Request a Workshop
If you are an instructor requesting library instruction for your course, contact your subject librarian. Subject librarians may also be contacted for individual research consultations.
Students, faculty, and staff can request workshops. Workshops can be held on Zoom, in a Library conference room, or any room on campus with presentation equipment.
- Find at least four individuals committed to attending one of the workshops in the Workshop Menu.
- Submit the Workshop Request form at least one week in advance of your first choice date.
Have a suggestion for a workshop? Please email Kim Pendell.
Workshop Menu
Citation Management with Zotero
Hands-on Workshop 1.5 hours
Target Audience: Faculty, graduate students, and upper division undergraduate students
This workshop provides an overview of Zotero, a free and open-source citation management tool that allows users to capture, save, and annotate research notes. Zotero is an especially powerful research tool because it can capture records directly from databases, Google Scholar, websites, and the PSU Catalog. In this tutorial session, we will cover:
- Basic functions of Zotero;
- Saving citations;
- Connecting Zotero to your browser via the free plugin;
- Importing Zotero citations directly into Microsoft Word documents;
- Adding your own research notes to citation records;
- Creating project-specific lists and folders.
To maximize our time, we ask that attendees download Zotero in advance of the session. A detailed walkthrough can be found on our Manage Citations with Zotero guide.
For an individual consultation on Zotero, please email Michael Bowman, bowman@pdx.edu.
Manage Your Research Data
Hands-on Workshop 1 hour
Target Audience: faculty and graduate students engaged in research
Data management is a vital part of the research process. Managing your data throughout your research makes it easier for you and other scholars to share and build upon your findings. This workshop will outline best practices for managing your data, helping you develop good habits early on to ensure the usefulness of your research data over time. If relevant to your needs, this workshop can also include guidance on how to use DMP Tool, a free, online platform that helps you create a data management plan and features many example data management plans to explore.
For an individual consultation on data management and data management plans, please email Julia Stone, julia.stone@pdx.edu.
Finding Open Educational Resources (OER)
Hands-on Workshop 1 hour
Target audience: instructors interested in adopting OER materials in the classroom
This interactive workshop will demonstrate how to search for relevant open educational resources (OER). This workshop is intended for instructors who are interested in exploring OER as an option for course materials, but all are welcome. The end of this workshop will provide time for you to practice searching in various platforms to locate suitable OER for your course needs.
For an individual consultation on finding OERs, please email Julia Stone, julia.stone@pdx.edu.
Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER)
Hands-on Workshop 1 hour
Target audience: instructors interested in adopting OER materials in the classroom
This hands-on workshop will cover how to evaluate open educational resources (OER) to ensure the OER are high quality and align with course goals. Participants will practice assessing an OER of their choice with a provided evaluation checklist. We recommend participating in the “Finding Open Educational Resources (OER) Workshop” before attending this workshop unless you are already experienced with searching for OER.
For an individual consultation on evaluating OERs, please email Julia Stone, julia.stone@pdx.edu.