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Guide to Syracuse University Libraries research workshop series.

Saving, Organizing, and Citing Your Sources and Collaborating with Zotero

Saving, Organizing, and Citing Your Sources and Collaborating with Zotero, Led by Winn Wasson

Description: This introduction will provide an overview of Zotero, a free platform that allows students and researchers to save and annotate sources, collaborate with classmates and colleagues, generate citations and bibliographies in papers, and access references from anywhere. Students and researchers of all experience levels are encouraged to attend and ask questions.

Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty, Staff

Date and Time:

  • Tuesday, 2/15, 5:30-6:30pm, via zoom
  • Wednesday, 3/23 5:30-6:30pm, via zoom

Registration Link

"Where Do I Start?" Researching for Beginners, Narrowing your Topic, Finding Resources, etc.

"Where Do I Start?" Researching for Beginners, Narrowing your Topic, Finding Resources, etc., Led by Giovanna Colosi

Description: You are new to researching and not sure where to begin? How do I know where to find sources? Where are reputable sources? Don't fret, come to this beginner's workshop to have all your questions answered!

Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students

Date and Time:

  • Tuesday, 3/1, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, via zoom
  • Thursday 3/10, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, via zoom

Registration Link

Digital Humanities Workshop: Introduction to Text Mining with the HathiTrust Research Center

Digital Humanities Workshop: Introduction to Text Mining with the HathiTrust Research Center, Led by Patrick Williams and Rachel Hogan

Description: Patrick Williams (Humanities Librarian and Lead Librarian for Digital and Open Scholarship) and Rachel Hogan (Masters Student in Library and Information Science and Information Literacy Scholar) will present an Introduction to Text Mining with the HathiTrust Research Center, a hands-on workshop. Rachel and Patrick will present an overview of text mining & HathiTrust in general and will focus on the ways we can make use of the HathiTrust Research Center to undertake our own experiments. No programming experience is necessary. Participants will learn to create their own research collections and perform text analysis activities like creating token counts and tag clouds, extracting and visualizing named entities, and exploring topic modeling approaches.

Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Faculty, Staff

Date and Time:

  • Thursday, April 7, 2:00-4:00pm, Bird Library, Room 046

Registration Link

Technical Writing

Technical Writing, Led by Juan Denzer and Abdulrahman Alzahrani

Description: Introduce three main types of technical writing: traditional, end-user, and technical marketing content. Attendees will learn some of the key attributes that can be applied to all styles of technical writing. The session will also cover some useful writing tools along with some examples of technical writing.

Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Staff

Date and Time:

  • Monday, 4/11, 1:00PM-2:00PM  Bird Library Lower Level (046)

Registration Link

Can I use the Library after I graduate?

Can I use the Library after I Graduate? Library Resources for SU Alumni, Led by John Stawarz

Description: Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from Syracuse University! After you graduate, you will have access to many, but not all, of the library resources that you've used and enjoyed. This workshop will highlight the services and resources at SU Libraries that will be available to you as an alum, as well as guide you to free resources beyond SU Libraries that you could also access, such as ebooks, audiobooks, and journal articles. 

Intended Audience: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Students Almost Graduating

Date and Time:

  • 4/14, 1:00PM-2:00PM

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The Misappropriation and Misrepresentation of Research

The Misappropriation and Misrepresentation of Research: Strategies for Facing a Growing and Problematic Trend, Led by Winn Wasson

Description: The good news is that your research got published. The bad news is that a group you have never heard of is now misappropriating or misrepresenting it to push an agenda that neither you nor your actual research conclusions support. This workshop provides strategies to prepare current and budding researchers to face this growing problem in how scholarship is portrayed outside of academia. Dinner will be provided.

Intended Audience: Graduate Students

Date and Time:

April 18, 2022 5:00pm – 6:20pm EST Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, First Floor -Bird Library (Room 114) Please email grcolosi@syr.edu with any questions.

Sponsored by the GSO and the Syracuse University Libraries

Register here!

ACT UP

Graduate Roundtable Series: ACT UP Workshop: Incorporate a social justice perspective into your research processes

Presented by: Kelly Delevan, Information Literacy Librarian

Sponsored by: The GSO and SUL

Dinner will be provided to participants

Description: The ACT UP method was created in 2018 to provide students with a way to incorporate a social justice perspective into their research processes. It acknowledges that information systems and sources are often privileged towards dominant groups. This method enables users to critically examine sources' privilege and to shift the research paradigm to make room for other voices. "Research in its purest form is an act of resistance." - Dawn Stahura, Librarian and Creator of the ACT UP Method

Participants will:

  • Learn about the method and its application
  • Put it into practice with sources
  • Discover way to use the method in their own research and/or teaching with students

Intended Audience: Graduate Students

Date and Time:

Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 5:15-6:45pm Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, First Floor -Bird Library (Room 114) Please email grcolosi@syr.edu with any questions.

Register here!