Upcoming Events and Workshops

Learn the secrets of successful graduate students. In just one hour, you will understand advanced search queries, effective research, database tricks, and library services you never knew existed.

This workshop covers finding unique databases, identifying important articles through citation analysis, using citation management tools, exploring a topic with knowledge graphs, and locating opportunities for publishing your scholarship and building your research identity.

Presented by Audrey Stewart, Associate Director, University Libraries

Graduate school is time-consuming, and balancing academic, work, and personal life is challenging. This session will provide attendees with tips and techniques for evaluating and managing their time and attention. Students will learn mindful productivity strategies to increase time for deep work and reduce stress and overwhelm. Both print and digital tools will be introduced.

Presented by Ethne Sorenson, Training and Development Specialist, University Libraries

Sound data management practices can ensure long-term usability of your data, increase your productivity, and promote collaboration. Learning and adapting a few good habits can go a long way in managing your data. In this webinar, you’ll be introduced to tips for managing data, resources through Texas State University, as well as best practices for workflows, file management, documentation, storage, and preservation. This workshop is helpful for researchers in any discipline and stage in their career. Attendees currently planning or conducting research will benefit most from this workshop.

Presented by Xuan Zhou, Data Curation Specialist, University Libraries

The world of scholarly publishing is changing and evolving in many directions. This workshop is designed to help authors find and use the library and other tools to navigate the complex publishing landscape. Topics covered in the workshop include:

• Understanding open access journal options
• Learning to evaluate journals
• Identifying and avoiding “predatory publishers”
• Determining the right publication for your work

Presented by Alexa Hight, Assistant Director of Research and Data Services, University Libraries

Ever get lost trying to keep track of notes, projects, and readings? Need a place to store all that info, add notes and ideas, and access it later? Notion is a great tool to do this, and in this workshop, we’ll specifically talk about ways to use it for organizing your graduate work.

This workshop introduces using Notion as a project management and note taking tool for graduate students. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how Notion works, how they can leverage the tool for their graduate work, and will be provided a variety of templates to start from.

Presented by Henna Punjabi, Instructional Design Specialist, University Libraries

This workshop covers the basics of the Open ecosystem! We’ll touch on everything open – from Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy to Open Access and Open Publishing. We’ll also look at resources here at Texas State that support you in these areas and how to begin looking for resources on your own.  

Presented by Isabelle Antes, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University Libraries