Click on each time slot below to see detailed descriptions, recorded sessions, and presentation materials. This is a free event.
Below is the full schedule for the day. If you have general questions about the RRF, contact Steve Adams, RRF 2020 Chair, at smadams@northwestern.edu.
11:00AM - 11:45AM (CST) ~ Concurrent Sessions I
Business Resources to Help You Get Started With Your Research
No recording is available for this session.
Slide Presentation – Business Resources to Help You Get Started With Your Research
Description: Based on the specific interests of participants, this session will provide overviews of a range of business information resources which run the gamut of topics such as marketing, management, finance, accounting, strategy, managerial economics and more.
Learning Goals: By the end of the session participants will know where to go to locate business resources, will understand they have a dedicated librarian who can assist them with locating resources and will be confident in using library resources.
Presenter(s): Carol Doyle, Business and Management Librarian, c-doyle4@northwestern.edu
Library Toolkit For Your Chemical Research
No recording is available for this session.
Resource Handout – ChemistryRRF Practice
Description: This interactive session will introduce you to a variety of library resources to support your research in the chemical sciences. We will cover how to conduct topic, structure, and reaction searches using resources such as SciFinder, Reaxys, and Web of Science. You will meet the Libraries Chemistry subject expert and leave the session informed on how to dig deeper when you need to find chemical information or navigate the chemical literature in your graduate career.
Learning Goals: (1) Understand the support that the Libraries offer for chemical research; and (2) formulate effective topic, structure, and reaction queries at a basic level.
Presenter(s): Elsa Alvaro, Head – Academic Engagement, elsa.alvaro@northwestern.edu
Navigating and Locating Engineering Databases and Research Materials
Slide Presentation – Engineering Materials
Description: This session will introduce students to engineering databases and research materials available at Northwestern University Libraries. We will discuss how to identify databases in your research area and how to locate articles and conference papers. We will also show students how to request research materials not subscribed by the Libraries. This session is geared at students in all engineering disciplines, though all are welcome!
Learning Goals: At the end of the session attendees will learn what engineering databases Northwestern Libraries subscribes to and how to locate research articles and conference papers in their subject areas. They will be able to seek research support from the Libraries in identify and locating research materials.
Presenter(s): Anna Ren, Engineering Librarian, annawu@northwestern.edu
Mapping Your Research
Resource Handout – Mapping Your Research
Description: Geographic information systems (GIS) is applicable to a wide range of disciplines. Geography and spatial relationships can provide insight for a variety of research questions. In this session we will provide an overview of GIS, resources available to you as a graduate student and demonstrate how you can use GIS in your research. After this session you will have the tools to get started and begin mapping your research.
Learning Goals: Understanding of GIS, GIS resources offered by the library, how GIS can be applicable to a graduate student’s field of study.
Presenter(s): Mech Frazier, Geospatial and Cartographic Specialist, mechell.frazier@northwestern.edu and Kelsey Rydland, Data Services Librarian, kelsey.rydland@northwestern.edu
News Resources
No recording is available for this session.
Slide Presentation – News Sources RRF 2020
Description: This session will provide a broad overview of newspapers and other news sources, including an extensive collection of historical content available to the Northwestern user community. Whether you want to keep up with what’s current, delve into historical events, read news local to Chicago or Johannesburg, SA, our news collections are broad and deep enough to meet your needs.
Learning Goals: Attendees will learn the major sources of newspaper and news content available through the Northwestern libraries. Attendees will be aware of considerations necessary when searching newspaper content from different historical periods and geographic regions, including local, national, and foreign countries.
Presenter(s): Esmeralda Kale, George and Mary LeCron Foster Curator, ekale@northwestern.edu, Geoff Morse, Research Services Manager, gmorse@northwestern.edu, Harriet Lightman, Senior Librarian for Research and Engagement, h-lightman@northwestern.edu, Jeannette Moss, User Education Librarian, j-moss@northwestern.edu, and Li (Qunying) Li, East Asian Studies Librarian, qunying-li@northwestern.edu
What Leaves a Trace? Theatre in Context
Slide Presentation – What Leaves a Trace RRF 2020
Description: How do you find out about something ephemeral like a play production? You look for the evidence left behind. This session will introduce you to valuable tools you can use to research play productions. We’ll also talk about what each type of material can add to our understanding of a play’s history. Learning Goals: At the end of the session students will be able to:
- Identify three multimedia databases that contain information about theatrical productions
- Locate theatrical reviews in ProQuest Historical Newspapers using keyword searches and filtering options
- Summarize the value of selected sources by identifying what each source reveals about a production or play In order to conduct research on a play’s production history.
Presenter(s): Basia Kapolka, Circulation Services Supervisor, basia.kapolka@northwestern.edu and Greg MacAyeal, Curator of the Music Library, g-macayeal@northwestern.edu
1:00PM - 1:45PM (CST) ~ Concurrent Sessions II
Introduction to Resources for the Study of Art and Visual Culture
No recording is available for this session.
Resource Handout – Breakout Room Activity
Description: This session will introduce students to the most important electronic resources for the study of art and visual culture, as well as how to navigate through NUL pages and guides to find more specific tools for research and discovery. Locating and obtaining journal literature, books and images will be the focus, with special attention to our current circumstances and their impact on this traditionally paper dependent area of research.
Learning Goals: Students will develop a sense of the breadth and depth of NUL collections, while also understanding the limitations of our particular situation with regard to access to materials. They will leave the session with a more optimistic, yet realistic view of how they can discover work-arounds, ask for help and develop relationships with important collaborators within the library. Students will learn about the best methods for discovery of journal literature, and book chapters and learn how to acquire reading materials that are not born digital. Students will be introduced to image resources including both digital and physical resources that are currently available to them through the NU Libraries.
Presenter(s): Cara List, Head – Art Library, cara.list@northwestern.edu
Citation Searching & Tracking Research Impact
Slide Presentation – Citation Search Research Impact
Description: This session will explore citation searching techniques comparing Web of Science, Scopus (both subscription databases provided by the NU Libraries), and Google Scholar. We will also provide an introductory discussion of journal and article metrics, what they are, and how they can be used, misused, or misinterpreted. This session will prepare graduate students to read critically research impact metrics that are associated with database and Google Scholar search results and will include a brief description of newer impact factors.
Learning Goals: After this session, participants will be able to:
- Use citation tracking features of Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to expand retrieval of relevant results
- Define the difference between journal impact factor and article-level metrics
- Access NU subscription content when using Google Scholar.
Presenter(s): Qiana Johnson, Collection and Organizational Data Analysis Librarian, q-johnson@northwestern.edu, Florence Mugambi, African Studies Librarian, florence.mugambi@northwestern.edu and Anne Zald, Librarian, anne.zald@northwestern.edu
Cite Smarter & Manage Your Research
Slide Presentation – Cite Smarter
Description: This workshop will introduce you to EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley, the software applications that you’ll wish you always had for collecting, organizing, and integrating citations into your research writing. The sooner in your graduate career that you add one of these to your toolkit, the better off you will be. The shared functions and distinguishing features of these three, NU-Library-supported bibliographic management tools will be reviewed in this session. You’ll also learn where to get the software and where to get answers to questions.
Learning Goals: After this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the bibliographic management software application that best meets their needs
- Locate and install that software application
- Find additional assistance with the software through workshops, online guides, and email
Presenter(s): Jason Kruse, Undergraduate Services Librarian, jkruse@northwestern.edu and Jeannette Moss, User Education Librarian, j-moss@northwestern.edu
Research Data Management and Data Sharing
Slide Presentation – Research Data Management and Data Sharing
Description: Data management and data has become an important part of research. Funding agencies and many journals require data sharing. In order to share data, researchers must use good data management practices. This session will cover current data management and data sharing requirements and provide a few best practices in data management.
Learning Goals: Attendees will learn about current issues in data management and data sharing. They will also learn a few basic best practices for data management. Finally, attendees learn about library resources in this area and should know that someone in the libraries can help them.
Presenter(s): Cunera Buys, Librarian, c-buys@northwestern.edu
Virtual Space as Performance Place: Digital Resources for Music and Theatre
Description: Streaming resources for music and theatre are now well beyond simply providing access to recordings. This session will demonstrate streaming databases that now provide access to live performances, master classes, documentaries and other performance and study resources. Attendees will learn about Met Opera on Demand, Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall, Medici TV and Drama Online.
Learning Goals: Attendees will learn how to access streaming resources for music and theatre. Attendees will familiarize themselves with the range of resource offered in streaming databases
Presenter(s): Greg MacAyeal, Curator of the Music Library, g-macayeal@northwestern.edu
Literature Searching in PubMed
No recording is available for this session.
Resource Handout – Literature Searching in PubMed
Description: This session will give participants a chance to practice literature searching in PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s public-facing database. Attendees will first learn how to access PubMed and see a demonstration of an introductory search. The librarian will then put attendees into breakout rooms to practice more searches and learn search techniques in groups; the hands-on portion will comprise the majority of the session. Attendees can ask the librarian for help at any time.
Learning Goals: Attendees will learn how to access PubMed. Attendees will get hands-on experience with searching PubMed Attendees will meet other incoming graduate students in similar fields.
Presenter(s): Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian, rgreenst@northwestern.edu
2:40PM - 3:25PM (CST) ~ Concurrent Sessions III
Research Tools and Strategies in Psychology, Counseling, and Cognitive Science
No recording is available for this session.
Presentation Slides – RRF_Psyc_Coun_Cog
Resource Handout – Research Tools and Strategies in Psychology
Description: Literature searching in the behavioral sciences can be quite challenging, especially when one is new to a field or discipline. In this workshop we will explore tools and strategies for exploring the literature in psychology, counseling, and cognitive sciences. You will get an opportunity to try essential tools and learn strategies for discovering what conversations are happening in the literature around your interests.
Learning Goals: Scholars will become familiar with a broad array of research tools in the behavioral sciences. Scholars will conduct literature searches in systems and find items relevant to their immediate interests.
Presenter(s): Steve Adams, Librarian for The Graduate School (TGS), Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology, and Counseling, smadams@northwestern.edu
Copyright and Your Research and Publishing
Presentation Slides – Copyright and Your Research and Publishing Slides
Resource Handout – Copyright Case Study Exercise
Resource Handout – Copyright Quick Guide Handout
Description: What do you need to know about managing your own copyrights and navigating use of copyrighted material in your research? Throughout your career at Northwestern, you will be creating material to which you own the copyright: presentations, papers, images, digital media, reviews, articles, your dissertation, and more. You may also want to use others’ copyrighted material in your work. This session will help you understand the basics of copyright, what it protects, what exceptions are granted under the law, when to ask for permission, and how to prepare to publish your book or article. The basics of a publishing agreement and a brief introduction to open access and other emerging publishing models will be included.
Learning Goals: Attendees will learn what copyrights they hold and how to manage them, ways to legally use others’ copyrighted work in their research, and where to find more information about copyright at the university and beyond.
Presenter(s): Liz Hamilton, Copyright Librarian, emhamilton@northwestern.edu
Beyond the Paper: Digital Humanities Projects with a look at African American History & Culture
Presentation Slides – Beyond the Paper (Part 1)
Presentation Slides – BeyondthePaper
Description: Throughout your graduate experience, you will likely utilize traditional methods for discussing your research findings. This session will provide you with an introduction to digital humanities projects such as mapping, curating online exhibits, text analysis, or developing digital archives. These projects are interdisciplinary and can serve as another means for publishing your data and research while incorporating a variety of primary and secondary sources. At this session, we’ll present a few examples of projects with a particular focus on African American history and culture, and introduce you to pertinent digital tools, scholarly sources, and archival collections.
Learning Goals: Attendees will become aware of digital humanities projects as an option for presenting their research. They will meet librarians who can support them on these projects.
Presenter(s): Kathleen Bethel, African American Studies Librarian, kbethel@northwestern.edu and Josh Honn, Digital Humanities Librarian, josh.honn@northwestern.edu and Charla Wilson, Archivist for the Black Experience, charla.wilson@northwestern.edu
Identifying and Locating Patents, Industry Standards, and Technical Reports
Presentation Slides – Patents, Standards, Technical Reports
Description: Patents, industry standards, and technical reports play an important role in development of new materials, products, methods, technologies, and/or services. This session will introduce students to patent databases (InnovationQ Plus, Google Patent Database, and others), various industry standards, and technical reports especially those issued by the US government agencies. We will also show students how to request industry standards and technical reports not subscribed by the Libraries. This session is geared at students in all science and engineering disciplines, though all are welcome!
Learning Goals: At the end of the session attendees will learn how to search InnovationQ Plus, a patent database. They will be able to seek research support from the Libraries in identifying and locating patents, industry standards, and technical reports.
Presenter(s): Anna Ren, Engineering Librarian, annawu@northwestern.edu and Geoff Morse, Research Services Manager, gmorse@northwestern.edu
Engaging With Primary Sources
Presentation Slides – Primary Sources_Combined
Resource Handout – Archival Overview Handout
Description: Personal papers, rare materials, pamphlets, institutional records, documents, historical photographs, newspapers, and other primary source materials in both physical and digital formats are crucial to research in most humanities and social sciences fields. These unique materials can be difficult to track down because of how they are organized, indexed, stored, and accessed. This session will offer an introduction into doing research with archival and primary source collections including framing research questions; a brief overview of Northwestern’s McCormick Library of Special Collections & University Archives and Herskovits Library of African Studies; and an overview of similar collections beyond Northwestern.
Learning Goals: Attendees will become aware of archival and primary source materials at Northwestern University Libraries; become familiarized with basic elements of doing research with archival and primary sources, and become acquainted with librarians/archivists and know what library support is available.
Presenter(s): Dana Lamparello, Assistant University Archivist & Head of Public Services for the McCormick Library, dana.lamparello@northwestern.edu, Florence Mugambi, African Studies Librarian, florence.mugambi@northwestern.edu, and Jason Nargis, Special Collections Librarian for Instruction and Curriculum, j-nargis@northwestern.edu
Social Science Data Services
Presentation Slides – Social_Science_Data_Services
Description: This session will introduce the resources and services available to those conducting quantitative or qualitative social science research. Software access, software learning opportunities, open data, subscription data, proprietary data, the data life cycle, and other issues pertinent to success in the Northwestern information environment will be addressed.
Learning Goals: After this session, participants will be able to identify library resources and services that support empirical research with quantitative and qualitative data sets.
Presenter(s): Jason Kruse, Undergraduate Services Librarian, jkruse@northwestern.edu, Jeannette Moss, User Education Librarian, j-moss@northwestern.edu, Kelsey Rydland, Data Services Librarian, kelsey.rydland@northwestern.edu, and Anne Zald, Librarian, anne.zald@northwestern.edu
Full Schedule
| Time (CST) | Title of Individual Sessions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00AM | Welcome | ||
| 10:15AM – 10:45AM | Plenary + schedule overview | ||
| 11:00AM – 11:45AM Concurrent Sessions I | Business Resources to Help You Get Started With Your Research (Carol Doyle) | Library Toolkit For Your Chemical Research (Elsa Alvaro) | Navigating and Locating Engineering Databases and Research Materials (Anna Ren) |
| 12:00PM – 12:25PM | Connect With Your Librarian I | ||
| 1:00PM – 1:45PM Concurrent Sessions II | Introduction to Resources for the Study of Art and Visual Culture (Cara List) | Citation Searching & Tracking Research Impact (Qiana Johnson, Florence Mugambi, Anne Zald) | Cite Smarter & Manage Your Research (Jason Kruse, Jeannette Moss) |
| 2:00PM – 2:25PM | Connect With Your Librarian II | ||
| 2:40PM – 3:25PM Concurrent Sessions III | Research Tools and Strategies in Psychology, Counseling, and Cognitive Science (Steve Adams) | Copyright and Your Research and Publishing (Liz Hamilton) | Beyond the Paper: Digital Humanities Projects with a look at African American History & Culture (Kathleen Bethel, Josh Honn, Charla Wilson) |