Other Grey Literature

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 [...]

Getting Started with Library Database APIs

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 [...]

Introduction to Infographics

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 [...]

Getting Started with Python in ArcGIS Desktop

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 [...]

Research and Writing Seminar: Literature Reviews

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 [...]

Shut Up and Write (Weekly 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 [...]

Finding Canadian Statistics

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 [...]

ArcGIS Online: An Introduction

This session occurs at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus and is part of the Digital Scholarship @UTSC Series. Come discover, analyze and learn the basics of online mapping and GIS. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to accessing, [...]

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