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Connect with Your Librarian
Every program has a librarian subject specialist who can guide you to resources related to your research. Click a program name below to register for an online session to Connect With Your Librarian. If you don’t see your program name listed, consult the list of subject librarians.
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Location: online session via Zoom
List of programs and the librarian
- Accounting Information & Management – Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- African American Studies – Kathleen Bethel (Librarian)
- Anthropology – Scott Garton (Librarian)
- Applied Physics – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- Art Theory & Practice – Cara List (Head, Art Library)
- Astronomy – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- Biological Sciences – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Biomedical Engineering – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Chemical & Biological Engineering – Elsa Alvaro (Head, Academic Engagement)
- Chemistry – Elsa Alvaro (Head, Academic Engagement)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering – Anna Ren (Engineering Librarian)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders – Steve Adams (Librarian for The Graduate School (TGS), Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Psychology)
- Communication Studies – Lauren McKeen (Librarian)
- Comparative Literary Studies – Josh Honn (Digital Humanities Librarian)
- Computer Engineering – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- Computer Science – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- Computer Science and Learning Sciences – Li (Qunying) Li (Education and Social Policy Librarian)
- Counseling – Tracy Coyne (Distance Learning and Professional Studies Librarian)
- Creative Writing & English – Josh Honn (Digital Humanities Librarian)
- Documentary Media – Gina Petersen (Assessment Librarian)
- Earth & Planetary Sciences – Cunera Buys (Data Management Librarian)
- Economics – Mariah McGregor (Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian)
- Electrical Engineering – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- Engineering Design & Innovation – Anna Ren (Engineering Librarian)
- Engineering Sciences & Applied Math – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- English – Josh Honn (Digital Humanities Librarian)
- Finance – Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- Financial Economics – Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- History – Geoff Morse (Interim Head of Research Services)
- Human Development & Social Policy – Li (Qunying) Li (Education and Social Policy Librarian)
- Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences– Anna Ren (Engineering Librarian)
- Learning Sciences – Li (Qunying) Li (Education and Social Policy Librarian)
- Linguistics – Jeannette Moss (Librarian)
- Management & Organization – Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- Managerial Economics & Strategy – Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- Marketing – Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- Marriage and Family Therapy – Tracy Coyne (Distance Learning and Professional Studies Librarian)
- Materials Science and Engineering – Anna Ren (Engineering Librarian)
- Mathematics – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Mechanical Engineering – Anna Ren (Engineering Librarian)
- Media Technology & Society – Lauren McKeen McDonald (Open Education Librarian)
- Medical Scientist Training Program – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Music – Greg MacAyeal (Curator of the Music Library)
- Neurobiology – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Neuroscience – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Operations Management– Carol Doyle (Business and Management Librarian)
- Performance Studies – Greg MacAyeal (Curator of the Music Library)
- Physics – Ted Quiballo (Instructional Technologies Librarian)
- Plant Biology and Conservation – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Political Science – Jeannette Moss (User Education Librarian)
- Psychology – Steve Adams (Librarian for The Graduate School (TGS), Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Psychology)
- Quantitative and Systems Biology – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Religious Studies – Geoff Morse (Acting Head of Research Services)
- Screen Cultures – Gina Petersen (Assessment Librarian)
- Slavic Languages and Literatures – Jeannette Moss (User Education Librarian)
- Sociology – Jason Kruse (Undergraduate Services Librarian)
- Spanish & Portuguese – Michelle Guittar (Head for Instruction and Curriculum Support; Librarian for Latin American Studies)
- Statistics – Becca Greenstein (STEM Librarian)
- Technology & Social Behavior – Lauren McKeen McDonald (Open Education Librarian)
- Theatre and Drama – Greg MacAyeal (Curator of the Music Library)
- Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (TAM) – Anna Ren (Engineering Librarian)
- Writing for the Screen and Stage – Gina Petersen (Assessment Librarian)
Full Schedule
Virtual (online via Zoom) – Wednesday, September 15, 2021
| Time (CST) | Virtual Sessions | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00AM – 10:45AM Welcome and Plenary I | Welcome & Library Services Plenary | |
| 11:00AM – 11:45AM Concurrent Sessions I | Specialized Resources for Engineering and Technology Research | Overview of the McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives: What We Hold and How You Can Use It |
| Social Science Data Services | Research Data Management and Data Sharing | |
| 12:00PM – 12:45PM Connect with Your Librarian | Connect With Your Librarian | |
| 1:00PM – 1:30 PM | Break for Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Plenary II | Plenary: Cite Smarter and Manage Your Research | |
| 2:30PM – 3:15PM Concurrent Sessions II | News Sources | Citation Searching: Tracing Research Impact |
| Literature Searching in PubMed | Copyright and Your Research and Publishing | |
In Person – Monday, September 20, 2021
| Time (CST) | In Person Sessions | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00AM – 10:45AM Concurrent Sessions | Navigating the Non-linear Research Process | |
| Government as Publisher: Analysis, Data, and Information | Mapping your Research | |
| 11:00AM – 11:50AM Library Tours I | McCormick Library of Special Collections and Archives (two 20-minute tours) | Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies |
| 12:00PM – 12:50PM Library Tours II | McCormick Library of Special Collections and Archives (two 20-minute tours) | Music Collection |
| Government Information | Transportation | |