During this 60 minute 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 (Connected Papers & others)
• Google Scholar - pros and cons
• Lakehead Knowledge Commons & finding theses and dissertations

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3925960

Bring your questions, frustrations, examples to this session on advanced search skills. We will share our tips for effective database searching. Whether you are wondering how you could have done it better, you are in the middle of an extensive literature search or you are planning to research an in-depth topic, this session can help.

The focus will be on searching health sciences databases including CINAHL, PsycInfo, PubMed/Medline and Embase.

Participants will learn about:

• search syntax
• subject headings
• field searching
• saving results and search strategies
• translating strategies across databases

This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3931197

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 use Zotero to:

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

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3925959

Bring your questions, frustrations, examples to this session on advanced search skills. We will share our tips for effective database searching. Whether you are wondering how you could have done it better, you are in the middle of an extensive literature search or you are planning to research an in-depth topic, this session can help.

The focus will be on searching health sciences databases including CINAHL, PsycInfo, PubMed/Medline and Embase.

Participants will learn about:

• search syntax
• subject headings
• field searching
• saving results and search strategies
• translating strategies across databases

Note: This is a drop-in session (no need to register) that will be held in-person in our computer lab (LI-1003). Use one of our computers or bring your own.

This workshop will introduce you to Lakehead's OMNI search system, and other resource tools which will help fulfill your research needs at Lakehead University.

After attending this workshop, you will be able to:

• find books on your topic, and request books from other Ontario universities
• find peer reviewed scholarly articles
• seek further assistance from the library

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3925957

For anyone doing internet-based research. How can we create reliable, permanent copies of social media, websites, and other documents only found online? This 1-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.)

By attending this workshop you will:

• understand the challenges of preserving digital material on the web;
• know how to use and contribute to Internet Archive collections;
• explore other free tools to preserve social media content for later reference.

This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3916864

This workshop will cover the importance of literature reviews in the research cycle and discuss the following:

• selecting a topic
• finding relevant sources using library databases
• evaluating and assessing the research
• structuring your Literature Review
• organizing your research using software like Zotero or Mendeley

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3932963

This workshop will cover the importance of literature reviews in the research cycle and discuss the following:

• selecting a topic
• finding relevant sources using library databases
• evaluating and assessing the research
• structuring your Literature Review
• organizing your research using software like Zotero or Mendeley

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3932963

Systematic reviews, unlike other types of literature reviews, follow a structured and predefined process. In this session, we will walk you through the steps of a systematic review, focusing on preparing for your systematic review, identifying key sources of research and developing detailed search strategies. Learn how librarians can support you in conducting a systematic review.

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

• distinguish a systematic review from other types of literature reviews
• identify the steps to conducting a systematic review
• recognize tools and resource to aid in your review

This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to your after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3931132

Open access (OA) is imperative for ensuring free and unrestricted access to scientific knowledge. It can help increase the visibility of research and improve the impact and citation of researchers. Funding agencies (e.g., Tri-Council) are now requiring that research funded by them should be published OA, either through OA journals or post-prints deposit in institutional repositories. This makes OA publishing a pivotal part of the research cycle for Lakehead University faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate student researchers.

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

understand OA publishing routes
identify the pros and cons of OA publishing
understand how to retain copyright while publishing in non-OA journals (if necessary)
identify resources available for publishing OA, article processing charges waivers and discounts for Lakehead University faculty, researchers, and students
locate quality OA journals in your discipline

Note: This session will be held online via Zoom. A confirmation with a link to the session will be emailed to you after registration.

Register at: https://libcal.lakeheadu.ca/event/3929780