Upcoming Events
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Optimizing Your Online Presence (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146Part 1: Citation Metrics & Measuring ImpactCitation metrics provide quantitative data used to evaluate the impact of a scholar’s research. Several methods and tools exist to assist scholars with obtaining information about citation counts and impact data, such as ISI Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other citation counting tools by discipline. Metrics also assist scholars with identifying key journals ...
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Where to Publish and Author Rights (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146How do you decide which journals are a best fit for your manuscript? Do you know that all rights to a work are often assigned to publishers when a manuscript is accepted? Learn to be a savvy author! This two-part workshop will cover criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication and basic information about copyright ...
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Zine Workshop
John C. Hitt Library: 223zine (noun): a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter Learn to inspire and transform at our zine workshop by creating your own, and view our special collection made by UCF students.
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Movie viewing: I Learn America (2013)
John C. Hitt LibraryIn I Learn America, five resilient immigrant teenagers come together at the International High School at Lafayette and struggle to learn their new land. The International High School is a New York City public school dedicated to serving newly arrived immigrant teenagers, with more than 300 students speaking two-dozen languages from 50 countries. Over a school year, amidst the complexity ...
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Movie Viewing: Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up (2009)
John C. Hitt LibraryWith a fearless look at a highly charged subject, Straightlaced unearths how pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens. These stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven, and illustrating the different ways these expectations connect with culture, race and class. From girls confronting media messages about body image to boys ...
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Movie Viewing: Hooligan Sparrow (2016)
John C. Hitt LibraryThe danger is palpable as maverick activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a Hooligan Sparrow) and her band of colleagues travel to Hainan Province in southern China to protest the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal. Marked as enemies of the state, the activists are under constant government surveillance and face interrogation, harassment, and imprisonment. Sparrow, ...
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Weavers of Orlando
John C. Hitt Library: main floorCome see the spinning wheel and try weaving on the loom. There is also kumihimo braiding you can make and take.
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Ace Your Research Portfolio
John C. Hitt Library: 223Training by the UCF Libraries and Web of Science (WoS) to meet the potential needs such as: citation for T&P, grant application, prestigious awards, identifying quality publications, collaborators and funders. Six sessions covering various topics for mid-career or early-career faculty. Sign up for any or all. Snacks, coffee and lunch provided. Wednesday October 18, 2017 10 – 10:15 am Registration ...
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Where to Publish and Author Rights (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146How do you decide which journals are a best fit for your manuscript? Do you know that all rights to a work are often assigned to publishers when a manuscript is accepted? Learn to be a savvy author! This two-part workshop will cover criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication and basic information about copyright ...
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Optimizing Your Online Presence (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146Part 1: Citation Metrics & Measuring ImpactCitation metrics provide quantitative data used to evaluate the impact of a scholar’s research. Several methods and tools exist to assist scholars with obtaining information about citation counts and impact data, such as ISI Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other citation counting tools by discipline. Metrics also assist scholars with identifying key journals ...
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Starting a Family Search
John C. Hitt Library: 235CJoin librarian Rich Gause to learn how to uncover your ethnic mix, distant relatives, and even new ancestors.
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Useful Apps All Grad Students Should Love and Use (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146Do you ever wonder if there is a great app out there that you are missing out on? Need help staying organized, taking notes, or need a better way to communicate with classmates over shared projects? Well look no further as this session will introduce helpful and important apps that all grad students should love and use! We will cover ...
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Library Research and Literature Review Strategies (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146What strategies are you using to conduct library research? This session highlights effective strategies to locate sources for literature reviews and projects and tips for using citation tracking features, creating alerts to stay updated on publications, and customizing Google Scholar options. An overview of organizing sources using Mendeley and Zotero citation management tools will also be included. Please bring your ...
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Library Research and Literature Review Strategies (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146What strategies are you using to conduct library research? This session highlights effective strategies to locate sources for literature reviews and projects and tips for using citation tracking features, creating alerts to stay updated on publications, and customizing Google Scholar options. An overview of organizing sources using Mendeley and Zotero citation management tools will also be included. Please bring your ...
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Where to Publish and Author Rights (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146How do you decide which journals are a best fit for your manuscript? Do you know that all rights to a work are often assigned to publishers when a manuscript is accepted? Learn to be a savvy author! This two-part workshop will cover criteria to consider when planning where to submit your work for publication and basic information about copyright ...
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Optimizing Your Online Presence (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146Part 1: Citation Metrics & Measuring ImpactCitation metrics provide quantitative data used to evaluate the impact of a scholar’s research. Several methods and tools exist to assist scholars with obtaining information about citation counts and impact data, such as ISI Web of Science, Google Scholar, and other citation counting tools by discipline. Metrics also assist scholars with identifying key journals ...
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National Novel Writing Month Author Rights Workshop
John C. Hitt Library: 235CLearn how to be a copyright savvy author! This workshop is an overview of:• Copyright and licensing, as it pertains to publishing• Your rights as an author and tips on how to keep them• Copyright and author rights resourcesPlease bring your laptop if you would like to follow along with the presentation.
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Useful Apps All Grad Students Should Love and Use (Recurring Event)
Colbourn Hall: 146Do you ever wonder if there is a great app out there that you are missing out on? Need help staying organized, taking notes, or need a better way to communicate with classmates over shared projects? Well look no further as this session will introduce helpful and important apps that all grad students should love and use! We will cover ...
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