This audio tour introduces you to the services, spaces, and collections at the Harriet Irving Library. The audio tour includes floor plans and a transcript.
We encourage you to explore the HIL while listening to the tour on your mobile device with headphones.
Graduate students & Faculty you’re invited to this free 8-session workshop series. It will teach you everything you need to know to write a high-quality, publishable systematic review by the end of the summer.
Sessions will be from 9:00 AM – Noon (1/2 instruction and 1/2 hands-on application).
May 15: Getting started with your systematic review
May 22: Developing a search strategy (Part 1)
May 29: Developing a search strategy (Part 2)
June 5: Unstructured*
June 12: Article screening and grey literature
June 26: Unstructured*
July 17: Critical appraisals and their tools
July 31: Data extraction and synthesis
*Unstructured sessions will allow for additional in-person guidance and/or time to expand on any topics of interest.
If there is a session that you are unable to attend, we will record our lectures and make them available on D2L. Classes will not be live-streamed.
Please Register: Eventbrite √
(Course offer is based on a minimum number of registrants.)
All graduate students are welcome to attend GEAR [Graduate Essentials for Academic Research] a series of free workshops hosted by UNB Libraries. Sessions will take place in the Learning Lab (Room #112), in the Harriet Irving Library.
| Date | Time | Session |
|---|---|---|
| January 28 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Zotero |
| February 7 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Mendeley |
| February 28 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Image Use and Copyright |
| March 14 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Theses and Dissertation |
| March 21 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Market Research |
Zotero: An intro to Zotero, which is a free, easy-to-use citation management tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Instructor: Richelle Witherspoon
Mendeley: Learn how to optimize Mendeley for your research projects. By the end of this session, you will be able to create your first bibliography, network with colleagues and peers, and discover new research in your field! You’re encouraged to bring your own laptop.
Please RSVP
Instructor: Tatiana Zaraiskaya
Image Use and Copyright: Images are playing an increasingly prevalent role in every facet of our digital expression. This session will explore the effectiveness, sourcing and evaluation of images for personal and professional use. In celebration of Fair Dealing Week in Canada, we will practice the skills presented in the session for a few rousing rounds of the Canadian Copyright Card Game!
Please RSVP
Instructors: Josh Dickison, Marc Bragdon, and Kim Vose Jones
Theses and Dissertation: A primer on how you can make your life easier by utilizing thesis/dissertation templates provided by UNB Libraries and the School of Graduate Studies.
Please RSVP
Instructors: Mike Nason and Rob Glencross
Market Research: Discover UNB Libraries market research databases. Learn how they can help validate a business idea, lead you to competitors, provide information on emerging technologies, and more.
Please RSVP
Instructor: Sally Armstrong
This graduate student workshop, hosted and led by UNB Libraries, features Instruction sessions that include how to:
* Optimize citation management tools, including Mendeley and Zotero, and how to leverage them to discover new research
* Manage and share your research data, including information on the new Tri-Agency requirements
* Navigate the world of scholarly publishing, from accessing content from peers to publishing your own work
Date: Thursday, October 11th
Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Harriet Irving Library, Milham Room (Rm 100)
RSVP: bit.ly/2xRvKyZ
Light lunch provided.
Please contact Jeannie Bail, jbail@unb.ca or Jamie MacKenzie, jmackenz@unb.ca for further information.
 | • UNB Libraries’ services and spaces, including course reserves • UNB WorldCat, including how to locate items on the shelves • Subject Guides, including discipline-specific databases and other eresources • Academic research vocabulary, including peer review |
 | • Academic publication cycle from idea to published findings • Research tools, including how to choose the most effective ones • Academic integrity, including the mechanics of citing and paraphrasing • Strategies for shaping research topics and evaluating sources |
 | Searching UNB Libraries’ databases • Keywords, phrase searching, and synonyms • Boolean operators • Subject headings • Citation management via Zotero |
| Benefits for Instructors: | Benefits for Students: |
|---|---|
| • incorporate content relevant to course requirements • assign modules for course marks • focus on subject specific instruction with your librarian | • learn effective use of UNB Libraries’ resources • recognize markers of quality for academic sources • discover library services and spaces |
For more information contact us:
askus@unb.ca
(506) 453-3546
Want to learn how to organize your research and manage citations? We can help! UNB Libraries invites students, faculty, and researchers to a Zotero workshop on February 28, 2018 at 10:30am in Hans W. Klohn Commons room G16. Zotero is a free research organization tool that includes citation management.
The workshop will consist of two parts:
10:30 – 11:30 Getting set up with Zotero and learning its basic functions
11:30 – 12:00 Setting up and using Zotero Groups (feel free to only come to this session if you’re already familiar with Zotero)
We encourage everyone to bring a laptop, however we will have some computers available.
Contact Alex Goudreau at alex.goudreau@unb.ca for further information.
Richelle Witherspoon, from UNB Libraries, is holding an open Zotero workshop in the Harriet Irving Library, Learning Lab ( Room #112) on February 14th at 2:00 pm. The workshop will consist of two parts:
2:00 – 3:00 Getting set up with Zotero and learning its basic features
3:00 – 3:30 Setting up and using Zotero Groups
If you are already a Zotero user and would just like to learn about Groups, feel free to skip the first hour and come at 3:00. If you are not a Zotero user but would like to learn about Groups, you are welcome to stick around for the second part.
In this session we will define plagiarism, explain the importance of citations in academic work, introduce you to different citation styles, teach you how to properly paraphrase, and give you useful tips for using sources with integrity.
You have two chances to do this session:
in the Milham Room, Harriet Irving Library.
Tuesday, September 26, 11:00am OR
Thursday, September 28, 2:30 pm
Milham Room (Room #100)
Harriet Irving Library
UNB Fredericton Campus
Each session includes a brief overview of the UNB Copyright Guidelines and provides an opportunity for Staff and Faculty to ask specific or general questions about distributing content to students in the classroom or online.
Copyright sessions with an emphasis on the needs of course instructors continue to be offered periodically. Additional sessions will be added in response to demand. Please let us know if you or your department or faculty has an interest in having an additional session scheduled.
For further information about copyright issues or sessions, please see Copyright at UNB or contact Josh Dickison (447-3378).
The Centre for Enhanced Teaching and Learning (CETL) is offering a new series of 7 sessions based on the book How Learning Works – Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose et al. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010).
Each session features one of the 7 principles. The 7 presenters come from 7 faculties, and each presenter is free to design the session as s/he wishes.
Find full details about the sessions, including descriptions and times.
All sessions will be in the Milham Room of the Harriet Irving Library.
Sessions are open and free, but pre-registration is required.