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The Graduate Support Series is a free workshop series offering instruction in research tools and skills to support the education and professional development of graduate students. Workshops are provided by the Libraries often in collaboration with campus partners. Many workshops are offered online via Zoom; some are offered in-person or in a hybrid format. For general information, contact the Graduate Students Support Working Group.
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Data Analysis and Discovery • Grants and Funding • Scholarly Publishing • Archives and Oral History • Citation Managers
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Explore the workshops we regularly offer as part of the Graduate Support Series by reviewing the list below. Each entry includes a brief description and contact information for the workshop organizer. If you have questions about the workshop content or would like to connect with a workshop facilitator, please reach out to the contact provided beneath each description.
This is an introductory workshop series for you to learn how to conduct data analysis using the Python programming language. Each workshop requires individual registration. Find workshop descriptions and slides in the Python Programming Workshops guide.
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Contact: Dave Bloom
R is a popular open-source programming language for data analysis and visualization in many disciplines. This R workshop series introduces you to coding skills for computational research using the R programming language in the RStudio platform. Each workshop requires individual registration. Find workshop descriptions, registration information, and slides in the R Programming Workshops guide.
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Contacts: Heather Shimon, Lisa Abler
NVivo is a popular qualitative data analysis software application that can be used to analyze interview transcripts and textual survey responses. NVivo facilitates the storage and organization of data, and provides tools for text coding. NVivo also provides a suite of analytical tools such as word frequency analysis and matrix-coding analysis that will be demoed in the session.
Contact: Tom Durkin
Are you interested in learning about using data from the ICPSR repository (the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research database) and other social science data sources? Join us for a demo of how to use tools to find datasets in ICPSR and other similar databases, and then how to get access to social science data for your projects.
Contact: Tom Durkin
Learn how to find datasets from a variety of disciplines. Learn the basics of two databases, Data Citation Index (provides a single point of access to quality research data from repositories across disciplines and around the world) and Social Explorer (provides U.S. demographic information from 1790). Includes a hands-on component.
Contact: Beth Harper
Discover valuable resources and strategies for securing grant funding for your graduate education with guidance from the Grants Information Librarian at UW-Madison Libraries. Identify potential funding sources, learn where to find opportunities, and discover how to find partners that align with your academic goals. An optional hands-on session with Pivot (a funding database) follows the presentation.
Contact: Ellen Jacks
Publishing your scientific research article can seem like a daunting task. Let expert librarians help you with the process by attending any of our workshop series: (How to) Publish without Perishing. These workshops will answer many common questions about the publishing process and share resources that you can use while writing and submitting your manuscript. Bring your questions! Each workshop requires individual registration.
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Contact: Jessica Newman
Attendees will learn to think through their research needs and create research questions that guide them to appropriate information sources in the archives. Attendees will also learn about different kinds of archives (including how they differ from libraries), how to plan for their visit, what to expect when you arrive at the archive (e.g., protocols, social expectations) and using finding aids.
Contact: Laura Martin
If you’re interested in doing an oral history interview or project or just wondering what it actually is, this workshop will help you. The workshop offers an overview of the art and science of oral history.
During the workshop, attendees will learn about the campus oral history program including what services it offers to students. They also will gain the tools needed to gather and preserve an oral history interview.
Contact: Troy Reeves
EndNote Desktop is a subscription-based citation manager that allows you to save, organize, and format citations for your research. This workshop will introduce some key EndNote Desktop functions such as: creating a new library; importing citations; organizing, managing, and sharing citations; creating a bibliography; using the Cite While You Write plugin for Microsoft Word; and using the Cite While You Write plugin for Google Docs.
Contact: Paije Wilson
EndNote Basic (aka EndNote Online Classic) is a free, web-based citation manager that can help you to save, organize, share, and cite sources you use in your research. This workshop will show you how to sign up for a free EndNote Basic account, authenticate your account to get access to additional styles, import citations from a variety of databases, create and share groups, and install and use the Cite While You Write plugin for Microsoft Word.
Contact: Paije Wilson
Zotero is a free, open-source tool to help you manage your research sources. This workshop will help you get started using the tool to capture citation information from library databases and websites; format citations and bibliographies in your papers; store and organize citations, file attachments, and notes; and share citations with other Zotero users.
Contacts: Dave Bloom, Rebecca Payne
Find more citation management information and support on the Citation Managers page and the Citation Management Guide.