September 5th, 2014 by Sheryl Adam | Comments Off on Literature Reviews – Great Research Starts Here
This session is appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in any discipline.
Topics include
… what is a literature review?
… finding the right databases
… search strategies for databases
… finding scholarly articles, theses and dissertations, books, and more
… resources to help you keep track of your research.
There will be plenty of hands-on time for searching, and assistance from the two presenting librarians.
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July 27th, 2012 by Sheryl Adam | Comments Off on London Calling: Part One
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, economics, Electronic Resources, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Miscellaneous, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies | Comments Off on London Calling: Part One
July 20th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Koerner Library Research Commons opens with Thesis Formatting Assistance
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, data, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, GIS, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Maps and Atlases, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies, Workshops | Comments Off on Koerner Library Research Commons opens with Thesis Formatting Assistance
July 12th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Koerner Library Reference Desk Move
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March 20th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Census GIS at next UBC GIS Users Group Meeting
Census GIS is the topic for this month’s GIS Users Group meeting. Tom Brittnacher, the GIS Librarian, will be talking about how to get census data and geographic boundaries out of SimplyMap and Abacus, and into GIS.
Wednesday, March 28
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Koerner Library, Level 2, Room 216
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March 15th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Cyberloafing, and when it’s especially hard to resist
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies | Comments Off on Cyberloafing, and when it’s especially hard to resist
March 14th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on JSTOR: Learn More
JSTOR, a key resource in humanities and social sciences, offers short training videos on a number of topics, including advanced search techniques and how to set up alerts for new articles in your area(s) of interest. Most videos are fewer than 5 minutes long. Frequent JSTOR users should definitely have a look.
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February 20th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Upcoming Workshop: Data Demystified
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, data, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, GIS, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies | Comments Off on Upcoming Workshop: Data Demystified
February 14th, 2012 by Trish | Comments Off on Graduate Student Workshops in a Day: Wednesday, February 22
Posted in Anthropology, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, data, economics, English, Environmental Studies, Film, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, GIS, Government Publications, History, Human Kinetics, Italian, Journalism, Journals, Koerner, Latin American Studies, Library, Archival, and Information Studies, Linguistics, Maps and Atlases, News, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic, Central, and East European Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Theatre, Women's Studies, Workshops | Comments Off on Graduate Student Workshops in a Day: Wednesday, February 22
February 1st, 2012 by Sheryl Adam | Comments Off on Upcoming Workshop: Citation Analysis and Impact Factors in your Academic Career
Understanding the Role of Citation Analysis and Impact Factors in your Academic Career
Learn how to use tools that measure the impact of articles, journals and individual scholars including you! You will leave this workshop knowing how to :
- use ISI Web of Science and Google Scholar to track citations
- calculate impact factors of individual scholars and journals and whether this is informative in your discipline
Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 5:00PM – 6:00PM
Koerner Library
Room 217
Online registration here: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/2836
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