Learn about using the citation management software, EndNote, to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. EndNote is a powerful  tool that can help you save time, stay organized, and collaborate effectively as you write and publish research papers. 

We will discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNote Online, a web-based version of EndNote freely available to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff. The workshop is open to all disciplines. 

Join us on Wednesday, January 24 for an online workshop which will provide an overview of the cornucopia of library resources and services available to UMN graduate students. You’ll learn how to effectively find scholarly materials and how  librarians and other library staff can assist you to succeed at UMN.

Open to everyone but strongly recommended for first-year graduate students! Open to all disciplines including those in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

This workshop for graduate students will provide an overview of the publishing process. We will cover the basics of: peer review, copyright, types of journals, costs of publishing, and "predatory" journals.

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. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. The workshop is open to all disciplines.

This session will show you how to make the right choice for your research. We will discuss how to identify potential journals and what factors to consider before you submit. We will also describe the peer review process and how journal quality is assessed.

This session is part of our Nuts & Bolts of Academic Publishing series. These are aimed at students who are at any stage of their graduate program or new faculty or instructors and are looking for more information on all stages of the publishing process. The focus will be on publishing in scholarly journals and is open to all disciplines.

Plagiarism and academic dishonesty can lead to severe consequences. This online workshop will help you understand what plagiarism is and some of the most common mistakes that students make.

Get an introduction to how generative AI tools work, the pros and cons of using and tips for potentially incorporating them into your research and writing practice.