The research help desk has now moved to the first floor of the Tioga Library Building (TLB1)! You can find us right next to the circulation desk. Here are some things we want you to know about research help. Our hours: Research help is open Monday/Tuesday 10:00AM to 4:00PM, Wednesday/Thursday 11:00AM to 4:00PM, and Friday Read More…
Tag: information literacy
Jumpstart Your Research: Search Like a Librarian
You’ve started your research and maybe found a few sources, but you’d like to take your skills up to the next level and discover more relevant scholarship…we have the workshop for you! Learn how the experts get the most out of their database searches and use citation networks to enhance their research process. During this Read More…
Jumpstart Your Research: Searching and Evaluating in Context
Whether you have a research paper due this quarter or just want to learn more about your area of study, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the wealth of different resources available through the UW Libraries. Join us to learn where to start your search process and how to determine and locate the information you Read More…
Jumpstart Your Research: Introduction to Zotero
Tired of creating citations? Feeling like your research needs some organization? Join us for an introduction to Zotero, an open source citation manager that helps you organize, manage, and collect resources for research. During this hands-on workshop you will: Learn about the different functionalities of Zotero Download the free software and practice using it Explore Read More…
Jumpstart Your Research! Fall Library Workshops
The UW Tacoma Library is offering a series of drop-in workshops throughout Fall quarter designed to introduce essential research skills, tools, and software. Whatever your program or major, these sessions will set you up for success with time-saving tips and time-tested research strategies! We encourage faculty to consider offering students class credit in order to Read More…
Join Us: Introduction to Zotero Workshop!
Tired of creating citations? Feeling like your research needs some organization? Join us on Tuesday, October 19th from 12:30pm – 1:30pm for an introduction to Zotero, an open source citation manager that helps you organize, manage, and collect resources for research. In this hands on workshop you will: Learn about the different functionalities of Zotero Read More…
Librarian Research: Project Information Literacy’s study on the news coverage of Covid-19
Project Information Literacy (a nonprofit research institute that I work with) just released a two part report on the way the Covid news story grew and changed in the first 100 days of 2020. For this report, an author team of 5 researchers, myself included, looked at a data set that drew from more Read More…
Preparing for Summer and Fall Quarter: What Faculty Need to Know Now
Before the Spring Quarter wraps up we wanted to reach out to faculty so you could begin planning. The Library is working in close partnership with UW Tacoma and UW Libraries leadership and community partners to assess and plan for return-to-work and return-to-school following the new UW Safe Start protocols. Our decisions will be guided Read More…
10 Cool Things: Research Help
Welcome to Week 3 of Spring Quarter! I greatly enjoy surprising you, my patrons, with cool tips to support and enhance your research and information discovery. While I delight in your delight, I don’t want to keep these things a secret! Here are 10 things I want you to know about: I’m never too busy Read More…
Study on College Students’ use of News
Project Information Literacy (a nonprofit research institute that I work with) just released a large-scale study of how college students seek, interact with, and understand news. For this study, we surveyed just under 6,000 college students about how they encounter, evaluate, process, and share news in their daily lives. One of the major findings is Read More…