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Plugged In: Powering Up Your Research with Browser Extensions

Date: Friday, October 30, 2020
Time: 11:00am – Noon
Online Workshop

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For a complete list of upcoming workshops, to view past workshops and to request a workshop, visit library.missouri.edu/workshops.

Transform your browser into your research toolbox! In this webinar, Joe Askins from MU Libraries will demo browser extensions designed to help researchers find, access, save, and use scholarly articles. Learn how to:

  • Access articles in the MU Libraries’ collections with our Proxy Bookmarklet.
  • Locate and access articles in our collections and on the open web with the Google Scholar button.
  • Find open-access copies of paywalled articles with the Unpaywall extension.
  • Annotate websites and PDFs with Hypothesis.
  • Save articles and webpages and generate citations and bibliographies with the Zotero Connector.
home Workshops Getting Started with O’Reilly for Higher Education

Getting Started with O’Reilly for Higher Education

Tuesday, October 27
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Online Workshop

Register here.

O’Reilly for Higher Education (formally Safari Books Online) is a collection of resources and provides full-text access to thousands of online books covering technology, digital media, business, health, travel, personal and professional development and many other areas. Contains proven learning paths, case studies, expert playlists, audio books, and more.

Tune into this workshop to learn about O’Reilly for Higher Education and how curate it to fit your own specific research needs. Learn how to locate resources, create playlists and utilize learning paths.

Presented by MU Libraries Graduate Assistants Emma Fernandez and Logan Rodriguez.

Visit library.missouri.edu/workshops for a complete list of workshops, videos of recorded workshops, and a form for requesting a workshop.

home Workshops U Publish Online Workshop: Getting Your Article Published

U Publish Online Workshop: Getting Your Article Published

Thursday, October 1
3-4 p.m.
Presenter: David Parsons, Elsevier Publishing

Please join MU Libraries and Elsevier Publishing as we explore how to learn about aspects of a manuscript that editors, reviewers and publishers look at critically; how to understand what editors and publishers are looking for, before and during the peer review process; and learn how to respond to referee and reviewer comments, aka the art of the polite rebuttal.

Registration for online attendance: https://libcal.missouri.edu/event/7020162
Users will receive a Zoom link and password by email. The workshops will be recorded and posted online for anyone who can’t attend live.

home Workshops Workshop Recommendation: Peer Review Excellence, Oct. 5

Workshop Recommendation: Peer Review Excellence, Oct. 5

An invitation to join us in an online peer review workshop
https://iop.adobeconnect.com/peerreview1/event/event_info.html

Only 30 spots left – Register Today!
https://iop.adobeconnect.com/peerreview1/event/registration.html

Peer review is a critical component of the scientific process. When completed properly by dedicated and competent reviewers, it helps to safeguard the quality, validity, authority, and rigor of academic work.

To help provide the next generation of peer reviewers with the skills they need, we have created the first peer review training program, designed specifically for researchers in the physical sciences.

You are invited to a free interactive online workshop focusing on peer review in materials engineering, co-chaired by Professor Aklesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University.

Date: October 5, 2020
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST

What will you learn in this peer review workshop?
Our unique interactive workshop, co-delivered by Professor Lakhtakia, will enhance your ability and skills to review with confidence. You will be given guidance throughout the workshop and will work towards writing a review of a short manuscript with support from an IOP Publishing peer review editor.

Workshop duration:
The online workshop will run for 3 hours

Key focus:
• Peer review fundamentals
• Models of peer review
• How to become a peer reviewer
• What to look out for
• How to write an excellent reviewer report
• Ethical issues in peer review

Become an IOP Trusted Reviewer
On successfully completing this workshop, you will have the opportunity to achieve IOP Trusted Reviewer status by submitting your reviewer report, as graded by our experienced editors. IOP Trusted Reviewer status will indicate that you have reached a high level of peer review competence and the ability to critique scientific literature to a high standard.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the workshop.

Please feel free to forward the invitation to any of your colleagues that will find this workshop of interest to them.

Professor Aklesh Lakhtakia
Pennsylvania State University
peerreview@ioppublishing.org
Laura Feetham
Reviewer Engagement Manager IOP Publishing
peerreview@ioppublishing.org

home Workshops Online Workshops @ Your Library: JSTOR Tips and Tools, Sept. 23

Online Workshops @ Your Library: JSTOR Tips and Tools, Sept. 23

JSTOR is a full-text database with thousands of journals relevant to the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and mathematics. In this webinar, we will discuss the content of the database, tips for advanced searching, using subject guides, and other tools for research available in JSTOR.

Hosted by Bradley Fuller, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Missouri Libraries.

Registration for Sept. 23, 3 to 4 pm

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home Gateway Carousel HSL, Workshops Upcoming Online Workshop: Demystifying the Literature Review, Sept. 16

Upcoming Online Workshop: Demystifying the Literature Review, Sept. 16

For a complete schedule of workshops, visit library.missouri.edu/workshops.

  • Demystifying the Literature Review

Click on the link to register. You will receive a Zoom link and password by email. The workshops will be recorded, edited and posted online for anyone who can’t attend live.

home Workshops Upcoming Online Workshops From Your Library

Upcoming Online Workshops From Your Library

For a complete schedule of workshops, visit library.missouri.edu/workshops.

Demystifying the Literature Review

Click on the links to register. You will receive a Zoom link and password by email. The workshops will be recorded, edited and posted online for anyone who can’t attend live.

home Workshops Upcoming Workshops: Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry

Upcoming Workshops: Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry

University of Missouri Libraries is hosting a series* of Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops online for Fall 2020. These hands-on workshops will focus on basic concepts and skills to help researchers perform their work in less time and with less pain with code (Python or R), version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. Pre-registration is required.

Specific tools covered (no prior experience necessary) will be:

  • Unix shell
  • Git
  • Python
  • R
  • OpenRefine

*Scheduling note: a full Software Carpentry workshop is usually 2 days face-to-face, covering Shell, Git, and Python or R. We have temporarily moved these workshops online and have separated the lessons into shorter, weekly afternoon sessions. To receive the content equivalent to a full workshop, please register for a session of each lesson (Shell, Git, and Python or R) from the workshop calendar. More detailed scheduling information is available on each workshop registration page.

Please visit https://libcal.missouri.edu/calendar/workshops/?cid=35&ct=48115 for dates, information, and registration.

home Workshops Updates on University Libraries Instructional Services for Fall 2020

Updates on University Libraries Instructional Services for Fall 2020

The University Libraries instruction librarians are ready and able to provide information literacy instruction online, both through live teaching via Zoom and through the creation and curation of recordings, research guides, tutorials and other materials.