Once you have conducted your database searches and have an archive of records, you need to screen and appraise them. This session introduces you to COVIDENCE, a software solution available at UofT that simplifies this daunting process. After attending this session, you will be able to start working with COVIDENCE to expedite the screening and […]

Participants in this workshop will learn the basics of manipulating, visualizing and analyzing geospatial datasets in Esri's ArcGIS Pro software. Topics covered will include: A tour of ArcGIS Pro; Loading and Manipulating; shapefiles and geodatabases; Symbology; Cartography; Spatial and Attribute Joins; Querying; Summarized Statistics; Subsetting; Clipping; Erasing and Buffering; Geocoding.

The Toronto Data Workshop (TDW) is a weekly hour-long discussion where academia and industry come together to share best practices for the initial data-centric steps in any applied statistics project. Join us at the next TDW with Yun William Yu, Math Department, UofT; UTSC Computer & Mathematical Sciences.   Free Event | Register online to […]

This workshop is an introduction to Esri's web-based story authoring application, ArcGIS Story Maps. Participants will load and create maps, text, images, and other media to create and publish interactive Story Maps. Before the workshop, attendees should visit https://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com to set up an account (use the "ArcGIS Online (University of Toronto) link). A UTORID and […]

This workshop offers a quick introduction to using Zotero, a free, open-source reference management tool. No prior Zotero knowledge is required. By the end of the session, you will be able to: Collect references Organize references using tags, folders, and other features Generate citations and bibliographies Prior to the workshop, please download and install the […]

Ever finish reading an article and realize you can’t remember much of what you just read? You’re not alone, particularly if you spend a lot of time online. Studies show that we read online materials faster and in a way that is more shallow than we read print. Studies also show that mindful meditation can […]

This 60-minute introductory session that will explore current issues in publishing and suggest helpful strategies for navigating the world of scholarly communications and for understanding your rights and responsibilities as an author. This session will provide a primer on: The research and publishing lifecycles The economics of scholarly publishing Understanding a publication agreement: copyright, licensing, […]

This workshop introduces the Gale Digital Scholar Lab, a platform that allows users to discover and create collections of digitized texts from the Gale Historical Collections, run a variety of statistical analyses on them, and visualize the resulting data. Participants will learn how to use the Digital Scholar Lab and get an overview of text […]