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July Grad Student Workshops (Thesis Formatting, RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley, Medline)
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.
Tuesday, July 9, 2-4pm (in Woodward Library) http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4204
Thursday, July 11, 10am-12pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4168
Wednesday, July 17, 10am-12pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4169
Have specific questions you think would be best answered in a one-on-one session? Email research.commons@ubc.ca for an appointment.
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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? Email research.commons@ubc.ca to set up a one-on-one appointment with one of our citation management experts
Citation Management Using RefWorks:
Friday, July 5, 10am-12pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4198
Citation Management Using Mendeley:
Tuesday, July 16, 10am-12pm http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4196
Citation Management Using Zotero:
Thursday, July 18, 9:30-11:30am http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4200
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Introduction to Medline
If you’re doing health science research you need to know how to search in Medline, the premier database for the health sciences. This workshop provides a broad introduction to Medline, including what content is included, the difference between Medline, Pubmed, and OvidSP, and searching using keywords and subject headings (MeSH).
Thursday, July 18, 1-2pm (in Woodward Library)http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4184
Teachers using Twitter in the Classroom
There was an interesting blog post on the “Teaching Channel” yesterday called, “Getting Started with Twitter in the Classroom.” It discussed ways teachers could be gradually introduced to Twitter and how they could eventually incorporate the social media format into classroom activities. Some examples were: having a “PLAYDATE” at the school where teachers could play with the Twitter in a relaxed setting, to “Twitter Tuesdays” where teachers would tweet on behalf of the students on various topics the children are learning about. Gradually the classroom conversation could advance to topics such as what it means to have an online presence and other basics of online interaction.
Read the entire post here: https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/06/20/twitter-in-the-classroom/
Vancouver School District losing students due to high housing costs
From the Vancouver Sun:
“Vancouver’s high cost of housing is being cited as the major reason families are pulling their kids out of schools, a new survey from the Vancouver school board shows.
The purpose of the report is to pinpoint the cause of the Vancouver School District’s declining student enrolments.
In each of the past three years, the district has had a net loss of between 600 and 700 students, the report shows. A typical elementary school in Vancouver has around 300 children.”
Top 10 secondary schools all private & same as last year, according to controversial report
From Vancouver Sun article: 
The controversial Fraser Institute secondary school report released Monday found the same 10 schools — all private — at the top of the list again this year.
But 26 schools in B.C. (out of more than 280) have shown academic improvement over the past year, the report says.
Are you a graduate student conducting research on an education-related topic?
Research Commons’ Event Highlight:
The inaugural meeting of the Graduate Students’ Education Research Network (GSERN)
Are you a graduate student conducting research on an education-related topic? Are you interested in connecting with other researchers across disciplines around your research interests? GSERN aims to bring together education researchers from across campus to:
1) Share and discuss the diversity of education research occurring at UBC;
2) Create a community and network of education researchers who share methodologies, research questions, and perspectives; and
3) Grapple with questions about education research which often reaches across disciplines, epistemological frameworks, and methodologies.
When? Friday, June 7 from 12-1:30pm
Where? Koerner Library, Room 216
How? Register! http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4122
What else? Light refreshments