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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

• Where to Publish: Finding the Right Venue to Publish Your Research (Recurring Event)

  Oct. 16, 2019 at 12 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
  Graduate Student Center: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 213

  How do you decide which journals are the best fit for your manuscript? Are there other potential publishing venues that might be a good fit for your research? This workshop covers criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication. We will look at factors like acceptance rates, audience, indexing, cost to publish, and open access, among …

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• Weavers of Orlando - Diversity Week @ UCF Libraries

  Oct. 16, 2019 at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
  John C. Hitt Library: main floor

  The Weavers of Orlando will be hosting an interactive demonstration on the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library near the Research & Information Desk. Come see the spinning wheel and try weaving on the loom, or have your fabric art questions answered. There is also kumihimo braiding you can make and take.

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• Diverse Families Database - Diversity Week @ UCF Libraries

  Oct. 16, 2019 at 10 a.m. until 11 a.m.
  Education Complex: Curriculum Materials Center

  Join UCF librarian Kristine Shrauger and discover UCF’s Diverse Families database. As the white skinned mother of an adopted black skinned daughter, Kristine quickly realized how difficult it was to find books that “mirrored” their family dynamic. So out of necessity became invention, and the Diverse Families database was born. Every person and all types of families need to be …

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• Library Research and Literature Review Strategies (Recurring Event)

  Oct. 16, 2019 at 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.
  Graduate Student Center: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 213

  What strategies are you using to conduct literature searches for your research or projects? This session highlights effective strategies to locate related sources using citation tracking and search strategies, tips to customize Google Scholar, and options to organize sources and stay updated on publications. Please bring a laptop to follow along with the presentation. Consider also attending the related topic, …

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• Where to Publish: Finding the Right Venue to Publish Your Research (Recurring Event)

  Oct. 16, 2019 at 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.
  Graduate Student Center: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 213

  How do you decide which journals are the best fit for your manuscript? Are there other potential publishing venues that might be a good fit for your research? This workshop covers criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication. We will look at factors like acceptance rates, audience, indexing, cost to publish, and open access, among …

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• Film: Children Left Behind - Diversity Week @ UCF Libraries

  Oct. 16, 2019 at 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.
  John C. Hitt Library: 223

  Most high school students in the United States are required to pass a series of exams in order to earn a high school diploma. From coast to coast, more and more states are using these high stakes tests in an effort to reverse the supposed rising tide of mediocrity in our public schools and close the achievement gap between socioeconomic …

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