Feeling anxious about tests and exams? In the third session of the Control Academic Stress Series we will discuss strategies to help you cope with exam anxiety while preparing for exams. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition for their participation. McLaughlin Library, Room 384

Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the second session of the Control Academic Stress series,  we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition

Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the first session of the Control Academic Stress series, we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition

Did you know that the library spends over $6 million annually to provide access to research outputs that researchers have provided freely to publishers? Globally, academic publishers earn over $25 billion US each year. The documentary Paywall: The Business of Scholarship explores the world of academic publishing, challenging the rationale behind the for-profit academic publishing

Come kick off this year’s Open Access Week with our opening keynote, Kelsey Merkley. Merkley is a Senior Policy Advisor at Ontario Digital Service and an open innovation practitioner with several years’ experience working with local, national and global organizations. Formerly a Public Lead for Creative Commons Canada and Creative Commons South Africa, she has

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 but not limited to: word counts, tag cloud creation, colocation and word trending. Voyant Tools allows one to read a single document or an enormous collection of works “from a distance”, meaning

A picture is worth a thousand words! Especially when you don’t have to read the thousand words it would take to explain the patterns and trends in your data. There are many reasons why information is easier to explain, explore and convince with in a visual format.  This session will provide you with some introductory

Excel is a popular tool that provides many powerful features that can assist you in managing your data and help to better understand small and large data sets. While not as robust as other data visualization tools, it can be used for visualizing your data through its charting features. Come learn how to create charts

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 location for (e.g., addresses, latitude/longitude, census locations, name of a place, etc.). ArcGIS is available on all the Library computers, and by download to the

Please join us at the first in a series of Lunch and Learn sessions of the Colleges’ Hub for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Gather tips and strategies Engage with others about best practices Build connections with a community of practitioners Speakers are campus experts in the field of accessibility. Speakers are campus experts in the

One book. One campus. One community. Join us Sept. 25 for an evening with David Chariandy, author of Brother, the 2018 Gryphons Read selection. This event is free and open to the public. About Gryphons Read: The Gryphons Read common reading program is a new tradition at the University of Guelph. Each year, a book will

How many different types of data are there? What’s most important about the data you want to find? Come to this workshop and we’ll explore these questions together! Strategies and

Every researcher begins a research project by formulating a research question and devising a methodology in which to undertake the project. What if you began your project with a plan

Ever wonder what sort of data you will be dealing with? Do you find yourself lost when it’s time to prepare your data for analysis? In this workshop, you will

This two-day Grammar Writing Tune-up series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars and researchers, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph, as well as Guelph community members. Although you can attend either day, it is recommended that you start with Day 1. Visit the Day 1 description to register

This two-day Grammar Writing Tune-up series is open to graduate  students, undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars and researchers, faculty, staff and community members. Topics covered include: Structuring sentences Using verbals and modifiers Punctuating sentences During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at 2 p.m.) and snack breaks will be on your own. McLaughlin

  All new international graduate students are invited to the fall 2018 New International Graduate Student Orientation Session to learn about the resources available across campus. Light refreshments will be served.  A bus tour of the city follows at 5 p.m.  Family members are welcome to attend. Please RSVP online at http://bit.ly/2KN52A5