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.

JabRef is a citation manager with native BibTeX support and is perfect for text-based typesetting systems like LaTeX. This workshop will cover the very basics of collecting, editing, and organizing citations, and how to troubleshoot common issues. You'll have the foundation to customize the system to your liking and needs.

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.

This workshop will provide an overview of the 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. Open to everyone but strongly recommended for first-year graduate students! 

Ready for an introduction to generative AI tools like Chat GPT or the UMN login versions of Microsoft Co-Pilot or Google Gemini but not sure how to use them (or if you should) in your research and writing? Learn about how these tools work, the pros and cons and tips for incorporating them into your research and writing practice.

In this workshop, you'll learn how our expertise as academic librarians complements the skills you'll develop in your program. We will share tips about how to schedule a meeting, prep for your meeting, and how you can expect the meeting to go.

Learn new strategies, tools and hacks that can help you this semester. We will talk about semester planning including the semester calendar, study planning, UMN Libraries services and peer tutoring across campus (success.umn.edu). Get ideas for keeping up the motivation and staying on track in your courses.

This workshop will provide an overview of the 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.