Bring your laptop for this interactive workshop designed to help you develop habits that encourage an open inquiry mindset as we explore ideas and strategies as part of Open Inquiry Week. Registration is encouraged but not required.

Ever wondered if Deep Blue Data is a data repository that would work for your data? Join us to learn more about Deep Blue Data, what data the repository works with, how to include it in your data management plan, and how to deposit data. The workshop will include demos and/or screenshots of each step of the deposit process, and we’ll also have time for … Continue reading Fit check: Is Deep Blue Data suitable for your data? »

Your research tells a story! StoryMaps is one of the most commonly used GIS resources on our campus across disciplines. This workshop will be an introduction to what StoryMaps are and whether one is right for your project. There will be time for Questions and Answers at the end where we can talk about participants’ specific projects, but this is not required. This session will … Continue reading Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps »

Tackle writing your research papers, conference abstracts, and even your thesis or dissertation with greater ease! This online workshop explores powerful but often-overlooked features in Google Docs and Microsoft Word that streamline writing, formatting, and organization. You’ll also learn how to enhance document accessibility, ensuring your work meets WCAG 2.1 and ADA guidelines. This session will be valuable for anyone engaged in complex academic writing … Continue reading Essential Tools for Grad Students: Mastering Docs & Word »

Sci-Finder is the most current and reliable database for chemical substance information. Inform your critical research activities with authoritative details on chemical substances and their related chemical structures, chemical names, regulatory information, and properties. In this hybrid session taught by the Chemistry Librarian and Sci-Finder team, you will learn how to: Search chemical literature efficiently using SciFinder’s CAplus database, covering journals, patents, and chemical records; … Continue reading Sci-Finder Training Part 1 – Navigating Chemical Literature and Designing Reaction Pathways »

Sci-Finder is the most current and reliable database for chemical substance information. Inform your critical research activities with authoritative details on chemical substances and their related chemical structures, chemical names, regulatory information, and properties. In this hybrid session taught by the Chemistry Librarian and Sci-Finder team, you will learn how to: Access material properties, safety, and regulatory information Search and interpret chemical patents to identify … Continue reading Sci-Finder Training Part 2 – Exploring Advanced Chemical Data, Patents, and Bio-Applications »

Are you working on or considering beginning a systematic review, meta-analysis, scoping review, or other literature review project? Learn to use the software Covidence, which is free for U-M faculty, staff, and students (and any project collaborators from other institutions). Covidence can help you: – Deduplicate your literature search results set – Share your literature search results with your collaborators – Keep track of your inclusion decisions while … Continue reading Introduction to Covidence: A Systematic Review Software Tool »

Discover how to move beyond snapshots and create photographs with purpose. This 60-minute workshop will help you develop a creative, photographic eye for both documentary storytelling and personal artistic expression. Through guided exercises, you’ll explore observational skills and visual narrative techniques that give your images greater depth and meaning. Learn how to recognize compelling moments, frame them with intention, and communicate stories that resonate. Whether … Continue reading Art of Intentional Photography: Creating Impactful Images for Documentation & Artistic Expression »

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from the Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

Applying to grants and need a Data Management Plan writing refresher?  Join us for a workshop on the DMPTool, an incredibly useful guide that helps you cover all your bases when drafting your DMPs.  In this workshop, you will learn about: What the DMPTool is How to access it How to navigate to specific funding agency templates How to use it to write effective data management … Continue reading Streamline your Data Management Plans: Workshop on the DMPTool »

Beyond just having an online presence via profiles, researchers can engage online in different ways. In this session, we’ll discuss different ways that researchers can share about their work or areas of expertise online, cover best practices for engaging on social media, and talk about a few specific platforms. Attendees will have some time to consider what platforms they may want to engage with and … Continue reading Your Research Presence Online: Part 2 – Engaging on Social Media »

Each U.S. federal funding agency has its own policies and processes for making federally funded research publicly accessible making for a confusing landscape for researchers and administrative staff. This workshop will provide grantees and administrative staff with: A clear understanding of the New Public Access Policy for different federally funding agencies for major funders of Engineering  Research An explanation of the policies, who and what … Continue reading New Federal Public Access Policy Requirements for Published Research »

Tackle writing your research papers, conference abstracts, and even your thesis or dissertation with greater ease! This online workshop explores powerful but often-overlooked features in Google Docs and Microsoft Word that streamline writing, formatting, and organization. You’ll also learn how to enhance document accessibility, ensuring your work meets WCAG 2.1 and ADA guidelines. This session will be valuable for anyone engaged in complex academic writing … Continue reading Essential Tools for Grad Students: Mastering Docs & Word »

Your research tells a story! StoryMaps is one of the most commonly used GIS resources on our campus across disciplines. This workshop will be an introduction to what StoryMaps are and whether one is right for your project. There will be time for Questions and Answers at the end where we can talk about participants’ specific projects, but this is not required. This session will … Continue reading Introduction to ArcGIS StoryMaps »

U-M Library’s repositories, Deep Blue Documents and Deep Blue Data, provide access and preservation services for the research, teaching, learning, and creativity created by U-M researchers on all campuses. These free repositories can help you preserve and publicly share your scholarly works. This session gives an overview of each repository, including how to determine which repository best meets your needs. Learning outcomes After attending this … Continue reading Sharing and Preserving Your Scholarship in the U-M Library’s Deep Blue Repositories »

Ever wondered if ICPSR is a data repository that would work for your data? Join us to learn more about ICPSR, what data the repository works with, how to include it in your data management plan, and how to deposit data. The workshop will include demos and/or screenshots of each step of the deposit process, and we’ll also have time for questions and answers. Instructors … Continue reading Fit check: Is ICPSR suitable for your data? »

Got an idea for a digital project but not sure how to get it off the ground? Curious about how to do digital scholarship research while navigating an increasingly uncertain, unethical, and biased digital world? This workshop covers an introduction to Anti-racist research frameworks and digital scholarship principles. Participants will leave the workshop with a road map for developing an ethical, sustainable, and justice-oriented digital … Continue reading ARDRI 101: Introduction to Anti-Racist Digital Scholarship »

You are an expert in your field, but you may not be an expert in Rackham’s rules around properly formatting your dissertation or thesis. In this online workshop, the experts from the Library will introduce you to lesser-known features of Microsoft Word that will help you ensure consistent formatting through the document, as well as manage margin size, insert captions, and create an automatic Table … Continue reading Take Command of Your Dissertation with Microsoft Word »

In this session, we’ll review design considerations for creating clear and eye-catching research presentation posters. We emphasize understanding the goal of your presentation and tailoring the poster to help you tell that story. While this workshop focuses on general principles, we’ll also discuss a few applications for creating a poster, like Illustrator and PowerPoint and their pros & cons. Lastly, we provide additional resources and … Continue reading Designing Effective Research Presentation Posters »

Tackle writing your research papers, conference abstracts, and even your thesis or dissertation with greater ease! This online workshop explores powerful but often-overlooked features in Google Docs and Microsoft Word that streamline writing, formatting, and organization. You’ll also learn how to enhance document accessibility, ensuring your work meets WCAG 2.1 and ADA guidelines. This session will be valuable for anyone engaged in complex academic writing … Continue reading Essential Tools for Grad Students: Mastering Docs & Word »

Ever wondered if Open Science Framework (OSF) is a data repository that would work for your data? Join us to learn more about OSF, what data the repository works with, how to include it in your data management plan, and how to deposit data. The workshop will include demos and/or screenshots of each step of the deposit process, and we’ll also have time for questions … Continue reading Fit check: Is OSF suitable for your data? »

What is Remote Sensing? The discipline of remote sensing concerns processing and analysis of any imagery obtained from satellites, drones, or other airborne sensors. Remote sensing tools and best practices can be used to investigate land use change, check agricultural crop yields, monitor wildfires, and more. This session will introduce basic concepts used in the discipline of remote sensing such as image collection and interpretation, … Continue reading Remote Sensing 101 »