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RefWorks: Citation Management and Bibliography Creation
Tuesday, March 11th 4:00pm
Thursday, March 13th 9:00am
IC Room 120

Join us for an informative program on RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic software that enables you to organize your research, include in-text citations while you write your paper, build a bibliography in a variety of citation styles, and Import references from many data sources. This intro workshop will cover how to set up your account, add your citations, importing and exporting references, and creating bibliographies. Questions may be sent to Kristina Schwoebel at kschwoe@luc.edu.

How To Read: Faster or Slower and Certainly Smarter
Monday, March 10th at 3:45pm
IC Room 120

Reading habits and styles are changing. Academic work continues to require a carefully considered combination of effective skimming and careful in-depth reading. Effective readers employ strategies to organize and retain their reading. Discover strategies and solutions to reading dilemmas by attending this workshop. Questions may be sent to Jane Currie at jcurrie@luc.edu.

Avoiding Plagiarism
Wednesday, February 19, 3:00pm-3:45pm
IC Room 120
Not sure what plagiarism is? Wondering what you can do to avoid plagiarism? This session defines plagiarism, covers strategies for avoiding plagiarism, and introduces practical techniques for using sources correctly. Questions may be sent to Sarah Morris at smorris4@luc.edu.

Presentation Tips and Tricks
Tuesday, February 18th, 4:00pm
Wednesday, February 19th, 10:00am
IC Room 120
This workshop will focus on what to do, or not do, when putting together and preparing for a presentation (PowerPoint, Prezi, or otherwise). Questions may be sent to kschwoe@luc.edu. All classes are approximately 45 minutes long and will take place in the Klarchek Information Commons IC120 unless otherwise noted. All classes are free and open to students, staff and faculty.

JSTOR: Old and New Wednesday, February 5, 3:00pm
Monday, February 10, 1:30pm IC RM 120 JSTOR remains an essential database for finding and accessing journal articles in many disciplines, but did you know that JSTOR has introduced new tools for searching and analyzing the JSTOR corpus? This workshop will teach you how to perform advanced searches in JSTOR and provide an introduction to Data for Research, JSTOR’s new platform for text analysis.

Monday February 3rd – 3:30 p.m.
IC Rm 120

The Journal Impact Factor is the most widely recognized measure of the relative research impact of individual journals. This workshop will include an overview of the Journal Impact Factor, as well as alternate approaches for measuring journal impact, such as the Eigenfactor score, Google Scholar Metrics, and article acceptance rates. Questions may be sent to Stephen Macksey (smackse@luc.edu).