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One Stop Information — Searching the UBC Library
10:00-10:30a.m. Wed. July 25 Scarfe 155
3:00-3:30 p.m. Friday July 27 Scarfe 155
Need a refresher about searching for research resources? Learn more about the UBC Library and how to find relevant books, e-books, book chapters, scholarly articles, theses & dissertations, government documents and more all from a single search box.
Get Organized to Manage Your Research
10:30-11:00 am Wed. July 25 Scarfe 155
3:30-4:00 p.m. Friday July 27 Scarfe 155
Managing your research begins with knowing where to search, how to save, name, store, and organize your resources. Useful advice will be offered together with references about academic writing will be shared.
Getting Published—Sources and Resources
3:00-3:30 p.m. Friday July 20, July 27 Scarfe 155
Want to get an article published? Learn how to find potential journals for your work. Find out about Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities, Ulrich’s Periodical Directory, Directory of Open Access Journals, and browse UBC online journals and indexes and databases and use Summon to explore articles published in our UBC Library journals.
cIRcle UBC’s Institutional Repository
3:30–4:00 p.m. Friday July 20, July 27 Scarfe 155
All you want to know about cIRcle our UBC Institutional Repository! Would you like to have your academic work searched by Google Scholar? Or have your work archived in the UBC Library? Then come to this session to find out what cIRcle is, what it contains, how you can contribute and what permissions are required to submit your presentations, articles and reports.
Zotero 101
10:00-10:30 a.m. Tuesday July 24 Scarfe 155
What can bibliographic citation management software do? Which program should I use? Learn about Zotero a free open source citation management tool. Bring your laptops (optional) & your questions.