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This session is designed to get Optometry and Vision Science Masters and PhD. students' research off to the races. You will become acquainted with the Witer Learning Resource Centre, it's awesome staff, as well as the information, research, and learning resources available to you. This is a session that you won't like to miss. Get the ball rolling in the right direction! 
(Your attendance at this event will be recorded in your annual report documentation.)

Learn how to use the UW thesis template and incorporate your references when writing your MSc or PhD thesis. This is also an opportunity to ask questions and troubleshoot known problems.

This workshop will discuss the characteristics of a variety of review studies, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, narrative reviews. Learn when and why to use and conduct these different forms of knowledge synthesis. The ‘gold standard’ components of the search methods used for systematic and scoping reviews will be outlined including the reporting standards.

Happy Library Day at the WLRC!!!

Come join us for:

• free popcorn
• free apples
• carnival games!
• fill out a ballot to win a fun prize

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This workshop will review the Tri-agency (CIHR, NSERC & SSHRC) Open Access policy on publications, which applies to all NSERC or SSHRC grants awarded on or after May 1, 2015, and CIHR grants awarded on or after January 1, 2008. The session will cover:

If you are new to PubMed or need a refresher, this workshop is for you.  By the end of this workshop you will be familiar with how to:

• Conduct a comprehensive keyword search
• Find the most relevant articles
• Focus your results using Limits
• Easily obtain the full text articles

Please bring a personal laptop to use during the workshop.

Take advantage of PubMed advanced search features to become a more effective and efficient searcher.  By the end of the workshop, you will be familiar with:

• Advanced search methodologies and systematic search techniques
• How to identify and use MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)
• How PubMed works behind the scenes
• Strategies for keeping current in your research field

Please bring a personal laptop to use during the workshop.

This session is designed to get Optometry and Vision Science Masters and PhD. students' research off to the races. You will become aquainted with the Witer Learning Resource Centre, it's awesome staff, as well as the information, research, and learning resources available to you.

Enhance your research skills by developing search techniques and learning how to identify and use relevant resources for vision science research and course work at the graduate level. This session takes you beyond the basics of using the library catalogue and research guides. You will learn how to integrate and enhance your current research practices with resources and tools available from the University of Waterloo Library and open resources. Get set up early and see the benefits throughout your studies.

In this hands-on workshop you will be introduced to the characteristics of a several common types of reviews used in biomedical and health research; including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and narrative reviews. You will learn when and why to use and conduct these different forms of knowledge syntheses. You will also learn systematic search techniques that are considered the ‘gold standard’ components of the search methods used for systematic and scoping reviews and their associated reporting standards.