Join us for an introduction to the Graduate Center Library! Come with questions for your librarians, who will be presenting: an overview of the library website tips for navigating subject-specific databases and searching for archival and primary sources an introduction to citation management sample search queries […]
Join 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 […]
This workshop will overview the industry of academic publishing by highlighting keywords commonly used and its associations. Participants will uncover, overview, and define the scope of their own research and research networks and detail how this may reveal prospective publishing opportunities. Participants will walk away […]
This workshop will overview the industry of academic publishing by highlighting keywords commonly used and its associations. Participants will uncover, overview, and define the scope of their own research and research networks and detail how this may reveal prospective publishing opportunities. Participants will walk away […]
This year AK Press published Keywords for Radicals: The Contested Vocabulary of Late-Capitalist Struggle, exploring the some of the language that shapes & informs our political & socioeconomic landscape. We have invited the authors of Keywords entries & librarians to engage in conversation on select […]
In this workshop we will discuss research at a graduate level. Topics to be covered include: How to search for resources Choosing a topic Evaluating sources Avoiding plagiarism Paper formatting Attendees will come away with strategies for taking their research to the next level. WHEN Thursday, […]
This workshop will provide an introduction to research using our library's resources and services, with a special focus for HLBLL students--first-year and continuing. This portion will cover effective research using the library's database offerings and provide an introduction to services and partnerships that are available […]
Learn the basics of archival research in this hands-on workshop. We’ll cover what archives are and how they are arranged, where and how to look for sources, and what to expect when you visit an archival repository. Bring your laptop to follow along. This workshop […]
Accompanying this exhibit of original activist posters from the Lesbian Herstory Archives currently at the Graduate Center Library, this panel will discuss posters, newsletters, and zines from the largest collection of lesbian materials in the world. Beginning with the 1970s, and including contributions from the […]
Back to the Future: the 1976 Copyright Act and the Internet It's been 40 years since the 1976 Copyright Act passed and while the way we create, display, distribute, perform, repurpose, and share scholarly and creative content has changed dramatically, the basic tenants of the […]
Katherine Pradt is the Adjunct Reference and Digital Outreach Librarian at the Graduate Center.
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