Workshops on Citation Analysis

The Library will be offering two workshops on citation analysis in the coming weeks. The first workshop will be an overview for beginners and the second workshop, provided as part of the Enriching Scholarship series will be slightly more advanced. We invite you to come to one or both of these workshops to find out more about both traditional models of citation analysis and emerging methods. Registration is required. 

• What is citation analysis?
• How can citation analysis help you promote your research and yourself?
• Are there ways to compare and find the best place to publish your research using citation analysis?
• How can you gather data on your impact beyond scholarly journals? 

Introduction to Citation Analysis and Altmetrics

Thursday, April 24, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

University Library Instruction Center (ULIC)

4059 Shapiro Library 

Understanding and Using Article Level Metrics and Citation Management Tools

Monday, May 5, 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

University Library Instruction Center (ULIC)

4059 Shapiro Library 

Questions? Contact Sue Wortman or Emily Puckett Rogers

Clark Library Workshops on Data Visualization, Network Analysis, and GIS this semester

Subject: Workshops on Data Visualization, Network Analysis and GIS

 

The Clark Library* is offering workshops on GIS, Excel, and data visualization this term.

 

*The Clark Library for Maps, Government Information and Spatial and Numeric Data Services (SAND, including SAND North).

 

Find and register for a workshop at http://www.lib.umich.edu/clark-library/services/classes-workshops .

These workshops are free and open to anyone on campus. As always, consultations on data visualization, finding data, and using software are available, including topics not covered in workshops this term, such as finding and using Census data, and more advanced features of ArcGIS. See http://lib.umich.edu/clark-library for contact information or to make an appointment!

 

Workshops for winter 2014:

Cytoscape for Social Science and Humanities, Fri, 3/28, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Data Visualization Strategies with R, Thu, 4/3, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
Intro GIS with ArcGIS for Desktop, Tue, 3/25, 4:00 pm-5:30 pm and Wed, 4/9, 10:00 am-11:30 am
Mapping Strategies for Complex Data, Tue, 4/1, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
GIS Learning Roadmap Workshop, Wed, 4/23, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Undergraduate Research Award due May 1st - PRIZES!

In recognition of the extraordinary academic achievements of our undergraduate students, the University Library announces the fourth annual U-M Library Undergraduate Student Research Award for excellence in library research conducted in support of an undergraduate student project.

If you have students who have written or participated in a research paper/project from Spring 2013-Winter 2014 term, please encourage them to submit their work for consideration.  Students will also need a faculty sponsor. 

The awards are as follows:

Maize Award for Single-Term Projects                 Blue Award for Multi-Term Projects

First Place:      $1,000                                        First Place:      $1,000

Second Place: $   500                                        Second Place:  $  500

Third Place:     $   250                                        Third Place:      $  250

Interested faculty and students can find additional information about this award at: http://www.lib.umich.edu/undergraduate-research-award

The application deadline is Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the award committee at:libresearchaward@umich.edu

Selfies in the Stacks

I wanted to let you know about my new Tumblr "Selfies in the Stacks" at http://selfiesinthestacks.tumblr.com. The idea of this Tumblr is to encourage students to experience the joys of seeing actual, physical books in the library. The selfies were part of a library project for Beth Hay's Methods of Inquiry class. Check it out and please submit your own selfie in the stacks!

Literature Review Workshops

Do you need to conduct a literature review for your proposal, dissertation, or research article? Are you concerned about how you’ll find the best articles, how to keep track of your findings, or ways to improve your search process? This workshop will guide participants through the steps that will help them search the literature to see what research has been done on a particular topic and how best to keep track of what they find along the way. Participants will learn about the different kinds of literature reviews, how to judge which are the more important writings on the topic, as well as what are some of the more specialized sources to check in their specific fields. Best of all, they will learn when they can stop searching!

Literature Review for the Social Sciences

Wednesday, 10/30, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Register at: http://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/literature-review-for-social-sciences-2/

Literature Review for the Humanities

Monday, 11/11, 3:00-5:00pm

Register at: http://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/literature-review-for-the-humanities-2/

For additional information on Library instruction and workshops see:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/instruction-and-workshops

Clements Library to be closed for 2 years for renovation

While the Clements Library will be closed for expansion and renovation, many of the library's books, manuscripts, artwork and other historical items will be stored and available to scholars and students at an alternative site, 1580 Ellsworth Road.

For further information about the renovation see this Record article: http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/130731/clements

Emergent Research: Women's Incarceration

Carol Jacobsen will speak about "Women's Incarceration: Research and Creative Resistance." She will discuss her research, teaching and advocacy methods in connection with efforts to free incarcerated women who were wrongly convicted for killing abusers in self-defense as well as efforts for human rights for all women in prison.

Jacobsen is an artist/filmmaker and professor in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, Women's Studies and Human Rights at U-M. She serves as Director of the Michigan Women's Justice & Clemency Project.

Open to the public; light refreshments.

Sponsored by the University Library. On the 4th Monday of each month, from 10:00-11:30am in the Hatcher Gallery, programs are presented that address the research lifecycle. These events work to provide a better understanding of the various types of research undertaken across campus, particularly as they relate to library services and support, opportunities for collaboration, data management and preservation, and beyond.

Hatcher Graduate Library
Gallery
March 25, 2013 - 10:00am to 11:30am
Building:
Hatcher North
Room Number:
Room 100
Gallery
Series:
U-M Emergent Research Conversations

Finding Funding for Race-Related Research and Projects

A University Library Workshop in Conjunction with the Theme Semester on Race

Does your research and/or programmatic efforts involve aspects of race? Do you need to find funding to help support these efforts? There is so much information on the Web, and it is time-consuming to plow through endless government and foundation websites. Even experienced researchers are having a hard time finding funding as federal sources of funding have become much more competitive.

Join librarians as we share strategies for finding funding, and demonstrate several campus-wide subscription-based funding databases with themes of race woven throughout the class. You will have time to look for your own funders using these resources. We will show you how to develop the best search strategies, and how to sign up for email alerts for future funding that fit your needs.

Please sign up for just one of the following workshops (they are identical):

March
Wednesday, March 13, 12noon-1:30pm, University Library Instruction Center (Room 4059 Shapiro Library, 4th floor)

April
Wednesday, April 3, 4-5:30pm, University Library Instruction Center (Room 4059 Shapiro Library, 4th floor)

To register, please point your browser to: http://teachtech.umich.edu

MLibrary Emergent Research Series - Starts Monday Jan.28th

Please join us for the first event in the MLibrary Emergent Research Series on Monday, January 28, from 10:00am-11:30am in the Hatcher Gallery.
Our first speaker will be Professor Finn Brunton from the School of Information, with a talk titled, "The Accidental Archive: Or, Researching criminals, otherkin, cipher anarchists, spammers and the online history that doesn't want to be kept."

Professor Brunton engages in a wide range of inquiry that includes: the digital humanities, the history of technology, STS, "dead media", Internet culture, and network politics. Professor Brunton will respond to a series of prepared questions related to his research process(es), followed by Q & A from the audience. Light refreshments will be served.

We look forward to learning with you!

New Resource: International Studies Encyclopedia

The University Library is pleased to announce access to a new online resource: International Studies Encyclopedia.

This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind for the fields of international studies and international relations. It includes over 400 signed articles on all aspects of international studies, including topic areas such as peace studies, diplomacy studies, foreign policy analysis, global development and environmental studies.  The print format of the International Studies Encyclopedia was published in 12 volumes (2010).  Edited by Robert A. Denemark, this work is a product of the International Studies Compendium Project and is published in association with the International Studies Association.

LS&A and University Library Offer Digital Research in the Humanities Course

In Winter 2013, LS&A and the University Library will offer a new two-credit course on advanced research called UC 270-010: Digital Research in the Humanities.

UC 270-010: Digital Research in the Humanities is aimed at upper-level undergraduates interested in gaining expertise in advanced research strategies. Students will be introduced to the conventions of scholarly research within their disciplines by developing research questions, conducting literature reviews, and presenting the results of their research. In this course, the emphasis will be on understanding disciplinary research processes, finding primary and secondary sources, synthesizing information, and thinking critically about how sources support a scholarly argument. This course will prepare students for conducting research throughout their academic careers. Class meets 10 am - 12 pm, Wednesdays in 1245 NQ. Contact the instructor, Sigrid Anderson Cordell (scordell@umich.edu), for more information.

Faculty Exploratory - Workshops and one-on-one help with technology

A program as well as a facility, the Faculty Exploratory was designed specifically for faculty at the University of Michigan to enhance lecturing, research, and publishing skills. Whether you already use technology and just need a few tips or are just starting out and need a whole new skill set, you can take hands-on workshops, setup an appointment, or just stop in and say, HELP! In addition to getting assistance with software applications, we can help you digitize video, audio, photographs and slides for your classes and presentations on our multimedia workstations.