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Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Location: Map & Data Library
In this workshop, attendees will learn the basics of web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in an online enviornment. Topics covered include loading, manipulating, and visualizing geospatial datasets online using Esri’s ArcGIS Online software. Basic web-mapping and app-development skills will also be introduced.
Set yourself up for academic success by learning essential research skills that can help you save time, get better grades, deepen your engagement with your subject, and boost your confidence. Participants learn how to develop successful research questions; how to effectively search for quality resources; how to choose and critically evaluate the best sources; and how to use information responsibly. These are also skills that employers look for in potential employees
Take these workshops individually or take all four for credit in the Co-Curricular Record. Each workshop will be offered several times over the year - check back for more dates.
Description: Did you know that most cases of plagiarism at U of T are unintentional? You may want to use information responsibly, but be unsure how to go about it.Through lecture, discussion and hands-on exercises, this workshop will help you:
Articulate the importance of giving proper credit
Identify examples and causes of plagiarism
Recognize the common parts of a citation
Discover software and apps that can help you get your sources organized and create bibliographies
Primary sources are the raw materials that historians use to interpret the past, but history students often find it challenging to locate and incorporate primary documents into assignments. In this two-hour workshop we will clarify the meaning of primary sources and survey the variety of primary source types available in the University of Toronto Libraries. Emphasis is placed on practical strategies for finding primary sources, both in print and electronically.
Through short lectures, interactive class discussions and hands-on exercises, you will learn:
To define and identify primary sources and to distinguish them from secondary and tertiary sources
How primary sources are defined differently in different disciplines
About the variety of primary source types, both published and unpublished
The difference between libraries and archives as repositories of primary source materials
Techniques for searching the library catalogue to find primary sources
To identify and search digital collections of primary sources at the University of Toronto Libraries and beyond.
Location: E.J. Pratt Library, E-Classroom (room 306, third floor).
Instructors: Agatha Barc and Colin Deinhardt are Reader Services & Instruction Librarians at the E.J. Pratt Library.
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