Dear UBC Graduate Students,
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We hope to see you in the Research Commons soon (online or in person)!
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The UBC Library Research Commons Team
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Room 219 – 1958 Main Mall
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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER 2018
Research Commons is Open! | Grad Student Orientation to Library | R Study Group
Come on in! We are Open to Serve You
We are excited to bring you new expertise and services this term. Keep an eye on this monthly newsletter for our wide range of offerings specifically designed for Graduate Students to optimize research and complete your thesis. Register today!
Meet Allan Cho
Recently I had the chance to sit down with our new UBC Library Research Commons Librarian, Allan Cho. What an exciting time to have him leading the team, enabling the team to reach new heights. Check out the full interview here.
Upcoming workshops
Orientation to the Library Workshops
Get started off right! Due to popular demand we have added an extra Graduate Student Orientation to the Library workshop. These workshops fill up quickly, so register today for September 26, or NEW October 1.
Citation Management Workshops
Below you can see the variety of citation management tools we teach and support.
Citation Management for Success: Tools for the Academic Researcher – Mendeley and Zotero, (Part 1)
A great workshop for even the total citation management beginner, including those who have not selected their citation management tool.
Dates offered: September 28, October 26, November 9, December 7
Register
Citation Management for Success: Tools for the Academic Researcher – Mendeley and Zotero, (Part 2)
Dates offered: October 5, November 2, November 16, December 14
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Introduction to Citation Management Using RefWorks
Dates offered: October 12 and November 23
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Introduction to Citation Management Using EndNote
Dates offered: October 3 and November 21
Location: BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals
Register
Thesis Formatting Workshops
Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Have you been fighting with the template in Microsoft Word? Simplify your life by attending this workshop.
Formatting Your Thesis: Tips and Tricks
Dates offered: October 1, October 15, October 29, November 5, November 26, and December 10
Learn more
SPSS Support Workshops
Learn this user-friendly statistical analysis software. You don’t need to write any code—SPSS does this for you with just a few clicks.
SPSS Part 2: Data Management and Bivariate Analysis
Date and time: Wednesday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: Koerner Library, Room 217
Register
Don’t worry if you missed SPSS Part 1, there will be more opportunities in the near future! Keep your eyes on the upcoming newsletters for dates.
Literature Reviews
A literature review is one of the key ways of building a foundation for a research project. Collecting material for your literature review is only half the task; the other half is writing the review.
Part 1: Great Research Starts Here
Dates offered: September 26, October 16, and November 14
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Research Data Management Workshops
Best Practices in Research Data Management
Dates offered: September 26, October 30, December 5
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Systematic Review Search Methods
Dates offered: September 26, October 23, and November 22
Location: Woodward Library, Computer Lab B25
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Submit your proposal to win cash prizes!
The CRDCN National Policy Challenge: Analyzing Data for the Common Good
A collaboration with SAS Canada and Statistics Canada. If you are passionate about Canadian public policy, love data, and dream about statistics, then this contest is for you! Apply by October 1, 2018 to win cash prizes. Learn more
R Study Group
Wednesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. | Room 216, Koerner Library
All welcome at this R Study Group / Meetup! This community run meet-up welcomes you to come and work and solve problems related to R (#rstat). The weeks are organized by topic.
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Pixelating: A Digital Humanities Mixer
Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
The Pixelating Mixer is an opportunity for DH scholars across campus to meet colleagues, talk tools, brainstorm ideas and network with others who use digital tools to explore and visualize their research. Join us as the Pixelating series re-opens this term with a workshop on the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) with Joey Takeda of the Department of English Language and Literature!
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Graduate Student Writing Communities
Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. OR Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m.
You don’t have to isolate yourself in your office or lab to do all of your research and writing. Join this friendly group of Graduate Students who block off two hours a week to write together. If you have been having writers block, why not change your scene and come join us! We would love to have you.
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Wait, what about NVivo?
Coming soon!
We will still be teaching NVivo workshops and providing one-on-one NVivo consults soon. We are in the middle of on-boarding two outstanding graduate students who will be able to help you with NVivo later on in October. In the meantime, please check out all of the resources we have available online.
Learn more
We offer consults in citation management, SPSS, R, GIS, and thesis formatting. Consults are offered in Room 218A in the Koerner Library or via Skype.
Request consult
Not sure if you should book a consult or attend a workshop? Email us!
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