Screening for studies in systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and other knowledge syntheses: Strategies for improvement

Have you ever experienced challenges when screening for studies in a systematic review, a scoping review, or other knowledge synthesis study? Join this session to learn strategies on improving your screening process and working better on a review team. Learning Objectives In this session, participants will be able to: • Recognize the importance of alignment when screening using the eligibility criteria developed in the protocol phase. • Understand the importance of asking clarifying questions with the PI and review members to perform better screening. • Describe the characteristics […]

Literature Synthesis Part 1: Systematic & Scoping Review Basics

Should you do a systematic or a scoping review? What is the difference? How do you start? After attending this session, you will be able to answer these questions – and more – making it easier to plan your knowledge synthesis project. Learning outcomes: distinguish between the features of, and workflows in, different types of […]

The S. J. V. Chelvanayakam Fonds at the UTSC Library Archives: Virtual Launch Webinar

Please join us for a free online public webinar celebrating the launch of the S. J. V. Chelvanayakam archive. The webinar will bring together international scholars and researchers who will speak about the Chelvanayakam archive, colonial and postcolonial history, justice and law, historical memory, and the significance of digital archives in the modern world. This […]

Black History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. It is part of the library's Part of ongoing Black History Month Wikipedia-a-Thon. Join us to edit pages in Wikipedia for Black History Month! Facilitators are on-site to help you through all aspects of the research and editing process. A […]

Shut Up and Write (Weekly Winter sessions) Innis Edition

Having trouble with finding the time and motivation to write? Need a jumpstart to focus on writing for your assignment, screenplay, short story, cover letter, or grant application? Shut Up and Write is a chance for academic and creative writers within the UofT community to write productively in a communal setting. The drop-in sessions will […]

Open Education Week Event

This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Library. It is part of the library's Digital Scholarship @UTSC Series. Facilitators: Kirsta Stapelfeldt, Coordinator, Digital Scholarship Unit, University of Toronto Scarborough Library Sarah Forbes, Liaison Librarian, Scholarly Communication Librarian Sarah Shujah, Liaison Librarian & Entrepreneurship Librarian | The BRIDGE, University […]

Tinkercad Basics

This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Makerspace. It is part of the library's Maker Monday Series. Facilitators: Adriana Sgro, Library Technician Reference & Makerspace Assistant | User Services, University of Toronto Scarborough Library An overview of a free 3D design program. Tinkercad is a powerful, yet […]

Shut Up and Write (Weekly Winter sessions)

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. […]

Theses: Writing, Finding, Obtaining and Using Graduate Theses

This session is focused on the existing resources for writing, publishing, finding, obtaining and using theses produced nationally and internationally for your research. The focus is primarily on the humanities, although several generic theses resources include humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Resources at the University of Toronto, in addition, to other resources in Canada, […]

Getting Started with LibrarySearch

Curious about the new LibrarySearch? Drop-in to our crash orientation to learn how to get started! We’ll show you how to search, manage your results, and access PDFs of articles and books. There will be time at the end, so bring your questions. Register for one of these times : Mar 1, 4:00pm – 4:30pm […]

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