Upcoming Workshops in 2005

Tuesday, August 9, 1:00-2:30pm, Robarts Library, Room 4055
Or, Wednesday, September 7, 1:00-2:30, Robarts Library, Room 4055
Or, Wednesday, September 21, 1:00-2:30, Robarts Library, Room 4055

Are you newly appointed faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Toronto? This session will provide:

• The key to finding the services that you need in the University of Toronto Library system
• An overview of electronic resources and library collections
• Quick tips on searching our databases effectively
• A snapshot of future trends

Time for individual questions will be provided. [Open to Faculty only. Registration required]

For further information and to register contact: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/registration/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Thursday, August 11, 1:30-4:00pm, Robarts Library, Room 4055
Or, Tuesday, August 16, 10:00-12:30pm, Robarts Library, Room 4055

Learn how to research journals online, efficiently and effectively. This workshop will help you:

• Find the right journal indexes for your needs
• Learn how to search the indexes like an expert to find the best articles in less time
• Find the full-text of journal articles online or in print

Hands-on practice time and individual attention will be provided to allow participants to work at their own level, and to focus on their own discipline. All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate Students are welcome. However, please note that the content will focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/registration/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

PAST WORKSHOPS

More, Better, Faster: Advanced Techniques for Searching the Journal Literature (Sciences)

Go beyond keyword searching to get so much more out of the rich scientific and medical journal databases that the U of T licenses. U of T science and medical librarians will share their tips, tricks, and techniques for finding more relevant resources in less time. What You'll Learn: * Keywords -- just one way of searching * Thesaurus searching for more focused results * Searching "packages" of journals and indexes * New developments in citation searching - who's citing whom? * Beyond one-box searches: build your search strategy step by step * Understanding and using field searching * Setting up current awareness services for ongoing research * Tips and tricks from your science librarians * Where and how to get help

[Open to Faculty, and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Advanced Techniques for Searching the Journal Literature in Engineering Disciplines

Wednesday May 4, 2005, 1:00-3:00 pm, Gerstein training lab, 2nd floor, Gerstein Science Information Centre

Go beyond keyword searching to get more out of the rich scientific and technical journal databases that the U of T licenses. U of T engineering librarians will share their tips, tricks, and techniques for finding more relevant resources in less time. What You'll Learn: * Keywords -- just one way of searching * Thesaurus searching for more focused results * Searching "packages" of journals and indexes * New developments in citation searching - who's citing whom? * Beyond one-box searches: build your search strategy step by step * Understanding and using field searching * Setting up current awareness services for ongoing research * Tips and tricks from your engineering librarians* Where and how to get help

[Open to Faculty, and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information contact cris.sewerin@utoronto.ca. To register contact
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Researching Journals Online in Education

Learn how to research journals online, efficiently and effectively. This workshop will help you:

• select and search online periodical indexes to identify journal literature in Education
• find the full text of journal articles online
• search full text journal collections

Hands-on practice time and individual attention will be provided to allow participants to work at their own level, and to focus on their own discipline.

All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate Students are welcome. However, please note that the content will focus on Education.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Researching Journals Online in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Learn how to research journals online, efficiently and effectively. This workshop will help you:

• select and search online periodical indexes to identify journal literature in your field
• find the full text of journal articles online
• search full text journal collections
• take advantage of current awareness services

Hands-on practice time and individual attention will be provided to allow participants to work at their own level, and to focus on their own discipline. All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate Students are welcome.However, please note that the content will focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Advanced Search Techniques for Journal Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences: a Workshop for Faculty & Graduate Students

This workshop will provide hands-on practice of advanced strategies for searching journal indexes. Major topics covered include:

building search strategies with operators (and, or, not, same) to find more articles right on your topic

citation searching with Web of Science, to find out who is citing whom

focusing your search using fields, such as journal title, type of article

using the search history to build your search

using a thesaurus to identify effective search terms Pre-requisite: Experience searching journal indexes. Familiarity with finding journals in print and online at U of T. Or, attendance at the Library’s “Researching Journals Online workshop.” Those wishing a comprehensive overview of researching journals at the University of Toronto should register for “Researching Journals Online.”

All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate Students welcome, but please note the content will focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Meeting the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research

Explore the range of multidisciplinary databases useful for interdisciplinary research, and which subjects are best covered by them. Find out about Scholars Portal Search, which allows you to do a single google-type search of high-quality research databases in a range of databases with easy, free connects to the fulltext of the articles. Learn how to find specialized databases in disciplines that are new to you. Learn strategies for finding articles when the initial yield is too small, and for finding fewer but more relevant articles when your hitlist is too large. Time for hands-on practice and individual questions will be provided. All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate Students are welcome.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Citation Searching

This session will explore the relationships between journal articles and find who has cited whom using the citation retrieval features of the Web of Science/Knowledge. Using the Journal Citation Reports, the impact factor of journals in specific fields will also be discussed.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Web Search Alert: What You Don’t know about Search Engines can Hurt You!

Is Google your favorite search engine? Do you use meta-search engines and other advanced keyword search tools to make light work of your web searching? If so, you don't know what you're missing! Become a more aware consumer of Internet search services by learning the ways that search engines deliver search results. Apply the skills you learn to any new search tool that you encounter. PLUS, learn about the "invisible web" : the hundreds of millions of web pages that search engines don't index, and some great tools for finding them. This session is not for beginners, but for those who already have a list of "favorite" web search engines and meta-engines.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Researching with Online Newspapers: A Workshop for Faculty & Graduate Students

In this workshop we will:

• provide an overview of the online newspapers available to U of T faculty and students
• provide tips on strategies for searching newspaper databases
• provide in depth hands-on practice on the ProQuest and Factiva news databases, major sources for Canadian, U.S., British, and selected International current news.

The focus of this workshop will be on news from the 21st century, and late 20th century. Researchers interested in 19th and earlier 20th century news in English, please sign up for 'Historical News Online' dates TBA.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Historical Newspapers Online

Learn to search:

• The full text of the New York Times online, 1851-
• The full text of the Globe and Mail online, 1844-
• The Index to the Times of London online, 1790-1980

Learn how to find what you need in these Historical newspaper databases, through demonstration and hands-on practice. An overview of other related resources at U of T will also be provided. Please bring a question to research. Please note that this session is for those involved in Historical research. Those interested in current news, please register for ‘Researching with Online Newspapers.’ All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate students are welcome.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

New Faculty Library Orientation: Humanities and Social Sciences

New to the University of Toronto? This hands-on workshop will help you find, and use, the resources and services that you need. Time for hands-on practice and individual questions will be provided.

[Open to Faculty only. Registration required]

For further information and to register go to: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

The Impact of Canadian Copyright Law on your Teaching

(In association with the Office of Teaching Advancement)

It is a common misconception that the latitude given by copyright law for educational uses is significant. In fact, the Canadian Copyright Act provides for a relatively narrow set of exceptions for educational use. This session will address questions relating to Canadian Copyright law as it pertains to your teaching: What materials can I use without permission? How do I obtain the necessary permissions? What materials can I post on my course web site? Can I play music in class? (Attendees at this session will be provided with a copy of the Copyright FAQs for UofT instructors booklet.)

[Open to Faculty only. Registration required] For further information and to register go to: Office of Teaching Advancement 2004-2005 Workshop Series

Slavic & East European Resources Workshops

Introduction to Slavic & East European Resources

Robarts Library, 4th floor, Rm. 4055
Finding what you need in the Slavic and East European field.
· Research strategies for this area of study
· The re-designed Petro Jacyk Central & E. E. Web site
· The “Guide to Slavic and East European Resources”

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register go to: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Improving Undergraduate Research for Greater Academic Integrity and Student Success

(In association with the Office of Teaching Advancement)

Robarts Library, Room 4049
In an information environment dominated by the World Wide Web, today's students are overwhelmed by choices. Knowing how to select appropriate resources and use them effectively, can make the difference between good research, and shoddy scholarship or plagiarism. In this session, faculty and librarians will share their knowledge of the challenges that students face, and look at concrete solutions to enhance student research skills. These will include:

• course-integrated information literacy instruction and online research guides
• exercises for evaluating Web Sites and other information sources
• tips on assignment design
• other resources and services provided by the library
• librarian and faculty collaboration

[For Faculty only. Registration is required]

For further information and to register go to: Office of Teaching Advancement 2004-2005 Workshop Series

Searching Electronic Databases in the Slavic and Eastern European Field

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, 1:00pm – 3:00pm Robarts Library, 4th floor, Rm. 4055
Find full text scholarly articles, search bibliographic indexes, find book reviews. Find out about ABSEES, ArticleFirst, Web of Science (Arts & Humanities & Social Sciences), MLA, ProQuest, Historical Abstracts.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register go to: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Finding News Resources in the Slavic and East European Field

Robarts Library, 4th floor, Rm 4055
Learn about Factiva, World News Connection, Global Newsbank, Columbia International Affairs Online, etc.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register go to: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Tspace: Extending and Enabling Research and Teaching

(In association with the Office of Teaching Advancement)

Robarts Library, 4th floor, Rm. 4055
The presentation will illustrate the process used to design an interactive learning application developed by the Faculty of Medicine to help students learn about the therapeutic principles of pharmacology. The learning models and instructional strategies used to design the online tool will be examined and the results from the peer review evaluation and learning impact study will also be shared. While the "learning object" has been designed to meet specific learning outcomes, it may be used by instructors in a range of related disciplines. This resource has been submitted to a collaborative project of nineteen universities and colleges in Ontario undertaking joint development and sharing of multimedia-rich learning content.

[For faculty only. Registration is required.]

For further information and to register go to: Office of Teaching Advancement 2004-2005 Workshop Series

Using Statistics and Data Resources for Research

UTM Library Lab, South Building Rm 1144 (Enter through the main Library entrance.)

The UTM Library provides access to a vast amount of statistical datasets for researchers from all disciplines. Statistics Canada products such as the Census, CANSIM (social and economic indicators), and national survey data are available from the library. Selected international datasets are also available. This session will provide the participant with information on what resources are available and how they can be accessed using tools such as SPSS, 20/20, and the online statistical packages.

[Open to Faculty only. Registration required]

To register or for further information, go to the UTM Technology Workshops for Faculty page at http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3itl/workshops2.htmland select the Faculty/staff signup form link.

Using GIS/Map Resources in Your Research

UTM Library Lab, South Building Rm 1144 (Enter through the main Library entrance.)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are highly developed mapping tools which allow the user to take tabular data and then visualize in a spatial representation. The UTM Library provides access to a vast amount of geospatial and statistical datasets for researchers from all disciplines. This session will provide the participant with information on what resources are available, how it can be accessed, and how it can be used with GIS tools.

[Open to Faculty only. Registration required]

To register or for further information, go to the UTM Technology Workshops for Faculty page at http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3itl/workshops2.htmland select the Faculty/staff signup form link.

Political Science Resources for your Research

Explore the range of political science resources available for your research. Get the latest information on Scholars Portal Search --offering a single-search, google-like access to millions of scholarly articles, free to university faculty, students and staff. Leverage available strategies for getting the maximum out of a wide range of databases. Investigate the world of government documents. Send your research assistants to this session to ensure they know how and where to get information needed for your research. Time for hands-on practice and individual questions will be provided. Faculty, Graduate Students and Research Assistants welcome.

[Open to Faculty and Graduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

Tools for Researching the Nineteenth Century

Learn to search 19th century monographs, journals and archival collections through the catalogues, databases and primary source collections available to researchers through University of Toronto Libraries. The focus will be on British, American and Canadian primary sources The workshop will consist of demonstrations and hands-on practice. We will focus on the following resources: Gateways to Research Libraries
* World Cat
* RLG

19th Century Bibliography: Periodicals & Monographs
* Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
* Wellesley Index to 19th Century Materials
* 19th Century Masterfile

Ephemera & Government Publications
*Nineteenth Century (Database to the Chadwyck-Healey microfilm set)
*Early Canadiana Online, 1000 - 1900
*BOPCRIS (UK government documents)
*AMICUS (Canadian government documents)

Gateways to Archival Collections
*CAIN (Canada)
*Archeion (Ontario)
*Archon (UK)
*NUCMC/ RLG Catalogue (U.S. archives)

Please bring a research question. All University of Toronto Faculty and Graduate students are welcome. Pre-registration is required. For further information and to register contact: http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/staffdevelopment/library_courses_staff.cfm

ORGANIZING YOUR REFERENCES AND RESEARCH

Citation Management using RefWorks

Learn to import references from databases such as Web of Science, organize a database of citations, add references to a Word document, format a bibliography using different styles. The RefWorks program is available free to the U of T community.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Introduction to RefWorks Citation Manager

This 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.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. No registration is required]

No registration is required. Just show up. For further information see: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/calhums.html

EndNote, Basic

This session will cover the basic features of EndNote 8 for new users, from a variety of methods of adding references to editing and outputting references in various formats.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Reference Manager

This session will cover basic features of Reference Manager 11 for new users, from a variety of methods of adding references to editing and outputting references in a variety of formats.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Introduction to My.Library

A hands-on introduction to the basics of using my.library to create a personal research collection. Topics include adding and annotating library and internet resources, creating and managing folders and customizing my.library.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. No registration is required]

No registration is required. Just show up. For further information see: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/services/ilu/calhums.html

What Every PDA Owner Should Know about Downloading Medical Content

Gerstein Science Information Centre
"One-tap" access to quality medical information on your palmtop computer is of great interest to health care professionals seeking to improve point-of-care services. But how do you select from among the thousands of potentially useful resources? In this fast pace lecture/demo, we'll cover types of medical applications, how they work, some resources for discovering and assessing content, plus some practical advice. This program is suitable for new users of handheld computers who are considering adding medical content applications.

[Open to Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate students. Registration is required]

For further information and to register contact the Gerstein library at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/courses/library_courses.cfm

Journal Research

Citation Searching
Web Searching
Statistics & Data
GIS
Refworks
Endnote
Reference Manager
My.Library