Primary sources are especially important for historians as they provide first-hand evidence for historical events and issues. Government information, which can span over decades if not centuries, offers primary and often detailed evidence on almost every topic in history. For example, you can find different perspectives of world events from documents issued by different national […]
Research and Writing Seminars: Develop Your Scholarly Voice. Each session in this suite of four interactive seminars integrates the learning of academic research and writing skills and is taught by a librarian in collaboration with a writing instructor. The goal of each seminar is to help you develop your own voice as an emerging scholar by […]
This workshop will include a presentation about research ethics in social sciences, humanities, and education, with opportunities for questions and discussion. Faculty members, graduate students, and staff are invited to attend.
In an ideal world, any data you collect or obtain would be clean and formatted perfectly for analysis and visualization. But the reality is that data can be really messy! Cleaning and reformatting your data can be a time-consuming and tedious task, but there are ways to speed things up and automate repetitive tasks. OpenRefine […]
Having trouble with finding the time and motivation to write? Shut Up and Write is a chance for academic writers within the UofT community to write productively in a communal setting. The drop-in sessions will follow the Pomodoro technique where there will be a sequence of short sprints of writing with a few breaks in […]
Come and explore the declassified secrets of government information collections related to national security, foreign affairs and policy. We will also discuss best practices for Access to Information/Freedom of Information requests and helpful tricks for tracking down elusive government, information, including electronic content recently removed from government websites. Location: Map & Data Library (Robarts Library […]
Workshops will include a presentation about research ethics in the health sciences with opportunities for questions and discussion. Faculty members, graduate students, and staff are invited to attend.
When: Thursday February 6, 2020, 4-6pm Location: Library Makerspace, UTSC Library, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4 Instructors: Elizabeth O'Brien, Makerspace Librarian, UTSC; Sarah Shujah, Liaison Librarian & Entrepreneurship Librarian, UTSC; Vania Sakelaris, Principal Vas & Associates & The Hub Mentor Calling women entrepreneurs and other women who are interested in learning more about the entrepreneurship […]
This workshop provides an introduction to using SPSS to perform common data management and basic statistical analysis tasks. Participants will work through hands-on exercises in SPSS, and will learn to import spreadsheets, manage and edit data, create charts and other visualizations, and run descriptive statistical tests. Note: this workshop will not cover advanced statistical concepts, […]
The Research & Innovation Dashboards enable self-service data analysis for data-informed decision making, and the Functional User Group - our FUG - is at the heart of this dashboards project! Join us at this 2020 Kickoff session for an update on the project, what we're planning for 2020, and a demo of what's in the hopper […]
Audience: Graduate students engaged in humanities and social sciences research; upper-year undergraduates may also be interested. Location: Robarts Library, 4th floor e-classroom Explore search strategies and find the literature you need in this hands-on workshop. Bring your own research topic (at any stage) or practice on our sample topics. The workshop will include: Identifying different […]
