Library and Internet Skills

Humanities and Social Sciences Class Descriptions

This page provides a list of classes available through Robarts Library.

Finding Books, Journals, and News:

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Location for all classes: Room 4055, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St. No advanced registration is required for any class.
For self-study guides look under “How to Find...” on the Library and Internet Skills home page.

Tours

Tours of Robarts Library are available by appointment only every Wednesday from January to March from 1:10-2:00pm. To book a tour contact Gabriela Bravo at (416) 978-7644.

All tours meet at the Information Desk on the 1st floor of Robarts Library.

Finding Books and Journals

What are you looking for? Books!

Search the Library Catalogue. Finding humanities and social sciences books in the library.  A hands-on introduction to using the new online U of T Catalogue effectively. Prerequisite: basic keyboarding skills. Length: 80 minutes.
Location: Robarts Library, Room 4055.

Dates:

  • Tuesday May 17 3:30-5:00pm
  • Tuesday June 7 4:10-5:30pm
  • Tuesday July 12 4:10-5:30pm

What are you looking for? Journal Articles!

Finding journal articles in the humanities and social sciences using online indexes. A hands-on introduction to finding journal articles using online indexes. Prerequisite: basic keyboarding skills.
Location: Robarts Library, Room 4055. Length: 80 minutes.

Dates:

  • Wednesday January 18 3:30-5:00pm
  • Wednesday June 8 3:10-4:30pm
  • Wednesday July 13 4:10-5:30pm

Introduction to RefWorks Citation Manager

Having trouble managing all of the citations for your research? Looking for a better way to work with citations? Citation styles have you pulling out your hair? RefWorks is an online bibliographic management utility that is available free of charge to Faculty and Students of the University of Toronto. This 80 minute session covers topics such as setting up your account, importing citations from databases and from library catalogues, automatically integrating your bibliographies into your papers and automatically generating reference lists in the citation format of your choice.
Location: Room 4055. Length: 80 Minutes

Dates:

  • Thursday May 19 4:10-5:30pm
  • Thursday June 9 4:10-5:30pm
  • Thursday July 13 4:10-5:30pm

For self-study guides look under “How to Find...” on the Library and Internet Skills home page.


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