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Welcome & Plenary
Welcome: Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries
Plenary Title: Establishing Your Research Workflow at Northwestern: Essential Services and Collections
Description: This session will provide a broad overview of key resources and services needed to discover, request, and acquire articles, books, and other resources you will need during your graduate studies.
Presenters: Steven Adams (Librarian for The Graduate School (TGS), Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology, and Counseling), Drew Clower (Interlibrary Loan Assistant), and Basia Kapolka (Circulation Services Supervisor)
Slide Presentation – RRF2020-Welcome-Plenary
Handout Material – Google Scholar Settings: Connect to Northwestern Subscription Content
Code of Conduct for this event
Northwestern Libraries and the RRF is committed to providing a professional, friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all participants at its virtual events, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin or other protected class.
We expect all RRF virtual meeting and event participants and speakers to help ensure a safe and positive experience for everyone. Unacceptable behavior and harassment will not be tolerated during any portion this event.
Harassment includes offensive verbal/online comments related to race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, country of origin, age, disability, physical appearance, body size, religion, veteran status or other protected class status; discriminatory or offensive images in virtual sessions; intimidation. Participants violating the code of conduct may be warned or be asked to leave (disconnect), by RRF organizers.
Accessibility for this event
Northwestern University Libraries and RRF is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all RRF events and programs. Accommodations such as captioning, sign language interpreters, and presentation materials in alternate formats are provided upon request. Please contact Anne Marie Sticksel at amsticksel@northwestern.edu or 847-491-7658 by Monday , September 7. Every reasonable effort will be made to implement accommodations in an effective and timely manner.