You’ve likely heard about RefWorks, the online citation management tool that allows you to save references for your research paper from online databases such as AnthropologyPlus and Google Scholar, and then formats your paper in the citation style of your choice. Perhaps you’ve had a chance to get started with RefWorks, but need some help in using its many features.

Tuesday is your chance to find out more! Come to Koerner Library for a RefWorks session from 1:30-3:30pm.

In this hands-on workshop you will create your own personal database in RefWorks, learn how to add references, and use these references when writing a paper, automatically formatting your footnotes and bibliography in the citation style of your choice.

Register for the session here.

This Thursday, I’ll be teaching a session on tools that you can use to stay up-to-date with research in your field. We’ll look at how you can get the latest Table of Contents for your favourite journals emailed to you, how to get updates on new publications in your area of research, and how to use RSS feeds:

Current Awareness Tools
in the Arts

Thursday, Oct 18, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Koerner Library : Room 217

Keeping up-to-date in your field of research can be a challenging task. Learn how to set up email alerts or RSS feeds for your favourite databases, journals, or web sites, so that the information comes to you!

Register here:
http://toby.library.ubc.ca/booking/description.cfm?sessionid=4539

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(Photo by Sean Durham)

The semester is well under way, and research paper deadlines are quickly approaching. Are you looking for a time-saving tool that can help you track research, save your citations, and even format your bibliography in American Anthropological Association style?

RefWorks, an online citation management tool, can do all those things and more. If you’d like to see how RefWorks can help you with your research process, come to a library workshop on RefWorks this Thursday:

In this hands-on workshop you will create your own personal database in RefWorks, learn how to add references, and use these references when writing a paper, automatically formatting your footnotes and bibliography in the citation style of your choice. The focus is on indexes, databases, and citation styles used by scholars in the Arts.

WHERE and WHEN?
Thursday, September 27
12:00-2:00 pm
Koerner Library : Room 217 (show me a map)
Sign up here.

RefWorks is sponsored by the UBC Library, and available free-of-charge to current UBC faculty, staff, and students.

Do you dread public speaking? Tomorrow’s Library Workshop on “Polishing Your Presentation” may be the first step in overcoming that fear and improving your presentation skills for that upcoming thesis defense.

Polishing Your Presentation
Learn the essential components of public speaking: content preparation, verbal and non-verbal performance as well as ways to manage anxiety. A good presentation is a strong communication tool; discover the skills you need to enhance your personal performance.

Thursday, April 19 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Koerner Library : Room 216 (show me a map)
Sign up here.

Part of the Graduate Student Workshop Series.