Library 101 CCR Past Program

Transitioning successfully from the classroom to the job market requires strategic thinking, careful planning, preparation and most importantly, specifics, specifics and more specifics.  This one-hour session continues the discourse we started in Part I on utilizing your academic knowledge. Tools and resources offered at UTM will be reviewed.

A 50-minute Library 101 session | Instructors:  Jessica Hanley and Joanna Szurmak

How do you find authoritative information about COVID-19? Where do you find best practices? Where do you start?

After attending this session, you will be able to answer these questions – and more – making it easier to survive the pandemic without drowning in disinformation.

Learning outcomes:

• describe the process of peer review that drives new knowledge creation in the sciences [both];
• find primary sources on COVID-19 research [Jess];
• locate local government and public health COVID-19 resources and repositories [Joanna];

Transitioning successfully from the classroom to the job market requires the use of your academic knowledge and critical thinking skills in new ways that draws on your information and academic literacy. Two one-hour sessions on how to promote and use your academic and information knowledge and studies when starting a new career or entering the job market is the focus of two sessions. After 4 or 5 years of study, this is your strength, what you need to utilize. In addition, you will be introduced to resources at UTM when planning and starting a career.

This workshop is designed for students who have completed the FactSet Basics workshop or for students with some experience using FactSet. This workshop will feature some of the advanced functionality in FactSet, including the Excel plug-in and templates.

This workshop is designed for students who have completed the Bloomberg Basics workshop or for students with some experience using Bloomberg. This workshop will feature some of the advanced functionality in Bloomberg, including Bloomberg Intelligence.

A hands-on session during which every participant will create an account in at least one citation manager (EndNote Web, RefWorks, Zotero, or Mendeley). Students will import and edit references from the catalogue and at least one database, then create and format a basic bibliography.  

Learning outcomes:  

• select the most useful citation manager(s) based on your needs;  
• create at least one citation manager account;  
• populate the account with references from the most frequently used information environments;  
• make a bibliography in a relevant style.  

The University of Toronto Libraries is introducing a new search system called LibrarySearch. Join us to learn how to discover books, e-books, journal articles, and more for your research, teaching, and learning. Participants will learn how to navigate the new search interface including how to use new features to access full text, to create citations, and to save your searches, and how to use advanced searching features like Boolean operators.

The University of Toronto Libraries is introducing a new search system called LibrarySearch. Join us to learn how to discover books, e-books, journal articles, and more for your research, teaching, and learning. Participants will learn how to navigate the new search interface including how to use new features to access full text, to create citations, and to save your searches, and how to use advanced searching features like Boolean operators.

Your professor requires you to cite using the Chicago Style for the upcoming paper. Do not panic! After this session you will be comfortable asking about “which” Chicago style (Author-Date OR Notes-Bibliography), and how to format basic in-text citations and bibliography entries. Most important, you will start seeing why this initially confusing style may have been chosen.  

Learning outcomes:  

• differentiate between the Author-Date and Notes-Bibliography formats;  
• compare and contrast the roles of the Notes to the role of the Bibliography;  
• prepare the first and subsequent in-text citations using both formats;  
• prepare a brief bibliography. 

The University of Toronto Libraries is introducing a new search system called LibrarySearch. Join us to learn how to discover books, e-books, journal articles, and more for your research, teaching, and learning. Participants will learn how to navigate the new search interface including how to use new features to access full text, to create citations, and to save your searches, and how to use advanced searching features like Boolean operators.