Scholarly Metrics: Assessing Research Impact
Thursday, April 11th 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. IC Room 120 Scholarly metrics are quantitative methods used to judge or rank the research impact of individual journals, individual journal articles, and an individual researcher’s scholarly impact. The core parameter on which many of these scholarly metrics are based on citation tracking. This workshop provides an overview of […]
Citation Searching: Tracking Research Over Time
Wednesday, April 3rd 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. IC Room 120 Citation searching techniques may be used to expand research, using a network of shared citations to identify new scholarly works related to a known source. Citation searching can also identify how many times and where an article has been cited. Discover how citation searching can be […]
RefWorks 2.0: Write Bibliographies Quickly Using RefWorks
Lake Shore Campus: Klarchek Information Commons IC120 March 21st: 9-10 am March 26th: 12:30-1:30 pm March 28th: 9-10 am Water Tower Campus: Corboy Law Center Room 710 March 21st: 11-12 pm March 25th: 3-4 pm March 27th: 1-2 pm March 28th: 11-12 pm Join us for an informative program on RefWorks, a tool you can […]
Google: Research Tips and Strategies
Monday, March 18th, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm IC 120 Everyone uses Google, but many are unaware of the wide variety of Google’s services and features. The more you know about how Google works, the better it can serve your academic needs. This workshop discusses selected Google features and capabilities, and identifies techniques that can […]
Getting the Best out of JSTOR
Thursday February 28th, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm IC 120 It’s easy to find a lot of articles when searching in JSTOR, but it can be difficult to wade through all those results to find articles that are relevant. This session will cover advanced searching skills, such as proximity operators and relevance boosting, which can […]
Google: Research Tips and Strategies
Wednesday, February 13th, 3:00pm-3:45pm IC 120 Everyone uses Google, but many are unaware of the wide variety of Google’s services and features. The more you know about how Google works, the better it can serve your academic needs. This workshop discusses selected Google features and capabilities, and identifies techniques that can make Google an effective […]