Category: Events

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).