Your classes have moved online and your access to the library’s physical spaces is increasingly limited, but you still have research to conduct and assignments to complete.

Join Joe Askins, Head of Instructional Services at the University of Missouri Libraries, for a presentation of essential library resources that you can use at a distance. Learn how to locate and access articles, ebooks and other digital materials in the Libraries’ collections, and how to schedule consultations with the Libraries’ subject specialists.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020:

• 11 a.m. to noon
• 3 to 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 19, 2020:

• 9 to 10 a.m.

Friday, March 20, 2020:

• 2 to 3 p.m.

These presentations are open to all MU students, faculty, and staff; registration is not required.

 

The University Libraries offer a variety of instructional programs to support the teaching and research needs of the MU community. We work to develop library instruction that best meets your class needs, fosters critical thinking and supports the lifelong goals of MU students.

Register for upcoming workshops held at the libraries and across campus.

Watch past workshops on our recordings page.

We welcome ideas for new workshops! Fill out the form with as much detail as possible and submit your request.

 

Explore the world of literature reviews through this hands-on workshop highlighting different types of reviews, the process involved in creating each one, and an overview of best practices. Interactive searching and writing activities will give you the practical skills and resources needed to structure literature reviews for your discipline, while saving you time and effort. Presented by Christy Goldsmith, PhD, Assistant Director, Campus Writing Program, and Kimberly Moeller, Instructional Services Librarian, University Libraries.

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A citation manager helps organize PDFs and notes as well as format citations in thousands of styles. Unfortunately, there is no best citation manager. The three citation managers the library teaches–Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley–all have different strengths and weaknesses. This class previews each citation manager and explains the differences between them. Presented by Emma Fernandez, Brad Fuller, and Logan Rodriguez, University Libraries.

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The Statewide Open Educational Resources Summit will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4 at the Missouri State Historical Society, 605 Elm Street, Columbia, Mo.

The theme of the summit is “Open Educational Resources (OER) Impacts: Faculty’s Role in Student Success.” The keynote address will be given by Mark McBride, library senior strategist with the Office of Library and Information Services, The State University of New York. Attendees can look forward to a range of break-out sessions for faculty both new and experienced with using OER in the classroom.

There is no cost to attend the summit, which includes continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments. All attendees will receive an OER giveaway item and have the opportunity to win door prizes.

Register for the Summit online.  For more information about Open Educational Resources at MU, contact Jeannette Pierce at the University of Missouri Libraries.

This event is sponsored by the University of Missouri System, MOBIUS, and the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development.

Collect, organize and format your citations with EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley!
Register at: library.missouri.edu/workshops

All sessions held in Ellis Library 213.

Choosing a Citation Manager
A citation manager helps organize PDFs and notes as well as format citations in thousands of styles. Unfortunately, there is no best
citation manager. The three citation managers the library teaches—Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley—all have different strengths and
weaknesses. This class previews each citation manager and explains the differences between them.

Tuesday, January 28               1 to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, February 5          3 to 4 p.m.
Thursday, February 13            11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Getting Started with Mendeley
Mendeley is a citation manager that began as freeware. The basic program is still free, but paid subscriptions which provide more cloud storage are available. The hands-on class covers the basics of adding citations and PDFs to Mendeley as well as getting citations from Mendeley into Word documents.

Monday, February 17              12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 26        2 to 3 p.m.
Thursday, March 5                  3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Getting Started with Zotero
Bibliographies no longer have to be a frustrating component of your research paper. Zotero is a free and simple open-source research tool that can organize, manage and format your bibliography content. In our workshop, learn how to use Zotero to help create your bibliographies and in-text citations by extracting citations from PDFs and web pages.

Tuesday, February 18               2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 27              3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 6                         3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Getting Started with EndNote
EndNote is a commercial citation manager which is available at no cost to MU students. The class provides hands-on practice configuring EndNote to download PDFs, ways to get citations and PDFs into EndNote as well as how to get citations from EndNote into Word documents.

Wednesday, February 19          11 a.m. to Noon
Tuesday, February 25                3 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4                 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Need a different date or time? Groups of five or more can request additional sessions of these workshops at:
library.missouri.edu/workshops
Workshop recordings at:
libraryguides.missouri.edu/recordingsandtutorials

Explore the world of literature reviews through this hands-on workshop highlighting different types of reviews, the process involved in creating each one, and an overview of best practices. Interactive searching and writing activities will give you the practical skills and resources needed to structure literature reviews for your discipline, while saving you time and effort. Presented by Christy Goldsmith, PhD, Assistant Director, Campus Writing Program, and Kimberly Moeller, Instructional Services Librarian, University Libraries.

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