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Planning a literature review (ASPIRE)

Event Time: Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Plan, research, focus, and organize your review successfully, and discover helpful AI tools for different parts of the process.

Screen readers: An introduction and knowledge sharing

Event Time: Monday, April 7, 2025 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

In digital environments, knowledge is accessed and advanced through a variety of technologies. This session provides a basic introduction to screen readers, which are a technology used in the blind community to interact with computers. The session will also provide opportunity to share experiences and knowledge about screen readers.

Scholarly Publishing in the Sciences

Event Time: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Participants will gain knowledge of tools to help select and evaluate journals for publication and will be better prepared to submit manuscripts for academic publication.

ODESI: Get Canadian Socioeconomic Microdata for your Research

Event Time: Friday, February 14, 2025 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

ODESI is the Laurier Library's archive for socioeconomic microdata and public opinion polling data.  We have over 5000 datasets from Statistics Canada and many Canadian polling agencies.  Understanding of statistical analysis is required.

Data Management Plans 101

Event Time: Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Learn what a data management plan (DMP), how to write one, and then start your own DMP right after the session.  Get trusted advice about data management planning from the Laurier Library and its DMP Assistant.

Borealis: Archive your Research Data

Event Time: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Learn how to archive your research data with Borealis, Laurier's data archive.  We explain what is required to archive your research data for reuse.

Introduction to Web Archives (ASPIRE)

Event Time: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Learn what web archives are, where to access them, what tools are available to analyze web archives, and how these resources can be used in research. 

Chemistry database demo: SciFinder®

Event Time: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

This virtual session will help familiarize users with the chemistry database SciFinder®. This resource is a discovery tool for works in chemistry and related sciences, as well as substance and reaction information. 

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