Tips and Tricks for Formatting Your Thesis: Little Things Mean A Lot!
Are you worried about getting your thesis/dissertation into the format required by the Faculty of Graduate Studies? Would you like to know more about how to use the formatting features in Microsoft Word? Research Commons staff will help you with your questions about the nuts and bolts of formatting: tables of contents, page layout, numbering, headings, front matter, and more! As well, find out more about the resources that are available to help you in writing your thesis/dissertation. Graduate students at any stage of the writing process are welcome; some prior knowledge of Microsoft Word will be helpful.
Monday, July 7th, 2014 at 12:00PM – 2:00PM
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Citation Management Using RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley
Need to manage large numbers of references and citations as part of your research, teaching or administrative work? Citation management tools are for you. These tools provide a simple way to store, organize and retrieve your citations in an effective manner, and can also help you in formatting in-text citations and bibliographies in your work.
Sign up for a tool specific hands-on workshop about the core concepts of citation management and detailed instruction for use of either RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley.
Citation Management Using Zotero
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 at 4:00PM – 6:00PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4979
Citation Management Using RefWorks
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4980
Citation Management Using Mendeley
Tuesday, July 8th, 9am-11pm
Location: Koerner Library, RM217
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4973
SPSS
Workshop 1- Basic SPSS
Do you wonder what SPSS is and how it can be useful to manage and analyze your data? Would you like to learn how to work with SPSS just by clicking a few keys? Let us help you learn the basics.
No previous knowledge of SPSS is required for the first workshop:
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 at 10:00am – 2:00pm
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4958
Workshop 2- SPSS Data Management
Do you know how to edit your data using effective data management software? Do you want to work with user-friendly software without going through a hassle of writing code? SPSS can do this for you with a few clicks. Attend this workshop and learn how to manage your data fast.
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4959
Workshop 3 – Descriptive/Graphing Analysis with SPSS
Do you have trouble summarizing your data? Do you want to analyze your data with t-test, ANOVA, Pearson-test, etc. using SPSS? Do you have trouble graphing and presenting your data with SPSS? Well, we can help you with all of these questions. Enroll in this workshop and learn how to analyze your data hassle-free!
Thursday, July 17th, 2014 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4960
Workshop 4 – Regression Analysis
Regression analysis is a statistical process for estimating the relationships among variables. We can use regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another. Do you wonder how to do linear and logistic regression analysis with SPSS? Do you want to learn about simple and multivariate regression modeling? Register for the SPSS Regression workshop to get a sense of it all!
Thursday, July 17th, 2014 at 1:00PM – 3:00PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4961
Copyright Workshops and Events
Ongoing Copyright & Course Reserves Drop-in Clinic
Staff from the Scholarly Communications & Copyright Office will be on-hand to help you work through your copyright and library course reserves questions one-on-one. Bring your reading lists, presentation slides, articles, websites, theses and dissertations, or other work you need guidance on. Registration is not required.
Wednesdays, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: The CTLT Resource Room (214), in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Author Rights, Funder Mandates, and Open Access Publishing
Curious about managing copyright in academic publishing, locating funder open access policies, and the different options available for open access publishing? Come to this workshop to learn about these topics and more!
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4898
Copyright and Conference Presentations
This session will provide information on: using copyrighted materials in conference presentations, conference proceedings and prior publication, and copyright basics for conference organizers.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4899
Literature Review Workshop for Grad Students
This session is appropriate for students conducting literature reviews in any discipline.
Topics include
… what is a literature review?
… finding the right databases
… search strategies for databases
… finding scholarly articles, theses and dissertations, books, and more
… resources to help you keep track of your research.
There will be plenty of hands-on time for searching, and assistance from the two presenting librarians.
Monday, July 14th, 2014 at 10:00AM – 12:00PM
http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/4811