In this workshop session, we provide foundational skills and strategies that will carry you through the thesis or dissertation process. Topics covered will include: Managing the Thesis Process: We discuss goal setting and time management strategies to keep you motivated throughout your graduate degree Formulating Your Research Question: Your research question forms the basis of

In this workshop session, we focus on one of the most difficult parts of a thesis to write, the Literature Review. Gathering and Reading Literature A good thesis demands a good literature review, and that means finding and critically analyzing the key literature in your field. In this session, learn some methods for finding and

In this workshop session, we address the specific time management challenges that graduate students face.  Topics covered will include: Graduate When You Want To Long-term Planning: Learn how to predict your time to completion and use project management tools to help you meet your goals as a graduate student School-Life Balance Learn practical strategies to

ggplot lets you create quick, clean and professional-looking visualizations. Come to this workshop and get started creating and customizing charts and graphs. McLaughlin Library, Room 289

In this workshop session, we analyze the common features and structures of the thesis/dissertation and then focus more specifically on the results and discussion sections. Outlining Your Thesis This session offers a visual mapping strategy that you can use to organize your research and writing, structure your argument logically, manage your evidence and ultimately create

In this workshop session, we focus on communicating your research to a wider audience. Topics covered will include: Disseminating Your Thesis This session will cover what you need to know with

Join us for lunch with faculty and staff interested in forming an LGBTQ Faculty and Staff Network at the University of Guelph. Lunch will be provided.  Please register online. Location

Voyant Tools is a web-based text reading and analysis environment that allows you to do a  number of straight-forward text analysis functions, including word counts, tag cloud creation, colocation, and

Often, we go on hikes and there’s no wildlife to be seen. Where are all the porcupines, coyotes and owls? With a bit of detective skills, you’ll begin to see

ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS): a software program for working with maps and geographic data.  A GIS allows you to work with any data that you know a

There's lots to see and do on campus during Alumni Weekend! Whether you are part of a celebration or reunion year, or just feeling a bit nostalgic, you are invited

Climate change is a hot topic being passed around these days but are we being directly affected even though we’re not in the Arctic or near an ocean? Discover how

  Join the Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) for a reception marking the launch of a new publication, Furniture, featuring the work of Toronto-based artist Gord Peteran. The launch and

  The deadline to drop 12-week summer 2018 courses is 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 6 (the fortieth class day) for undergraduate students on the Guelph campus and all associate

  This program will refine your skills at identifying trees in Ontario. The focus will be on learning important identification characteristics. Difficult groups such as the cherry, oak and walnut

  Neither great trees nor a carpet of bloom, the often overlooked but ecologically important shrubs and vines in our landscape will be the focus of this workshop. Fresh specimens

  Digital media assignments, such as podcasts, digital stories and live-action videos, can help students develop much needed digital literacy skills. Creating digital media assignments and embedding digital academic skills

  Video and audio clips can help to make the classroom learning experience more engaging. Creating custom video and audio clips with library resources is easy and can bring classroom

  Day 1 of this two-day writing workshop will focus on structuring sentences, using verbals and modifiers and punctuating sentences. Although you can attend either day of the Writing Tune-Up: