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Grad Workshop: Citation Management Using Zotero
Citation Management Using Zotero
- Monday, February 4th, 2013 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM
- Type: Workshop
- Series: Koerner Library Research Commons Series
Graduate Student Workshop Series
Citation Management - Location: RM217
- Koerner Building-Event Facilities & Labs
- Point Grey Campus
- Description: If you 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.
This hands-on workshop introduces briefly the main concepts of citation management and gives detailed instruction for installing and using Zotero, one of the most popular citation management tools.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3866
Grad Workshop: Stay Alert! Keeping Current with Research
- Stay Alert! Keeping Current with Research
- Friday, February 1st, 2013 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM
- Type: Workshop
- Series: Humanities and Social Sciences Workshops
Graduate Student Workshop Series
Koerner Library Research Commons Series
Sciences Workshop Series - Location: RM216
- Koerner Building-Event Facilities & Labs
- Point Grey Campus
- Description: Keeping current with new research in your field can be a challenge. In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies and tools to help you stay up-to-date with the published literature. We’ll cover:
– How to create saved search alerts for new articles and dissertations on your topic
– How to set up Table of Contents alerts for your favourite journals
– How to find out when a key article has been cited by someone else
– How to use social media tools such as blogs and Twitter to hear the buzz around new researchNote: This session is not held in a computer lab – please bring your own laptop to participate in this hands-on session. Laptops are also available for borrowing at Koerner Library circulation desk (subject to availability).
- CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/13c88f81942105a7
Presenting Oliver Jeffers!
The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable, a group dedicated to supporting the children’s literature community of Vancouver is proud to host renowned picture book artist Oliver Jeffers at the University Golf Club on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Please click on the poster to enlarge, click here to register for this event!
Reducing math anxiety in female teachers found to raise girls’ math scores
“An interesting discussion paper suggests that for female students in primary school, the gender of a teacher may matter when it comes to learning math. Women math teachers with a strong background in the subject led to approximately a 3 per cent increase in math scores for girls.”
Read the rest of the article by SIMONA CHIOSE in The Globe and Mail
Education Faculty Animal Charities 2nd hand book sale Wednesday, January 23rd
50 cents for paperback and $1.00 for hard covers!
