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Tutorial Videos
Brown School Library Sessions
Additional Sessions at WUSTL
Brown School Library Session Handouts
Feel free to attend the following library sessions. Many of the sessions offer hands-on instruction. In addition to Brown School Library sessions, the list includes selected sessions from WUSTL's Becker Medical Library, WUSTL's Olin Library, and WUSTL's Center for Career Engagement.
Book Making Workshop: Abstract Comics
Is it possible to tell stories with figures and abstract forms? Can diagrams relate conflicts, meetings of minds or disagreements? In this workshop, join distinguished artist and author Verónica Gerber Bicecci to consider the proposals of a number of artists who have worked on these questions in order to appropriate the comic. Attendees will be able to take home the original comic piece they produce after a record is produced of each piece. Materials will be provided. No experience is required. Please arrive early so that we can start on time and ensure everyone has time to finish their work. Doors will open 15 minutes before the workshop begins.
March 19, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., John M. Olin Library, Room 142
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/book-making-workshop-abstract-comics
Career Workshop: Brown School Pop Up Career Shop for International Students and Scholars
March 27, noon - 1:00 p.m., Goldfarb Hall, first floor, in the Commons
For more information or to register: https://students.wustl.edu/center-career-engagement/events-programs/
Catalog of Library Materials
Learn how to search the catalog, request WUSTL items, set up a reading history, and renew checked out items. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Course Reserves Tips
Learn how to find and use the Brown School course reserves located in the Library Catalog and Ares.
Please email the Library for a one-on-one or small group appointment: brownlibrary@wustl.edu
Data Cleaning with Python
Data can be messy. Researchers commonly lament the amount of time spent preparing data before any analysis can take place. Potential steps for preparing or “cleaning” data include changing data types, adjusting values for consistency and validation, splitting or joining values, and removing extraneous records, to name a few. This workshop will cover some common data-cleaning steps using Python and the Pandas library. Basic knowledge of Python syntax is recommended.
March 1, 10:00 a.m. ‒ noon, John M. Olin Library, Instruction Rm. 2 & Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/data-cleaning-with-python-3
Data Foundations
What is meant by research data? How is data generated? How is it shared and accessed? How do I know I can trust data? This workshop introduces researchers to foundational topics to become more effective in finding, evaluating, using, managing data, working with data, and introduces ethical considerations around sharing and publishing data. This workshop is delivered by the Data Services team in the University Libraries in collaboration with the Graduate Center. The Graduate Center provides onboarding, engagement, and co-curricular professional development for graduate and professional students at WashU and is the home for university-wide fellowships and all fellowship-related programming.
March 20, 4:00 ‒ 5:00 p.m., via Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/data-foundations
Don’t Sign Your Rights Away: Author's Rights
Hope to publish an article in the future? Learn how to retain your copyrights so you can freely use your own work for teaching, scholarly, and professional activities. Otherwise, you may have to pay the publisher in order to use your own work. Learn about WUSTL's open access repository for articles. No registration needed.
By appointment or PowerPoint slides
Evidence-Based Resources
Learn about the evidence-based resources. Covers evidence-based databases, websites, and filters. These resources should save you some time when doing evidence-based assignments. No registration needed.
By appointment or Tutorial
Finding Similar Phrases for Database Searching
Learn how to find similar phrases in order to expand your database search. Covers the research guide tab, database thesauri, database words, and a thesaurus. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
GIS Week in November (Geographic Information Systems) (November 2024)
Learn about some geospatial resources at WUSTL.
Green Get-It Button
Learn how to use the green get-it button to retrieve full text items. Learn what to do when the full text doesn't display. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
How to Get Published
Even though academic publishing, traditional publishing, and self-publishing and the writing material associated with each have very different practices, there are common concepts, tips, and resources you should know about during your publishing journey. Whether you’re working on something creative, academic, or something in between, this workshop will show you where to start, what to be aware of, and how to have a successful publishing experience.
March 25, 3:00 ‒ 3:30 p.m., John M. Olin Library, Instruction Room 1 & Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/how-to-get-published-2
Interlibrary Loan (Mobius and ILLiad)
WUSTL cannot buy every book and journal that is available. Learn how to use the interlibrary loan system to request items that WUSTL does not own. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Introduction to Text Mining with HathiTrust Research Center
Join us to learn about principles of text mining using the HathiTrust Research Center’s computational text analysis tools. Topics include text mining and copyright compliance; building collections for analysis; using HTRC no-code tools for text analysis and visualization; and how to access HathiTrust data and metadata via provided APIs, request procedures, and open datasets.
March 22, 10:00 a.m. ‒ noon, John M. Olin Library, Instruction Rm. 2 & Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/introduction-to-text-mining-with-hathi-trust-research-center
Library Resources After Graduation
Learn about the library resources that are available to you after you graduate. No registration needed.
By appointment or PowerPoint
Love Data Week (expected February 2025)
Medline via PubMed: A Fantastic, Free Health Database
Learn how to effectively search Medline via PubMed for public health, psychological, and therapeutic information. Covers MeSH searching, applying limits, using the search history, changing the results display, accessing full text, using the evidence-based clinical queries, and more. No registration needed.
By appointment or Recorded session
Open Access Month (October 2024)
Learn about WUSTL's open access resources.
Python Workshops
-1- Introduction to Python – Basic Python for Beginners
Join us to learn about the Python programming language and Python code for some basic data analysis tasks. Popular Python libraries used for data exploration, manipulation, and graphing on data frames will be introduced. This webinar is for those with no prior experience with programming languages and Python.
March 28, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., via Zoom
Please register: https://becker.wustl.edu/civicrm?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=396
Recorded sessions available
R Workshops
-1- Introduction to R – Basic R for Beginners
Join us to learn about the R programming language, R data objects and basic R code for some common data analysis tasks. A small example data will be used to demonstrate data exploration, manipulation, and visualization using built-in functions available in base R. This webinar is for those with no prior experience with programming languages and R and includes demonstrations to help attendees learn how to run basic R code using RStudio desktop application.
March 26, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., via Zoom
Please register: https://becker.wustl.edu/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=824
Recorded sessions available. Introduction to R sessions: https://wustl.app.box.com/s/xz68on19wnnp8o0jtctz5h8i4pvcaaqn
Recorded sessions available: Advanced Data Visualization and data wrangling in R: https://wustl.app.box.com/s/gsxu4l7qma5yfgqdd60zzayj9kii0v7e
REDCap Workshops
REDCap is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online databases and surveys, but you do not need web development or computer programming experience to use REDCap. REDCap has built-in quality assurance/quality improvement features and is HRPO compliant. If you have a WUSTL Key, you can use REDCap for free! Note: some REDCap workshops are recorded. The recordings are available at the following website: Recorded sessions available
Search Strategies for Database Searching
Learn about the basic search strategies and use them in a database search in order to find relevant articles. Covers Boolean Operators, truncation, phrase searching, field qualification, proximity operators, using the search history, and applying limits. No registration needed.
By appointment or Tutorial
Social Explorer Census & Social Statistics
Learn how to use Social Explorer for census and social statistics. Generate maps. Overview of the 2010 census and the American Community Survey. Produce statistical reports through the Premade, Keyword, and table features (age, race, households, education, income, etc.). No registration needed.
By appointment
Social Welfare/Policy Library Resources
Learn about library resources that may help you with your social welfare/policy assignments. Covers Congress.gov, ProQuest Congressional, CQ Researcher, PAIS, and more. No registration needed.
By appointment
Tour the Brown School Library
Take a walking tour of the Brown School Library and learn where the resources are located. No registration needed.
By appointment
Transitioning from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro
The end of ArcMap has come. Make sure your maps and spatial data do not get left behind. Join us for this workshop on transitioning your workflows from ArcMap to the latest desktop GIS application, ArcGIS Pro.
April 5, 10:00 a.m. ‒ noon, John M. Olin Library, Instruction Room 2 & Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/transitioning-from-arcmap-to-arcgis-pro-2
Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan
If you are applying for research funding opportunities, you will likely be asked to write a data management plan. This workshop will introduce you writing a solid data management plan and how to leverage the DMPtool, an effective way to meet your funder’s requirements. This workshop is delivered by the Data Services team in the University Libraries in collaboration with the Graduate Center. The Graduate Center provides onboarding, engagement, and co-curricular professional development for graduate and professional students at WashU and is the home for university-wide fellowships and all fellowship-related programming.
March 27, 4:00 ‒ 5:00 p.m., via Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/writing-a-data-management-and-sharing-plan
Zotero Sessions
-1- Zotero Citation Manager
Learn how to use Zotero to organize citations and create APA bibliographies. No registration needed.
March 20, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., via Zoom
March 21, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Goldfarb Hall, room 38
By appointment or Recorded session
-2- Zotero – Choose Your Own Adventure
Attention Zotero users! Experienced any challenges or vexing mysteries while using Zotero? Bring your questions to this workshop for one-on-one problem solving. Or, simply come to discover some powerful but lesser-known features, such as: Metadata retrieval for the PDFs stored on your computer ; Integrated word processing to cite as-you-write ; Customized imported citations ; Annotation options for PDFs and Notes ; Third-party plug-ins ; How to import from other citation managers, such as EndNote and Mendeley.
March 28, 4:00 ‒ 4:30 p.m., John M. Olin Library, Instruction Room 1 & Zoom
Please register: https://library.wustl.edu/events/zotero-choose-your-own-adventure-2
Here is the above list in chronological order:
March 1, 10:00 a.m. ‒ noon, Data Cleaning with Python, John M. Olin Library, Instruction Rm. 2 & Zoom
March 19, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Book Making Workshop: Abstract Comics, John M. Olin Library, Room 142
March 20, 4:00 ‒ 5:00 p.m., Data Foundations, via Zoom
March 20, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., Zotero Citation Manager, via Zoom
March 21, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Zotero Citation Manager, Goldfarb Hall, room 38
March 22, 10:00 a.m. ‒ noon, Introduction to Text Mining with HathiTrust Research Center, Olin Library, Instruction Room. 2 & Zoom
March 25, 3:00 ‒ 3:30 p.m., How to Get Published, Olin Library, Instruction Room 1 & Zoom
March 26, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Introduction to R – Basic R for Beginners, via Zoom
March 27, noon - 1:00 p.m., Career Workshop for International Students and Scholars, Goldfarb Hall, first floor, in the Commons
March 27, 4:00 ‒ 5:00 p.m., Writing a Data Management and Sharing Plan, via Zoom
March 28, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., Introduction to Python – Basic Python for Beginners, via Zoom
March 28, 4:00 ‒ 4:30 p.m., Zotero – Choose Your Own Adventure, Olin Library, Instruction Room 1 & Zoom
April 5, 10:00 a.m. ‒ noon, Transitioning from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, Olin Library, Instruction Room 2 & Zoom