Library

This workshop will focus on using technical tools, Covidence, to streamline the review process, as well as a reference manager, Zotero, to work with the search results from your structured review to generate in-cite citations and an automated bibliography.

Systematic and scoping reviews require a rigorous and reproducible search methodology. This workshop outlines the expectations of a systematic search and provides practical experience in developing a search methodology which meets systematic standards.

In this workshop, we’ll reframe the often-tedious process of cleaning data as an act of care: for your project, your collaborators and yourself. You’ll learn how to spot and fix common issues, streamline messy data sets, and create workflows that feel less like punishment and more like progress.

Would you like to learn more about scoping and systematic reviews and what steps are involved when conducting each of these review types? This workshop discusses the methods of each review type, as well as how to decide which is best to use and more.

Explore why research reproducibility and replicability matter, what happens if it’s not, and how to detect unreliable research around you. This workshop will also explore tools and techniques to make your research reproducible—even if you’re starting from a pile of mystery scripts.

Walk through practical strategies for naming, storing and structuring your data so you can find what you need.

Learn how to research trends, competitors, and organizations to get skills that are valuable for co-op, launching a venture, or applied research. 

Learn how to use Library tools and openly available sources to research markets and understand customer needs. 

This interactive workshop is a collaboration between the Library and the Writing and Communication Centre and is designed for graduate students who are working on a literature review as part of a project proposal, thesis or dissertation, or a standalone journal article. 

Are you looking to solve big problems, but you’re not sure where to start? In this online workshop, Waterloo’s entrepreneurship librarian will show you how to understand the landscape of a problem and possibly identify some paths to how you might contribute to a solution.