Grad students: Virtual event & more

As the personal librarian for grad students in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and Women's and Gender Studies (the Pauline Jewett Institute), I am happy to share the news of an upcoming event co-sponsored by the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) and Library staff.

Plus some other information resources that could help with both grad student teaching and research.


Lightening talks: Virtual event for graduate students

The Library and the GSA are organizing the Library Lightning Talks, which is being hosted virtually on Thursday, October 22 from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 

Come learn about the various services and resources at the library. 

To attend, click on the Zoom meeting (https://zoom.us/j/97424710524) and use the passcode LibraryGSA.




Research help
Here are three resources that could help with your research:
  • Subject guides. Some subjects have guides specifically for Graduate Students. Both the subject guides will list the best sources for your research on a given topic. These include recommended databases for journal articles, finding other academic material, citation, government information, statistics, as well as information on research methods and theory, literature reviews and publishing your research etc.
  • Contact me via email for a one-to-one online research consultation (martha.attridgebufton@carleton.ca). You can also contact another research support specialist who supports related programs. Here is the list of librarians and subjects available. 
  • You can also use our online CHAT Service to chat or text with reference librarians if you need immediate help in the evenings or on weekends.

Please see our Services for Graduate Students page for more information on the Professional Skills Workshops that are offered either over the course of the school year or at a specific time. 

Resources: HathiTrust and Interlibrary Loans
The Library is a member of HathiTHathiTrustrust which is a digital repository of millions of books, journals and other materials from research institutions and libraries from around the world. If the item you want is not in HathiTrust you can request curbside pick-up, mail delivery or scan on demand (portions of a book) for materials in our print collection. The library also has access to over 580,000 e-books and resources on how to find e-books in collection. 

Did you know that as a Carleton student, you also have access to journal articles from other Universities through Interlibrary Loans? While loaning of print materials between universities is suspended, interlibrary loans for electronic materials is still available.

Hope your fall term is going well.

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