Training
Intro to Library Resources (Afternoon)
Library Room C196.05Overview of the Graduate Center Library will introduce: the library website, subject specific databases, resources beyond the GC library, sample search queries, citation management instruction overview, and archival and primary source subject-specific searching.
Academic Works Upload-A-Thon (evening)
Library Room C196.02CUNY recently launched Academic Works, an open access institutional repository that is the ideal way for you to make articles, book chapters, data, etc. available to your research community and the broader public. It’s also the perfect place to satisfy grant funders’ open access and […]
Intro to the Command Line
Library Room C196.05Attendees must bring a laptop to this event. This workshop will be an introduction to the UNIX command line. Topics covered will include the filesystem, environment, useful commands, working with files and folders, and installing programs. The command line is a powerful tool for unlocking […]
Academic Works Upload-A-Thon (afternoon)
Library Room C196.02CUNY recently launched Academic Works, an open access institutional repository that is the ideal way for you to make articles, book chapters, data, etc. available to your research community and the broader public. It’s also the perfect place to satisfy grant funders’ open access and […]
Intro to Zotero for Citation Management (Afternoon)
Library Room C196.05Join us for a hands-on introduction to managing citations with Zotero, a free and open source research tool that makes organizing your research and creating bibliographies a breeze. Have a laptop? Bring it with you so our instructors can help you get started on your […]
Introduction to PressForward
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn this introductory workshop, new users will participate in a hands-on introduction to PressForward. The workshop will cover accessing PressForward from the WordPress Dashboard, adding feeds, selecting content to review, and organizing and publishing curated content. Attendees will also explore the editorial practice of group curation, and consider how PressForward might be integrated into a range of projects inside and outside the classroom at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Introduction to PressForward (afternoon)
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn this introductory workshop, new users will participate in a hands-on introduction to PressForward. The workshop will cover accessing PressForward from the WordPress Dashboard, adding feeds, selecting content to review, and organizing and publishing curated content. Attendees will also explore the editorial practice of group curation, and consider how PressForward might be integrated into a range of projects inside and outside the classroom at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
PressForward: Train the Trainers and Community Building Brainstorm
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn this “Train the Trainers” workshop, participants with some experience using PressForward (including those who attended the Introduction to PressForward workshop and who wish to stay) will look at examples of PressForward’s use across a range of institutions, explore how to organize and activate communities of users, explore methods for recruiting and training new users, and learn how to engage with PressForward’s active support community and forums.
2/27: Intro to Web of Science (Postponed)
The Graduate Center, CUNY - Room 9204 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWriting a paper? Looking for research collaborators? Perhaps you are conducting an environmental scan or literature review, or preparing the background and significance part of the introduction to a grant proposal. Learn how to use cited reference search to track prior research and monitor current […]
4/24: Intro to Web of Science
Room 6945 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWriting a paper? Looking for research collaborators? Perhaps you are conducting an environmental scan or literature review, or preparing the background and significance part of the introduction to a grant proposal. Learn how to use cited reference search to track prior research and monitor current […]
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Adriana Palmer works in the Collections Department at the GC Library. 
