The librarians at Stony Brook University offer free workshops throughout the semester to help students, faculty and staff improve their research skills.
See the list of workshops by date [1]. Go directly to the list of Citation Workshops.
Unless otherwise noted, all workshops take place in classroom A in the Central Reading Room of the Melville Library on the West Campus and last about one hour.
Take a tour of the Melville Library's main public service areas. Learn about our collections and services and get some freebies while you're here. Meet us @ the Central Reading Room, Melville Library. All tours run about 30 minutes.
Friday, August 31 @ 11:30 AM Register [2]
Thursday, September 6 @ 12 PM Register [3]
Monday, September 10 @ 2:30 PM Register [4]
Tuesday, September 18 @ 5 PM Register [5]
Wednesday, September 26 @ 1 PM Register [6]
Take your research skills to the next level. Learn about tools, resources and strategies that can help you locate scholarly material in science, technology, and engineering disciplines and keep up with current research in your field. In this intermediate-level workshop, you will learn about:
Target Audience: Graduate students in science, technology, and engineering disciplines.
Wednesday, September 5 @ 2 PM Register [7]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Join us for this online, evening workshop designed for working/returning students and distance learners in the School of Professional Development. This workshop will cover the basic research skills needed to complete assignments quickly and easily, using subscription resources available through the Stony Brook University Libraries. Find out about:
Target Audience: New graduate students in programs at the School of Professional Development and other non-traditional students.
Note: Students from the Health Sciences Center are welcome to join in for a general research overview but we will not be covering any specific medical or nursing resources. You may want to check out our subject guides [8] for subject specific information in those areas or check the Health Sciences Library website [9].
Wednesday, September 5 @ 6:00 PM Register [10]
Location: Online at https://meeting.sinc.stonybroo
Watch a recording of last semester's workshop [12].
See the online research guide for the School of Professional Development [13], for non-traditional students [14], or the list of guides [8] for other subject areas.
Take your research skills to the next level. Learn about tools, resources and strategies that can help you locate scholarly material in your subject area and keep up with current research in your field. In this intermediate-level workshop, you will learn about:
Target Audience: New graduate students in Arts & Humanities or Social Science disciplines.
Thursday, September 13 @ 12:30 PM Register [15]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Are you using a smartphone, iPhone, Blackberry or other mobile device? University Libraries has:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff.
Wednesday, September 19 @ 1 PM Register [16]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Check out the Mobile Resources & Apps for Library Research Guide [17].
You have a 15 page paper due and don't know where to begin. In this workshop, learn how to:
Target Audience: Undergraduate students.
Tuesday, October 2 @ 7 PM Register [18]
Location: Online at https://meeting.sinc.stonybroo
Wednesday, November 14 @ 1 PM Register [19]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Watch a recording of an earlier workshop [20].
This workshop demonstrates expert research skills and information technology tools & resources for effectively completing research assignments. The session includes a "guided tour" of research databases, online search tools and other resources available through the Stony Brook University Libraries. Find out about:
Target Audience: Stony Brook University faculty and staff teaching Freshman Seminar courses.
Wednesday, October 10 @ 1 PM Register [21]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Tuesday, November 6 @ 12:30 PM Register [22]
Location: Online at https://meeting.sinc.stonybroo
Find chemical structures, properties, and literature using various library databases. The workshop will focus on how to:
Target Audience: Graduate students.
Thursday, October 11 @ 12 PM Register [23]
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Are you less than enthusiastic about this year’s presidential election? Are you an informed citizen/voter? Do you want to check the accuracy of candidates’ statements?
This workshop will focus on using both the library’s subscription databases and the government’s new Content Management System (FDsys) to find and check helpful information for selecting the next leaders of our country. In this workshop you will learn how to:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Tuesday, October 23 @ 11:30 AM Register [24]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Primary Sources - information originally created at the time of an event, such as diaries, letters, speeches, newspaper accounts, etc. - are essential for doing research, but they are often hard to define and locate. This workshop will give you a basic understanding of primary sources and how to find them, with personal attention to help you with your research paper or class. Learn:
Target Audience: Undergraduates.
Wednesday, November 14 @ 1 PM Register [25]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Check out the Primary Sources Research Guide [26].
For research and scholarship that have a multimedia component, it can be challenging to find relevant, high quality, fair-use images. Library databases such as ARTstor and Oxford Art Online, as well as select online resources, provide access to digital image collections, search tools and features for exporting and using images. In this session learn:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Thursday, October 25 @ 12 PM Register [27]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Check out our growing collection of eBooks, and learn how to discover, access & search eBook collections & titles. In this session learn:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Thursday, November 15th @ 10 AM Register [28]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Check out the eBooks Guides [29].
Optimize your Google Scholar experience. Learn how to use Google Scholar tools to:
Attendees will also learn to expand upon a Google Scholar search using other library resources.
Target Audience: Graduate students, post docs, and researchers.
Wednesday, November 7 @ 1 PM Register [30]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A.
A lot of data has been released from the United States’ latest Decennial Census, completed in 2010. In this workshop you will learn:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Monday, November 12 @ 10 AM Register [31]
Location: Melville Library, First Floor, Classroom A
Mendeley is a free, online program available to help manage references and PDFs, create formatted bibliographies, and share documents with colleagues. This session will concentrate on the basics of Mendeley including:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Tuesday, November 13 @ 1:30 PM Register [32]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
This informal, online workshop is designed to help students understand the basic citation skills needed for their course work. We will discuss:
Target Audience: New graduate students, especially those in SPD programs, and motivated undergraduates.
Thursday, September 13 @ 6:00 PM Register [33]
Location: Online at https://meeting.sinc.stonybroo
Watch a recording of last semester's workshop. [34]
Creating the bibliography is often the most tedious part of writing a research paper. Using EndNote, a bibliographic management software program, this task just became much easier. In this workshop learn:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Note: Time will not be available during the workshop to address individual problems with EndNote. For specific EndNote issues, please contact Dana Antonucci [35] @ 632-1122, or Darren Chase [36] @ 632-9830 for assistance.
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Thursday, September 20 @ 12:30 PM Register [37]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Tuesday, October 2 @ 1 PM Register [38]
Location: Health Sciences Center, Health Sciences Library, Classroom 2
Tuesday, October 16 @ 11 AM Register [39]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
Check out the online EndNote guide [40].
Having trouble citing sources in APA for your research paper? In this workshop learn:
Target Audience: Students.
Wednesday, October 3 @ 7:00 PM Register [41]
Location: Online at https://meeting.sinc.stonybroo
Watch a recording of the workshop [42].
Learn how to use the web version of EndNote. The web version does not require any specific software and is accessible online from anywhere. Learn how to:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff.
Note: Time will not be available during the workshop to address individual problems with EndNote. For specific EndNote issues, please contact Dana Antonucci [35] @ 632-1122, or Darren Chase [36] @ 632-9830 for assistance.
Wednesday, October 17 @ 1 PM Register [43]
Location:Online at https://meeting.sinc.stonybroo
Creating the bibliography is often the most tedious part of writing a research paper. Using EndNote for Mac, a bibliographic management software program, this task becomes much easier. In this workshop learn:
Target Audience: Students, Faculty, Staff
Note: Time will not be available during the workshop to address individual problems with EndNote. For specific EndNote issues, please contact Dana Antonucci [35] @ 632-1122, or Darren Chase [36] @ 632-9830 for assistance.
Tuesday, October 2 @ 10 AM Register [44]
Wednesday, November 7 @ 12 PM Register [45]
Duration: 1. 5 Hours
Location: Melville Library, 4th floor, MAC SINC Site, W-4545
Check out the EndNote guide [40].
Learn how to write a paper without committing plagiarism. After this workshop you will be able to:
Target Audience: Undergraduates.
Wednesday, November 28 @ 1 PM Register [46]
Location: Melville Library, 1st Floor, Classroom A
The library also provides assistance with Zotero. Zotero is a free browser plug-in for Firefox that allows users to collect, manage and cite resources easily. Workshops can be arranged for 5 or more people. Zotero is available for download at www.zotero.org [47] and the site provides lots of documentation and videos. For more information or additional assistance, email Fiona Grady at fiona.grady@stonybrook.edu [48] or watch a recording of a previous workshop [49].
Fall 2012 workshops list as PDF. [50]
More workshops for faculty [51] are available from the Faculty Center.
If you cannot attend a workshop for which you have registered, please contact us at 632-7110, or email librarysessions@notes.cc.sunys
If you would like to see us offer workshops on additional topics, please contact Fiona Grady at fiona.grady@stonybrook.edu [48].
All workshops are free and open to all SBU students, faculty and staff.
Openings are filled on a first come, first served basis.
Workshops may be cancelled if there are less than 5 participants registered. Registrants will be notified by email if a workshop is cancelled.
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[1] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/calendar-date
[2] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1768
[3] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1769
[4] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1770
[5] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1771
[6] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1772
[7] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1773
[8] http://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/home
[9] http://library.hsclib.sunysb.edu/healthsciences
[10] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1766
[11] https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/library
[12] https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/p32704373/
[13] http://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/spd
[14] http://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/non-traditional
[15] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1774
[16] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1775
[17] http://sunysb.libguides.com/mobile?hs=a
[18] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1777
[19] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1795
[20] https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/p47092494/
[21] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1762
[22] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1763
[23] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1782
[24] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1786
[25] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1787
[26] http://sunysb.libguides.com/primary_sources
[27] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1788
[28] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1789
[29] http://sunysb.libguides.com/ebooks
[30] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1792
[31] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1793
[32] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1794
[33] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1767
[34] https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/p97643265/
[35] http://mailto:dana.antonucci@sunysb.edu
[36] http://mailto:darren.chase@stonybrook.edu
[37] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1776
[38] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1781
[39] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1784
[40] http://sunysb.libguides.com/endnote
[41] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1783
[42] https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/p514ugu5nau/
[43] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1785
[44] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1829
[45] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1830
[46] http://www.library.stonybrook.edu/node/1791
[47] http://www.zotero.org
[48] mailto:fiona.grady@stonybrook.edu
[49] https://meeting.sinc.stonybrook.edu/p24047207/
[50] http://library.hsclib.sunysb.edu/sites/default/files/WorkshopFlyerFall12f.pdf
[51] https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/Events/Pages/On-campusCalendar.aspx
[52] mailto:librarysessions@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
