Workshop Descriptions
Listed below are several different workshops the Libraries offer which focus on electronic resources. These workshops are open to everyone in The Claremont Colleges community. Most workshops are held at Honnold/Mudd in the Keck Learning Room and last 60-90 minutes. Because these workshops are hands-on, enrollment is limited.
To reserve space in a workshop, please email Gale Burrow (see notes for individual workshops for exceptions where there is a different contact). In your email, please use Library Workshop Registration as the subject and include the name and date of the workshop(s) for which you are registering, your name, and your research interests in the body of the email.
If no one has signed up for a workshop by 5:00 p.m. on the day before, it may be canceled.
Librarians also welcome individual appointments with students, faculty, and staff to focus on specific research interests. For more information, contact Gale Burrow (campus ext.73987) or the Subject Specialist in your area of research.
Black Studies:
This workshop focuses on developing successful strategies for locating information in both print and electronic resources on research topics in black studies. Challenges unique to the process of conducting research on the experiences of people of color will be discussed. Attendees are encouraged but not required to bring a research topic to the workshop.
Chicano Studies:
This workshop will provide an introduction to print and electronic resources important for doing research in Chicano Studies. Attendees are encouraged but not required to bring a research topic to the workshop.
Cultural Studies:
Designed to meet the needs of graduate students in the cultural studies program at CGU, but open to all interested students. Library research for cultural studies topics can be challenging, especially since a wide variety of electronic and print resources are relevant to research in this highly interdisciplinary field of study. Learn to identify information resources and research strategies appropriate for your needs. Attendees are encouraged but not required to bring a research topic to the workshop.
Finding the Articles You Need:
Learn to use library databases to search for articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers and to find full text when it's available. Discover how to get articles you need when the library doesn't own the journals they're in.
GIS Day:
Discover the many applications of GIS, where it is used on the campuses, particiate in a campus wide geocache hunt. To reserve space in this workshop, please email or phone the Libraries GIS Specialist, Warren Roberts [gis.support@libraries.claremont.edu, (909) 607-0405].
GIS & Census:
Workshop open to all students, faculty staff. General introduction to use of demographic census data in GIS. To reserve space in this workshop, please email or phone the Libraries GIS Specialist, Warren Roberts [gis.support@libraries.claremont.edu, (909) 607-0405].
GIS ~ Modeling Surfaces:
Open to all students, faculty and staff. General introduction to use of non continuous, specifically surfaces, within ArcGIS using Spatial Analysis. Short demonstration on the modeling capabilities using Model Builder. Some GIS knowledge recommended but not required. To reserve space in this workshop, please email or phone the Libraries GIS Specialist, Warren Roberts [gis.support@libraries.claremont.edu, (909) 607-0405].
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS):
General introduction to GIS and the resources available on campus including software, online course access and more. To reserve space in this workshop, please email or phone the Libraries GIS Specialist, Warren Roberts [gis.support@libraries.claremont.edu, (909) 607-0405].
Using RefWorks:
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal databases by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
You will learn the basics of RefWorks for creating a database and importing records, as well as how to use the records in your database to create notes and bibliographies for your papers.
Research in Mathematics:
Writing a senior thesis? Have a paper due in a math class? Just want to know what Claremont offers in regards to research in math? Come find out! Bring your topic and join the math librarian for an open session on doing research in mathematics at Claremont.
Using the Web for Research:
Learn to use databases, online library catalogs, and web sites that best fit your research needs. Learn basic search commands to effectively locate relevant information and to achieve a balance between finding too much and not finding enough. Evaluate key elements within your search results to determine appropriateness in your research.