Catalogue
The certificate program is built for YOU. Let us introduce you to the rich resources that will help you excel in your academic journey. To complete the Library 101 certificate program, you will need to attend ONE of the introductory courses, plus THREE advanced sessions of your choosing.
The following list shows our past Library 101 courses. Stay tuned for an updated list soon!
| Course Name | Date | Time | Location | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fake News - Or Is It? | January 16, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Bloomberg Basics | January 18, 2017 | 12-1pm | FLC, IC Room L1245 | Register Here |
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Postponed until further notice: Digital Collections: Exploring Hidden Gems in the Humanities |
January 19, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| How to Make a Research Poster | January 25, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| FactSet Fundamentals | January 26, 2017 | 4-5pm | FLC, IC Room L1245 | Register Here |
| Citation Management Tools | February 7, 2017 | 12-1:30pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| FactSet Fundamentals *Please note new date | February 8, 2017 | 12-1pm | FLC, IC Room L1245 | Register Here |
| Fake News - Or Is It? | February 8, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Advanced Searching in the Sciences | February 9, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Bloomberg Basics | February 15, 2017 | 4-5pm | FLC, IC Room L1245 | Register Here |
| Let's Talk Politics: Rehashing the Elections and Other Political Science Resources | February 16, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| FactSet Fundamentals | February 22, 2017 | 12-1pm | FLC, IC Room L1245 | Register Here |
| Bloomberg Basics | February 23, 2017 | 12-1pm | FLC, IC Room L1245 | Register Here |
| Digital Image Basics 101 | February 27, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Privacy and Security, Part I | February 28, 2017 | 12-1:30pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Citation Management Tools | March 1, 2017 | 12-1:30pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Schooled in Google Scholar | March 2, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| FInding and Using Images for Study and Research | March 6, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Privacy and Security, Part II: Password Protection | March 7, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Schooled in Google Scholar | March 8, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
| Free Scholarly Resources and Research Alerts | March 15, 2017 | 12-1pm | Library Classroom A, Room 185 | How to Register |
Session Information
Monday, January 16
Fake News - Or Is It?
This session will provide you with the tools to critically evaluate social media and mainstream news sources.
Wednesday, January 18
FLC Tools Workshop: Bloomberg Basics
Learn the basics of one of the core finance databases available in the FLC. See why Bloomberg is a favorite tool of the Street.
Thursday, January 19th
Digital Collections: Exploring Hidden Gems in the Humanities
Discover digital primary sources from around the globe available to UTM students. Wonderful for research assignments and for the opportunity to explore the unknown.
Wednesday, January 25th
How to make a Research Poster
Need to make a poster to show off your research? Presenting your poster to classmates or at conference? We will cover step-by-step instructions and best practices for poster-making using Powerpoint.
Thursday, January 26th
FLC Tools Workshop: FactSet Fundamentals
Learn the basics of one of the core finance databases available in the FLC. See why FactSet is used in finance, accounting and management courses here at UTM.
Tuesday, February 7th
Citation Management Tools
Learn how to save and organize your citations, create bibliographies in many citation styles, and import references from article databases, library catalogues, and web sources. This session will focus on UofT Libraries’ RefWorks, citation management tool and introduce other free tools (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley and Endnote Basic).
Wednesday, February 8th
FLC Tools Workshop: FactSet Fundamentals
Learn the basics of one of the core finance databases available in the FLC. See why FactSet is used in finance, accounting and management courses here at UTM.
Wednesday, February 8th
Fake News - Or Is It?
This session will provide you with the tools to critically evaluate social media and mainstream news sources.
Thursday, February 9th
Advanced Searching in the Sciences
This session will welcome students to searching with the analytical insight of a true subject specialist. We will start in Web of Science to learn about the analytical and citation metrics. Next, we will move into the OVID family of databases to learn how to structure powerful searches using the modular approach favoured by that environment. This part of the workshop will involve harnessing the power of thesauri to make searches reproducible and exhaustive. Finally, we will visit BIOSIS Previews and SciFinder to see what subject-specific gems these two have for the biologists and (bio)chemists among us.
Tuesday, February 15th
FLC Tools Workshop: Bloomberg Basics
Learn the basics of one of the core finance databases available in the FLC. See why Bloomberg is a favorite tool of the Street.
Thursday, February 16th
Let’s Talk Politics: Rehashing the Elections & Other Political Science Resources
This session will introduce you to Canadian and American election resources, including opinion polls and election results, news sources, and video coverage of debates and speeches.
Wednesday, February 22nd
FLC Tools Workshop: FactSet Fundamentals
Learn the basics of one of the core finance databases available in the FLC. See why FactSet is used in finance, accounting, and management courses here at UTM.
Thursday, February 23rd
FLC Tools Workshop: Bloomberg Basics
Learn the basics of one of the core finance databases available in the FLC. See why Bloomberg is a favorite tool of the Street.
Monday, February 27th
Digital Image Basics 101
This workshop provides basic information about digital images (file formats, file naming, resolution needed for printing versus PPT presentations, organizing image collections, downloading), copyright issues (fair dealing, creative commons, and public domain), citing and referencing images (style guides), search engines specifically for finding images on the web (advanced Google image searching), and some basic resources at the University of Toronto (FADIS, ArtStor).
Tuesday, February 28th
Privacy and Security Part I
Do you use Google maps to navigate from home to school, work, or elsewhere? Ever sign up for a cool app on your cell phone? Know the risks associated with this data sharing and be better prepared to protect yourself from the worst case scenarios (e.g., academic account hijacking, even identity theft). This session will show ways in which you can maintain some control over what personal information about you is shared.
Wednesday, March 1st
Citation Management Tools
Learn how to save and organize your citations, create bibliographies in many citation styles, and import references from article databases, library catalogues, and web sources. This session will focus on UofT Libraries’ RefWorks, citation management tool and introduce other free tools (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley, and Endnote Basic).
Thursday, March 2nd
Schooled in Google Scholar
This session provides an overview of Google Scholar search and results and introduces less commonly known advanced features. It will also be compared with a similar tool, the Library’s “Search Articles.”
Monday, March 6th
Finding and Using Images for Study and Research
This workshop shows how to find images on a wide range of specialized topics in a range of academic disciplines in the humanities, the sciences, and social sciences at the University of Toronto, in special online collections and in photo-sharing sites. This session includes an introduction to copyright issues such as fair dealing, creative commons, public domain, and license restrictions and how to use digital images in an academic environment.
Tuesday, March 7th
Privacy and Security Part II: Password Protection
How to create strong passwords easy for humans to remember and hard for computers to guess.
Wednesday, March 8th
Schooled in Google Scholar
This session provides an overview of Google Scholar search and results and introduces less commonly known advanced features. It will also be compared with a similar tool, the Library’s “Search Articles.”
Wednesday, March 15th
Free Scholarly Resources and Research Alerts
Look for new ways to keep up to speed with research? This session will introduce you to a few advanced strategies for searching international scholarly open access collections and establishing a personal research alert system.
How to Register for a Library Academy Course
If you have any questions, please contact Paula Hannaford (paula.hannaford@utoronto.ca).