Develop practical knowledge and search skills for library research in Education. This session is offered both in person (BL2034) and online via Zoom. Learn about the different types of information resources specific to Education, how they can be located, and the effective use of search tools in Education.

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712253

During this 90 minute online session, we will introduce you to a variety of research strategies and library tools, to help you succeed with graduate level research at Lakehead University.

By the end of this session, you will be familiar with:

• selecting databases
• OMNI and Interlibrary loan options
• Zotero Citation Manager
• free research tools (Unpaywall, Lazy Scholar)
• Google Scholar - pros and cons
• Lakehead Knowledge Commons and finding theses and dissertations
• copyright - some things to keep in mind

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3711264

This session will be an introduction to conducting research on Indigenous topics. We will look at research strategies that help identify useful books and journal articles, as well as a review of pertinent primary source material. This workshop can be beneficial to all Lakehead University students regardless of academic discipline, in recognition of the university’s Indigenous Content Requirement (ICR). It will also be of great benefit to those majoring in Indigenous curriculum.

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712246

Zotero is a free and convenient tool that can be used to help you manage information for your research, insert citations into your writing and easily create bibliographies. This session will provide an overview of how Zotero can support your work throughout the research process, with hands-on opportunities to practice using the tool.

After attending this workshop, you will have learned how to:

• save time with the research process
• create better citations and bibliographies
• organize all the books / articles you find during the research process
• use advanced features in Zotero

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712186

Develop practical knowledge and search skills for library research in Education. This session is offered both in person (BL 2036) and online with Zoom. Learn about the different types of information resources specific to Education, how they can be located, and the effective use of search tools in Education.

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712258

Citing sources is more than knowing how to format your references, it is about understanding academic integrity and understanding how you can be a part of the scholarly conversation. In this session, we will share some best practices for acknowledging the work of others in your work and help you to understand the importance of citing properly.

By attending this workshop you will:

• understand academic integrity
• become more familiar with acknowledging the work of others

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712544

How can we create reliable, permanent copies of social media, websites, and other documents only found online? This one-hour workshop explores tools you can use yourself, and how you can make use of web archiving projects worldwide, to carry out research, or to preserve copies of ephemeral digital material to be studied or referenced. (Chrome browser recommended.)

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712223

As more publishers and funders, including the Tri-Council of Canada, introduce research data management requirements, it is a good time to get up to speed. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of Data Management Plans (DMP) and open data deposit.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Describe what a Data Management Plan (DMP) is, as well as a data repository.
• Understand how to access DMP Assistant and see DMP examples from various disciplines, Lakehead Dataverse, and the Federated Research Data Repository.

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712575

Conducting a scoping or systematic review or an advanced literature search? Let us introduce you to a few tools in your toolbox that will help automate parts of the literature search process. Participants are encouraged to follow along on their own computers. Example topics and files will be provided.

During this session you will learn:

• About tools to help improve your database searching
• The usefulness of subject terms/controlled vocabulary
• How to conduct backward and forward citation searches
• Ways to translate search strategies from one database to another

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712277

Develop practical knowledge and search skills for library research in Education. This session will be offered both in person (BL 2034) and online by Zoom. Learn about the different types of information resources specific to Education, how they can be located, and the effective use of search tools in Education.

Register: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3712265