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May 16: Workshops offered by Research Common

 Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot!

 

Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about the nuts and bolts of formatting: tables of contents, page layout, numbering, headings, front matter, and more! As well, find out more about the resources that are available to help you in writing your thesis/dissertation. Graduate students at any stage of the writing process are welcome; some prior knowledge of Microsoft Word will be helpful.

 

Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 at 10:30AM – 12:30PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4940

 

Thursday, May 29th, 2014 at 3:00PM – 5:00PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4941

 

Monday, June 9th, 2014 at 2:00PM – 4:00PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4942

 

Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? See our Consultations page to book a session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.

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Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley

 

Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting in-text citations and bibliographies in your work.

 

Sign up for a tool specific hands-on workshop about the core concepts of citation management and detailed instruction for use of either RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley.

 

Are you new to citation management tools entirely, or do you have advanced-user questions? See our Consultations page to book a one-on-one session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.

 

Citation Management Using RefWorks:

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4972

 

Citation Management Using Mendeley:

Thursday, May 30th, 3-5pm

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4973

Citation Management Using Zotero

 

Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM

Location: Koerner Library, RM217

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4975

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SPSS

Workshop 1- Basic SPSS

 

Do you wonder what SPSS is and how it can be useful to manage and analyze your data? Would you like to learn how to work with SPSS just by clicking a few keys? Let us help you learn the basics.

 

No previous knowledge of SPSS is required for the first workshop:

 

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4949

 

Workshop 2- SPSS Data Management

Do you know how to edit your data using effective data management software? Do you want to work with user-friendly software without going through a hassle of writing code? SPSS can do this for you with a few clicks. Attend this workshop and learn how to manage your data fast.

 

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM

Location: Koerner Library, RM217

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4952

 

Workshop 3 – Descriptive/Graphing Analysis with SPSS

 

Do you have trouble summarizing your data? Do you want to analyze your data with t-test, ANOVA, Pearson-test, etc. using SPSS? Do you have trouble graphing and presenting your data with SPSS? Well, we can help you with all of these questions. Enroll in this workshop and learn how to analyze your data hassle-free!

 

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4950

 

Workshop 4 Regression Analysis

 

Regression analysis is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables. We can use regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another. Do you wonder how to do linear and logistic regression analysis with SPSS? Do you want to learn about simple and multivariate regression modeling? Register for the SPSS Regression workshop to get a sense of it all!

 

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4953

 

Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? See our Consultations page to book a session: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/.

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May 16: The Research Commons is Hiring!

The Research Commons is Hiring!

 

The UBC Library Research Commons is seeking 3 graduate students to take on the following roles in the Research Commons in the coming academic year:

 

Student Coordinator

Graduate Academic Assistants for Thesis Formatting and Citation Management Support

Graduate Academic Assistants for Qualitative Software Support

 

Please check out our RC home page for job descriptions, terms of appointment, and application deadlines: http://koerner.library.ubc.ca/services/research-commons/

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May 16 Dirt Museum Opening Invitation May 22nd

Ofira Roll & Julia Ostertag, two EDCP students, will be participating in “The Dirt Museum” at the Liu Institute’s Lobby Gallery.

 

 

The Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute invites you to the opening of

 

THE DIRT MUSEUM

 

reception: Thursday 22 May, 12:30pm ― 2pm

 

with artists     Omer Aijazi   عمر اعجازئ     Jon Beasley-Murray    Sarah Fessenden    Stephanie Fung    Mascha Gugganig    Bryn Letham    Nicola Levell    Tal Nitsán                Julia Ostertag    Ofira Roll    Melanie Schambach    Sarah Wen    Clayton Whitt    and    Afuwa

 

exhibition runs til September 2014 at The Lobby Gallery at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver

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May 16: Career Symposium on June 10th

Save the date for Tuesday, June 10th.  The Centre for Student Involvement & Careers and GPS are planning a full day career symposium including sessions by Mitacs and entrepreneurship at UBC followed by several expert panels and a networking event.

 

Several new sessions, including the Writing Week series, have also recently been posted here https://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/gps-graduate-pathways-success/gps-workshops-events.

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