“More successful students are usually very adept at managing their own personal knowledge” (Garner, 2010). But what is personal knowledge management (PKM) and what are its components? In this workshop we will review some PKM principles, review various information management tools freely available to Tufts students and share practical techniques you can apply to become a more efficient and effective knowledge worker.
“More successful students are usually very adept at managing their own personal knowledge” (Garner, 2010). But what is personal knowledge management (PKM) and what are its components? In this workshop we will review some PKM principles, review various information management tools freely available to Tufts students and share practical techniques you can apply to become a more efficient and effective knowledge worker.
Become a power Google searcher; learn how to use Google Advanced Commands to do more efficient, focused searches to get directly to quality reports and information and cut through Google’s filter bubble. We will review using the Advanced Commands listed in this Advanced Google research guide. Demonstration of how to use some of these commands in Bing will also be provided.
Become a power Google searcher; learn how to use Google Advanced Commands to do more efficient, focused searches to get directly to quality reports and information and cut through Google’s filter bubble. We will review using the Advanced Commands listed in this Advanced Google research guide. Demonstration of how to use some of these commands in Bing will also be provided.
Become a power Google searcher; learn how to use Google Advanced Commands to do more efficient, focused searches to get directly to quality reports and information and cut through Google’s filter bubble. We will review using the Advanced Commands listed in this Advanced Google research guide. Demonstration of how to use some of these commands in Bing will also be provided.
R is a free, open-source statistical programming language used to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data. In this hands-on workshop, users will be introduced to R packages used for data visualization. This session includes data visualization exercises utilizing a sample data set. Prior experience with R or completion of Ginn Library’s Introduction to R workshop is recommended but not required.
This session will review how to use Zotero, the free citation tool for easily capturing book, article, webpage citations and more. Zotero can help you organize, tag, and add notes to citations/resources as you search; then integrate with Word to facilitate the creation of footnotes and bibliographies in your selected style.
R is a free, open-source statistical programming language used to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data. The flexibility of R allows large amounts of data to be processed and represented in ways that spreadsheet programs cannot. This introductory, hands-on workshop provides a brief overview of how R works and what it is capable of. No prior experience with R or programming languages is required.
R is a free, open-source statistical programming language used to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data. In this hands-on workshop, users will be introduced to R packages used for data visualization. This session includes data visualization exercises utilizing a sample data set. Prior experience with R or completion of Ginn Library’s Introduction to R workshop is recommended but not required.
This session will review how to use Zotero, the free citation tool for easily capturing book, article, webpage citations and more. Zotero can help you organize, tag, and add notes to citations/resources as you search; then integrate with Word to facilitate the creation of footnotes and bibliographies in your selected style.
