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USING THE LIBRARY

FEATURES

Dream about having your own startup?

Check out our entrepreneurship guide, services, & workshops! Topics include market research, business plans, funding and more.

Drop by The Gerstein Book Stop

Fiction books now available to borrow from our leisure reading collection. Mystery, Romance, SciFi, Thrillers & more

Borrow and test-drive VR equipment and apps!

Borrow VR equipment for home from the Short Term Loans Desk, or develop & test your apps in the studio at the MADLab! More info: http://uoft.me/virtualreality

Tutorial: Searching in MEDLINE

WORKSHOPS

Introduction to Data Visualization

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Map & Data Library

Data visualization gives us a better understanding of our data and helps us communicate that to others. It has the potential to generate insights, communicate findings, and illustrate evidence. Conversely, a poor visualization can undermine an argument or even mislead the reader.

Through a combination of lecture and activities, this three-hour workshop will use a data visualization workflow model to introduce students to best practices and guidelines for designing effective visualizations and evaluating visualizations. For the final part of the workshop, students will get a chance to work with a common data visualization tool, Tableau Desktop, creating visualizations such as a line graph of average temperature by month, a treemap of population by world regions, and a stacked bar graph of word frequencies in Romeo and Juliet.

For more information on Data Visualization, including topics covered in the workshop, and services offered by the libraries, see our Data Visualization Guide.

Location: Robarts Library. e-classroom, 4th floor, room 4033. Directions

Introduction to EndNote Desktop

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 12:15pm - 2:00pm
Location: Dentistry Library

In this workshop you will learn how to create a library, create and manage groups, import citations from different databases, remove duplications, make global edits, find full-text articles, edit output styles, and use the EndNote plugin for MS Word to create and edit bibliographies.

This workshop will take place at the Dentistry Library, 124 Edward Street, Room 266C.

Using NVivo as a Research Tool (Webinar)

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Register for this Webinar at:
https://go.qsrinternational.com/e/346611/register-2306848363840655107/jfvk6d/386379103?h=N51Acz_LM2K1IQnkBWd4lnprlUyKfO008WYrpXfg56I

This webinar will cover how NVivo can assist with your research in the following ways:

Transcription:

Literature Review:

Coding:

Analyzing Data:

Findings

Publish:

Publishing in the Health Sciences

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Understanding the roles of authors, reviewers, and editors in the publishing process is key to researchers. Publication and dissemination of research outputs is integral to science. This is your chance the learn from Executive Editor Rebecca Cooney from The Lancet about:

How to construct a manuscript review What editors are looking for in reviewer comments The role of reviewers in publication ethics Navigating tricky situations as a reviewer What is on the horizon in peer review

This is your chance to connect with an editor and ask all of your questions!

This is targeted to students, post docs, early-career researchers, faculty, and anyone interested in better understanding the publishing process.

Presenter:

Rebecca Cooney, Executive Editor, The Lancet

Register here:

https://publishinginhealthsciences.eventbrite.ca

Register by November 18th to attend and enjoy refreshments + Kindle Fire raffle!

Questions? Email research.connect@utoronto.ca

When and Where:

November 20, 2019: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Main Auditorium, Research Institute of Healthcare Education, Michener Institute of Education at UHN
222 St. Patrick Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1V4

Nearest subway stop: St. Patrick Station

Proudly supported by Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto Libraries, and the Research Institute of Healthcare Education, Michener Institute of Education at UHN

Publishing in the Life Sciences: Authors, Reviewers, and Editors

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am

Understanding the roles of authors, reviewers, and editors in the publishing process is key to researchers. Publication and dissemination of research outputs is integral to science.

Attend this author workshop and learn about: How to write a great paper that people love to read How to choose the right journal and pitch your story The role of scientific editors and what happens to your paper once you submit How to be a great reviewer The changing publishing landscape: open access, preprints, data availability, editorial transparency, and more!

This is your chance to connect with an editor and ask all of your questions! This is targeted to students, post docs, early-career researchers, faculty, and anyone interested in better understanding the publishing process.