When: Tuesday February 11, 2020, 3-4pm Location: AC286A, UTSC Library, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4 Instructor: Mariana Jardim, Management Liaison Librarian, UTSC For students of all disciplines interested in learning more about researching companies and finding competitor information. Includes an overview of subscription databases and publicly available resources for company research. You’ll learn how to: […]

Learn how to safely operate the Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printers. You must complete this safety training session before you can use our 3D printers. 3D Printing Safety Training Date: Tuesday, February 11 5:10pm - 6:00pm Location: MADLab, Gerstein Science Information Centre, 1 Below, room B112 Presenters: Erica Lenton, Gerstein Librarian & Mike Spears, MADLab Manager What's Covered:  […]

This session will be delivered in French. We are pleased to invite the University of Toronto research community to learn more about the new Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration (TAGFA) that will be coming into effect on April 1, 2020 by participating in one of the four webinars being offered by the Tri-Agencies in February. […]

Grey literature is often well-researched and can offer different perspectives from standard academic articles. In this session, we will introduce strategies for finding grey literature such as: theses and dissertations, conference papers, preprint articles, technical or research reports, materials from think tanks, advocacy groups, institutional repositories and public interest groups.   Location: Map & Data Library […]

We are pleased to invite the University of Toronto research community to learn more about the new Tri-Agency Guide on Financial Administration (TAGFA) that will be coming into effect on April 1, 2020 by participating in one of the four webinars being offered by the Tri-Agencies in February. The webinar is open to all who […]

This session occurs at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus and is part of the Digital Scholarship @UTSC Series. Many scholarly publishers, databases, and products offer APIs to allow users with programming skills to more powerfully extract data to serve a variety of research purposes. Come learn about APIs and how you might employ them […]

Infographics are a specific type of data visualization that uses a mix of data, visuals, and text to inform or persuade. They are common in marketing and social media, but are becoming more popular as a way to attract and engage with audiences to share your message. They can be used to promote yourself and […]

This workshop introduces the student to Python programming using the arcpy site package for ArcGIS Desktop. Learn how to use ArcToolBox geoprocessing tools to clip and project data. Use a for loop and if statement for geoprocessing. Run standalone python programs. NOTE: Attendees must have a working knowledge of ArcMAP 10.x and ArcToolBox.

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 […]

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 sessions will follow the Pomodoro technique where there will be a sequence of short sprints of writing with a few breaks in between. […]

This workshop will introduce you to sources of Canadian statistics, with a focus on tools for discovering Statistics Canada data, including Data Tables (formerly known as CANSIM), the CHASS Census Analyser, and the Map & Data Library catalogue. It will cover search strategies and techniques and allow hands-on time for exploring and discovering data of […]