August 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday 1 2 Indicates Online Workshop MSU 7 Libraries offer a wide variety of free 8 workshops on topics ranging from 9 using research tools, copyright, data management, software applications (Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, etc.), emerging technologies, etc. and are presented by our expert faculty and professional staff. The workshops found in this catalog represent the workshops being offered at specified times during the Spring semester. We are also available to teach these workshops to small groups and/or tailor a workshop to fit within yourcurriculum. For more information, visit our workshops website at http://library.msstate.edu/workshops 14 15 16 21 22 Introduction to EndNote 10-11 AM 23 PowerPoint Essentials 28 29 Google Maps 10-11:30 AM 30 OneNote Essentials Demystifying the Dissertation Process
Thursday Friday Saturday 3 4 HOW 5 TO USE YOUR LIBRARY 10 11 These hands-on sessions cover the basics of finding books and journals in the Mississippi State University Libraries. All sessions last approximately one hour and are held in one of the computer classrooms on the 12 first floor of the Mitchell Memorial Library. Contact us to schedule one of these orientation sessions for your class, club or group! http://library.msstate.edu/request-instruction 17 Thesis and Dissertation Formatting using Automated Templates 9-11 AM 18 19 24 Excel Essentials 11 AM-12:30 PM Introduction to Mendeley 1-2 PM 25 26 Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Templates 1-3 PM Research Readiness for Graduate Students 4-5 PM 31 Photoshop Essentials 9:30-11 AM
September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Indicates Online Workshop 4 Labor Day Holiday 5 6 Conference Poster Design: Using Microsoft Publisher 11AM-12 PM 3-4:30 PM Crafting the Winning Curriculum Vitae Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Templates 10 AM -12PM 11 Introduction to Mendeley 4-5 PM Publishing 101: Navigating the Academic Publishing Process 4-5 PM 12 Research Readiness for Graduate Students 4-5 PM 13 18 Avoiding Plagiarism: Tips and Strategies for Graduate Students 19 Presentation Development & Delivery 12-1 PM 20 Excel Formulas 11 AM-12 PM Using Copyrighted Content in Instruction, Research, and Assignments: How to Minimize Your Risk Through Smart Decisions 25 26 Illustrator Essentials 11:30 AM-1 PM 27 Getting Started with 3D Printing 1-2 PM
Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 7 Excel Charts 12-1 PM Using APA Citation Style 10-11 AM 8 9 Developing a Literature Review: An Overview for Graduate Students 14 15 Introduction to Mendeley 11AM-12 PM 16 21 InDesign Essentials 10-11:30 AM Keeping It Honest: Avoiding Plagiarism in Your Papers 10-11 AM Power Up Your Research Productivity With Scopus 28 Introduction to Zotero 10-11 AM Thesis and Dissertation Formatting 9-11 AM 22 29 Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro 11 AM-12:30 PM ArcGIS 9-10:30 AM 23 30 Thesis and Dissertation Formatting 1-3 PM
October 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday 2 3 Tools and Strategies for 4 Critically Evaluating Fake News 12-1 PM 9 10 Google Maps 10-11:30 AM Publishing 101: Navigating the Academic Publishing Process Thesis and Dissertation Formatting 1-3 PM 11 Presentation Development & Delivery 16 Using Research Metrics to Tell Your Story 17 Introduction to Data Services with ICPSR 10-11AM 18 Excel & PDF: Creating Forms 11:30-1 PM Advanced EndNote 11-12 PM 23 Developing a Literature Review: An Overview for Graduate Students Tools and Strategies for Critically Evaluating Fake News 4-5 PM 24 Conference Poster Design: Using Microsoft Publisher 11-12:30 PM Improving Your Research Productivity 25 Drawing Attention to Your Scholarship: Open Access Publishing and MSU s Institutional Repository 30 31 Conference Poster Design: Adobe InDesign Online 11-12 AM 2:30-4 PM Indicates Online Workshop
Thursday Friday Saturday 5 6 7 Fall Break 12 Google SketchUp: An Introduction 3-4:30 PM 13 14 19 5 Things to Know About OER 10-11 AM Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro 2:30-4 PM Avoiding Plagiarism: Tips and Strategies for Graduate Students Thesis and Dissertation Formatting 6-8 PM 20 Excel Charts 12-1 PM Who s Citing You? Tracking the Impact of Your Research 1-2 PM 21 26 Excel Formulas 12-1 PM 3:30-4:30 PM 27 28 Introduction to Mendeley 11-12 PM
November 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday 1 ArcGIS 12:30-2 PM Indicates Online Workshop Improving Your Research Productivity 6 7 Who s Citing You? Tracking the Impact of Your Research 3:30-4:30 PM Using the DMPTool to Create a Plan for Managing Your Data 4-5 PM 8 13 14 Introduction to Mendeley 15 INSTRUCTION AT A DISTANCE Teaching an online class? We can design a session for your online or distance class. Whether it s an introduction to the research process and library resources or an online version of one of our workshops, we can arrange a session to fit your class needs. We can also design an online resource page for your class that draws upon library and Internet research materials. For more information or to request a session or page, please contact the Graduate Student Services Department at (662) 325-0810, the Digital Media Center at (662) 325-8867, or Research Services at (662) 325-3834. Follow Us @msulibrary @msu_libraries msstatelibraries Register for workshops @ http://msstate.libcal.com
Thursday Friday Saturday 2 Developing a Literature Review: An Overview for Graduate Students 3 4 9 Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro 11:30-1 PM 10 Search PubMed Efficiently 11-12 PM 11
Workshop Descriptions 5 Things to Know About OER Adobe Illustrator Essentials Advanced EndNote ArcGIS Are you concerned about rising textbook costs and the impact it is having on your students success? In this workshop, you will be introduced to Open Educational Resources (OER), including what they are, why they exist, and how to incorporate them into your classroom. Illustrator Essentials is for those with little or no experience in Illustrator, or those who have a basic knowledge of the program. We start with the absolute essentials! For current EndNote users. Learn how to organize your library with Smart Groups, search and import references from within EndNote, edit bibliographic citation styles, and use advanced Cite While You Write features. Learn the basic tools of creating a map with ArcGIS. Visualizing and managing geographic data is possible with just a few clicks of the mouse. Avoiding Plagiarism: Tips and Strategies for Graduate Students This workshop will define and discuss plagiarism. The session will include strategies and research best practices for avoiding plagiarism in your scholarly writing. A Survival Skills for Graduate Students workshop. Conference Poster Design: Adobe InDesign This online class will get you through start to finish with the skills you need to create a professional conference poster using Adobe InDesign. Conference Poster Design: Using Microsoft Publisher Crafting the Winning Curriculum Vitae This hands-on class will get you through start to finish with the skills you need to create a professional conference poster using Microsoft Publisher. The curriculum vitae (CV) is the document most often used during the academic job search and throughout an academic career. This workshop will provide strategies for developing a professional CV. A Survival Skills for Graduate Students workshop.
Demystifying the Dissertation Process Developing a Literature Review: An Overview for Graduate Students Drawing Repository Attention to Your Scholarship: Open Access Publishing and MSU s Institutional Excel & PDF: Creating Forms From proposal to defense, this workshop provides strategies for starting and completing your thesis or dissertation. A Survival Skills for Graduate Students workshop. In this workshop, we ll cover the basics of how to structure and write a literature review, with a focus on the thesis or dissertation review. A Survival Skills for Graduate Students workshop. Learn how and why scholars benefit both from publishing in open access (OA) journals and from depositing their research, data, and creative works in their institution s digital repository. You will learn how to identify reputable OA journals and why you should preserve your scholarship in MSU s Institutional Repository. This workshop will teach you how to create a form in Excel and Adobe Acobat that allows others to fill electronically. Excel Charts This workshop will show you how to turn your excel data in to professional chart. Excel Essentials This workshop is an introduction to the basic applications of Excel. In this workshop,you will learn about spreadsheets, workbooks, cells, columns, rows, formatting cells and simple calculations. If you are a beginner to Excel this workshop is perfect for you! Excel Formulas This workshop will show you how the most commonly used Excel formulas work. Getting Started with 3D Printing Google Maps Google SketchUp: An Introduction Come learn how to find, design, and print 3D objects. This workshop will cover the software available, some guides on how to get started, and how the MakerBot Replicator 2 makes your designs reality. This workshop is an introduction to the basic functions of Google Maps. You will learn how to create your own maps with photos and links, use tabular data to plot points, and share your maps with others. Google SketchUp is a powerful yet user-friendly 3D modeling program. Come see what makes this program ideal for novice 3D designers and how you can even create a 3D model for printing!
Illustrator Essentials Improving Your Research Productivity InDesign Essentials Introduction to Data Services with ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) Introduction to EndNote Introduction to Mendeley Introduction to Zotero Keeping It Honest: Avoiding Plagiarism in Your Papers OneNote Essentials Photoshop Essentials Illustrator Essentials is for those with little or no experience in Illustrator, or those who have a basic knowledge of the program. We start with the absolute essentials! Want to make the most of your research time? This workshop provides strategies that can improve the quality and the quantity of your research. A Practical Professor workshop. Learn to use the basics of InDesign to create documents that require precise layout and creative control, such as handouts, newsletters, posters, brochures, manuscripts or books. Basics such as inserting text, adding pictures, add new pages, new color swatches and formatting will be covered. ICPSR stores, curates, maintains and provides access to a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. This workshop will provide a brief introduction to what kind of data sets ICPSR has and how they can be accessed and used. For new and potential users. Learn the basics of EndNote, including how to create your own personal research library, import references and full text PDFs from databases, and add in-text citations and bibliographies to your Word documents with Cite While You Write. Mendeley is a citation manager created to integrate seamlessly with Scopus and ScienceDirect, though it works with other databases as well. Students, faculty, and staff have access to Mendeley Institutional Edition. Learn how to build a searchable database for your references, and then how to use the plug-in to cite as you write. Zotero is a free cloud-based citation management system that captures journal articles, books, webpages, and newspaper articles, to seamlessly save them for citations and bibliographies. It comes with a MS Word plug-in to easily manage citations while writing. This workshop offers practical steps, from beginning your research to finalizing your citations and reference page, to keep your papers plagiarism-free! Learn OneNote, a program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It gathers users notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other One Note users via the Internet or network. In this workshop learn basic adjustments, how to make edits and retouches (such as editing facial blemishes,and removing unwanted objects from the background). Patrons will also learn how to make selections from their photos, work with layers, and make duplicate layer.
Power Up Your Research Productivity With Scopus PowerPoint Essentials Presentation Development & Delivery Publishing 101: Navigating the Academic Publishing Process Research Readiness for Graduate Students Search PubMed Efficiently Thesis and Dissertation Formatting using Automated Templates Tools and Strategies for Critically Evaluating Fake News This workshop provides an introduction to the powerful research database Scopus. Strategies for customizing search results and evaluating research will be included in the session. A Practical Professor workshop. This workshop introduces how to create a presentation using PowerPoint. Learn how to insert slides, apply transitions, and animations. You will also learn how to insert images, charts, music, video files and YouTube video. In this workshop you will learn how to develop and deliver a professional presentation no matter what presentation software you choose. You will learn the dos and donts of design and how to present yourself as a professional. This workshop provides an introduction to the academic publishing process. Topics covered include journal selection, submission strategies, managing the relationship with editors and reviewers, and publishing best practices. A Survival Skills for Graduate Students workshop. This workshop will cover everything from scheduling a consultation to finding theses/dissertations for your field to discovering how long you can keep that book you just checked out. Come explore your library and discover all the ways we are here to help! PubMed, a database produced by the National Library of Medicine, is a comprehensive resource for searching the scientific literature, particularly related to life sciences. In this one-hour workshop, you will learn the essentials about PubMed and the techniques of conducting more effective searches using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). This workshop, you will learn to format your document using Microsoft Word automated templates. These templates were designed to help you organize and format your document with minimal effort so that your focus can be content. This workshop aims to equip participants with tools to recognize, avoid, and combat misinformation, including fake news, false news, media bias, and confirmation bias. With various resources and fact-checkers available online, you will learn strategies to distinguish fake from fact! Using American Psychological Association (APA) Citation Style Learn the ins and outs of citing sources and building reference lists using the 6th edition of the APA Style Guide. Using Copyrighted Content in Instruction, Research, and Assignments: How to Minimize Your Risk Through Smart Decisions This workshop touches on copyright basics but delves more deeply into fair use--an exception in U.S. copyright law that is complex but essential to smart decision-making about using protected content. Questions, scenarios, and discussion encouraged!
Using Research Metrics to Tell Your Story Using the DMPTool to Create a Plan for Managing Your Data Improving Your Research Productivity Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro Who s Citing You? Tracking the Impact of Your Research How do you use research and bibliometric measures to convey the impact of your research? This session will discuss some common measures available and provide an overview of locally available tools. A Practical Professor workshop. This workshop will provide an overview of data management plans and how the DMPTool guides you through the process of creating one. Want to make the most of your research time? This workshop provides strategies that can improve the quality and the quantity of your research. A Practical Professor workshop. In this workshop you will learn the essentials of how to edit video clips using Adobe Premiere Pro. This timelinebased video editing software makes it easy to edit clips, add transitions, and overlay text to create a professionallevel video. Do you know your H-index? How do you manage your research profile on social media? This session will provide steps to assist the 21st century researcher as they manage their online research persona. A Practical Professor workshop.
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