This workshop provides an introduction to using SPSS to perform common data management and basic statistical analysis tasks. Participants 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, but participants will be provided with suggested resources […]
Project Jupyter is a non-profit, open-source project that supports interactive data science and scientific computing across programming languages. This session will provide a basic overview of Jupyter, the use of Jupyter Notebooks and Labs to create interactive computing environments and introduce the resources available through SciNet to support JupyterHub notebook sessions. The session will explore […]
Part 3: Going Grey and Supplementary Search Techniques Audience: University of Toronto graduate students and faculty engaged in health science research. UTORids will be required to participate. (if you are affiliated with UofT but do not know your UTORid, email: kaitlin.fullerutoronto.ca) **Please register using an UofT email address eg. @utoronto.ca or @mail.utoronto.ca** Date: Wednesday, February […]
Join us and bring your best ideas! • What would your ideal research environment be (on your campus, in your department) and how do we build it? • If you dreamt of all you wanted to do … • If you thought of your graduate students and what they could do … • If you […]
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 […]
This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Makerspace. Facilitators: Adriana Sgro, Library Technician Reference & Makerspace Assistant | User Services, University of Toronto Scarborough Library Learn the basics for creating a Stop Motion video using Stop Motion Studio app and a mobile phone or tablet. At the […]
The Undergraduate Research Forum 2021 will be held virtually on April 6th, 2021. Please join us at this information sessions if you have questions or need more information. Zoom Registration Link Event details: In order to showcase the research and talent of UTSC students, we have introduced a new modified online version of the Forum […]
This 90-minute session covers a wide range of issues pertaining to using images (charts, maps, photographs, statistics) beyond teaching and study. The session will introduce required image and file specifications, ethical considerations in research, current publishing requirements in the humanities versus sciences concerning images, and the copyright complexities when using your own images from on […]
A network is a way of specifying relationships among a collection of entities. Networks come up in a variety of situations; for example, they can describe relationships between characters in literary works, how authors cite each other in a particular discipline or how people interact on social media. Through a combination of lecture and activities, […]
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 […]
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. […]
Whether you are on the edge of a new industry to looking to enter an established sector, you need to quantify and understand the industry players, segments, and size. This workshop introduces you to existing sources of industry information such as market research reports and trade journals, as well as provides strategies to help you […]
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 […]
