Graduate Researchers’ Toolkit

Brief Description:

Understand and locate different types of information produced at each stage of the research cycle. We will discuss new tools and strategies regarding information discovery, analysis, writing, publication, outreach, and assessment.

Skills Acquired:

• Extends initial synthesis, when possible, at a higher level of abstraction to construct new hypotheses that may require additional information.
• Explores the use of advanced information technologies, such as data mining and visualization to move beyond retrieval and identify trends and patterns within large sets of complex research data
• Incorporates principles of design in the product or performance
• Manages files of citations of articles read or accessed (such as through use of bibliographic management software)