Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more. Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office. We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.
You’ll learn how to effectively find scholarly sources including searching databases and find books and online journal articles. Learn how specialist librarians and other library staff can help you to succeed at UMN. Open to all colleges, departments, and disciplines. Open everyone but recommended for first-year graduate students, new post-docs or researchers!
oin us for a free workshop introducing topics and tools to help you manage your research data. This introductory workshop will build upon topics covered in the free, asynchronous Canvas course, and present data management issues specific to researchers in the sciences, arts & humanities, and for those working with data involving human participants. The session will include a preview of tools for managing a variety of data across your entire research project.
Whether you need a quick dopamine boost between lectures or just want to cuddle a furry (or feathered) friend, drop in anytime to hang out with Boynton’s legendary registered therapy team at Wilson Library. Yes, we actually have dogs, cats, and chicken!
You’ll learn how to effectively find scholarly sources including searching databases and find books and online journal articles. Learn how specialist librarians and other library staff can help you to succeed at UMN. Open to all colleges, departments, and disciplines. Open everyone but recommended for first-year graduate students, new post-docs or researchers!
Start the semester right and get to know Walter Library — one of the OG study spots on campus. Did you know Walter Library is over 100 years old? We are throwing open the doors to Walter Library to celebrate with a bit of sport and game to celebrate the end of the first week of fall semester!
Games, puzzles, treats from M Food Co (visit the Wise Owl Coffee Shop for a free sample) and more! Explore Walter Library and find your favorite study spot! Play a board game! Puzzle! Make something (did we say...sewing machines?) and get creative (did we say...button making?). Get to know the tools and study spaces in the Toaster. We will have Walter and campus history pop up exhibit including old copies of the Minnesota Daily and the Minnesota Gopher yearbooks in the fancy Upson room (103).
Free! All are welcome! Come solo or bring a friend! Join us Friday, September 11 anytime from 4-7 in Walter Library (east bank). Students from all colleges, departments and majors are welcome!
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate PDFs and sources then create in-text citations, works cited or a bibliography in seconds. The workshop is open to all disciplines, colleges and departments.
Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more. Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles (APA, MLA, CSE, endnotes, footnotes, etc.) which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.
This practical workshop is designed to save you time and connect you with the library services and resources you need to succeed at the University of Minnesota.We will talk about using the library website and databases to find sources, what is available, finding books and much more.
Did you know that there are over 40 different review types? It is important to choose the right type of synthesis for your research questions. In this workshop, learn about various review methodologies like systematic reviews, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, and other types of evidence syntheses.
This introductory workshop, designed for graduate students but open to post-docs, instructors, faculty and all who are interested, will point you to resources and tools for completing an evidence synthesis project.
In 2022, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memo requiring that all federal funding agencies implement policies for immediate sharing of data for their grantees. While data sharing is still mandated, in 2026 we see many agencies changing certain aspects of their policies and practices.
This session will review National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Center for Disease Control (CDC), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) changes, as well as address the Gold Standard Science memo (PDF). This session is open to faculty, instructors, researchers, post-docs, graduate students and anyone who wants to learn more.
Need to get caught up from the busy week? Need motivation to turn your Friday afternoon into a key part of your homework routine? Want to make the sunday scaries be less scary? Come to Walter Library anytime from 1:30-4 for a relaxed yet productive study time at the Friday Finish.
The Friends of the Kerlan are proud to announce that celebrated artist, author, and woodblock printmaker Betsy Bowen will be the recipient of the 2026 Kerlan Award. The award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at the Elmer L. Andersen Library. This hybrid event is free and open to all. Registration is required to attend in person or online.
Do you love the changing seasons? Are you a Fall Foliage Fan? Whether you are a certified arboreal expert or just tree curious, join us at Wilson Library to learn a little about tree identification, and put that new information into practice by finding and identifying trees on the West Bank area of campus.
We will meet in the Wilson Library Collaboration Studio (first floor), and we will walk as a group to nearby trees outside the Library. Bring your walking shoes and an adventurous spirit!
Are you considering adding your dataset to the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM) now or in the future? This workshop is for you. We’ll talk about how to prepare the data and develop documentation and metadata. A step-by-step demonstration on how to upload data to DRUM will round out the session. This session is free and useful for faculty, researchers, post-docs, graduate students, staff and anyone intersted in learning more. It is open to all disciplines. Visit the Research Data Services page for more.
Research usually involves collaboration among multiple people, whether an advisor and graduate student, a group of lab mates, or a large interdisciplinary project. How can you communicate effectively and stay organized throughout the research process? This session will introduce effective practices and tools for research collaboration, including file management, lab handbooks, and authorship agreements. This session is useful for faculty, PIs, post-docs, researchers and staff, graduate students and anyone interested in the topic. Open to all disciplines, departments and colleges.
Homework feeling a little scary (#badhalloweenjoke)? Need to get caught up? Need motivation to turn your Friday afternoon into a key part of your homework routine? Want the sunday scaries to be less scary? Come to Walter Library for a relaxed yet productive study time at the Friday Finish.
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