Library pilots lunchtime workshop series
A new lunchtime workshop series was offered by the ASU Library in February and March. This series aims to enhance graduate students' scholarly activities.
Workshops ranged from citation management to copyright and fair use considerations. The Graduate Scholars’ Toolkit Workshop series offered ASU grad student’s hour-long introductions to a variety of tools to help them succeed in their work.
The library is also surveying graduate students to learn what areas and tools they would like to learn more about in order to expand the offerings of the series.
Manage Your Research from Start to Finish with OSF
Learn how to store and selectively share data and projects with colleagues and team members through the use of a free open-source web platform, the Open Science Framework (OSF).
Copyright, Fair Use and Your Dissertation
Learn how to navigate copyright and fair use considerations for your dissertation or thesis. Whether you’ve only begun thinking about your dissertation subject, you’re just starting to write, or you’re getting ready to submit, this workshop will help you figure out what you can use, what rights you have and what it means to share your dissertation online.
Citation Management for Graduate Students
Learn why you should use a citation manager, where to find citations in the Library catalog and elsewhere, and how to organize and then use your citations as you research and write. Following an overview of citation management, we will discuss the different citation managers available to ASU graduate students (Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote) and some of their features.
GIS Data and Software: Breaking the Ice
Gain hands-on experience working with different types of geospatial datasets using two popular geographic information system (GIS) software platforms: ArcGIS Pro (licensed) and QGIS (open-source). Emphasis will be placed on foundational topics, such as data import, basic geoprocessing operations and map production/geovisualization.
Tell us what workshops you would like to see offered in the Fall 2019 semester by taking the survey.
More stories from the Graduate Insider
Graduate education is an adventure
About eighteen months ago, I set out on a journey walking the islands of the Dodecanese during a sailing trip in Türkiye and Greece with several friends. Along the way, I found winding paths, timeless villages and breathtaking views of sea and sky. That experience got me thinking about how adventure shows up in other parts of life, especially in learning.
Mentoring matters: Mentoring students through impostor syndrome
Graduate education can be an exhilarating journey — but for many students, it also brings moments of self-doubt and uncertainty. In our recent Mentoring Matters panel, “Mentoring Students Through Impostor Syndrome,” Graduate College Senior Associate Dean Dr. Lisa Anderson sat down with Dr. Rebecca Wachs, Associate Professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, and Dr.
Finding your flow: Managing the graduate writing process
Graduate writing can feel like a marathon—long, demanding, and full of unexpected detours. But as Tristan Rebe, Program Manager for the Graduate Writing Center, reminded students in the Grad15: Managing the Writing Process webinar, writing is not about perfection—it’s about progress. “The best dissertation is a done dissertation,” Rebe said, quoting Robert Frost: the best way out is through.