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Welcome & Morning Plenary
Welcome & Library Services Plenary
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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), Drew Clower (Interlibrary Loan Assistant), and Basia Kapolka (Circulation Services Supervisor)
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Resources: Presentation Slides (PDF)
Afternoon Plenary
Afternoon Plenary: Cite Smarter & Manage Your Research
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Title: Cite Smarter and Manage Your Research With EndNote and Zotero
Description: This workshop will introduce you to EndNote and Zotero, 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 two, 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): Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian, lauren.mckeen@northwestern.edu and Anne Marie Sticksel, Liaison Program Specialist, amsticksel@northwestern.edu
Recordings:
Resources: Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
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 | |