Curious about patents, what they are, and how to find them? Join us for a workshop where you will learn about: Types of Intellectual Property: an overview of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets Patent basics: an overview of the three types of patents Patent searching: where and how to search for patents Patent structure: an overview of how to read a patent document The … Continue reading Introduction to Patents and Patent Searching »

Join us for an informative session on ACM Open, where you will: Gain insight into ACM’s transition to a fully open-access publisher by the end of the year Understand the author eRights workflow and what to expect when your article is accepted under the ACM Open agreement This session is designed to help faculty navigate the publishing process and maximize the benefits of ACM Open. … Continue reading ACM Open and Author Rights »

Zotero, a free citation management tool that lets you easily organize and cite all the resources you use for your research. In this workshop, you will: – Set up your Zotero account – Learn how to get citations into Zotero – Create and organize personal and group libraries – Annotate the PDFs you read – Add a bibliography and in-text citations in your Google Docs … Continue reading Introduction to Zotero for Citation Management »

This workshop demystifies the complex world of academic publishing metrics for researchers. Designed specifically for graduate engineering students [but applicable to all disciplines] this session will explore traditional impact factors (like H-index and FWCI), emerging alternative metrics, and practical strategies for identifying quality publication venues while avoiding predatory journals. In this workshop, you will learn: -How to verify if a journal is legitimately peer-reviewed using … Continue reading Metrics That Matter: Journal Impact Factors and more »