their work in scholarly journals.
Duration: 1 hour
Track All Things Scholarly: Building Your Interconnected Researcher Network
This workshop guides you in creating and interlinking your ORCID, Scopus Author ID, and Researcher ID. Gain insights of Web of Science (WoS) & Scopus into filtering for potential collaborators, identifying leading research institutions, and staying current with the work of fellow scholars.
Audience: graduate students, regular & online ALBA students & faculty
Duration: 1 hour