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University Libraries is offering a series of Graduate Research Workshops on Friday, November 11. These are the workshops that are offered that day: 9:00 a.m: Zotero 101 Fairfax Campus, Fenwick Library Instruction Room A-214 Zotero is a Firefox browser based utility that makes capturing bibliographic content from around the Web a snap! Learn how to install and manipulate your own Zotero library. (This session and the one at 2:30 are the same.) 10:30 a.m.: Thesis & Dissertation Workshop Fairfax Campus, Fenwick Library Instruction Room A-214 Overview of the Thesis & Dissertation process with question/answer time with the University Dissertation and Thesis Coordinator. Presented by University Dissertation & Thesis Coordinator, Sally Evans. (This session and the one at 1:00 p.m. are the same.) 11:00 a.m: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Fairfax Campus, Fenwick Library Data Services Lab, Room C-103 Learn some of the basic concepts of GIS (Geographic Information Systems), finding geospatial data, and be familiar with some of the basic functions of ArcGIS 10.0 to create your own thematic maps: adding data, creating new layers, joining tables, calculating attribute values, and classifying features by quantity, labeling data, and laying out data. 11:30 a.m.: Mobile Apps for Library Research Fairfax Campus, Fenwick Library Instruction Room A-214 Got an Android, iPhone, Blackberry or other mobile device? We've got free apps for it! Discover mobile-ready research content available through the Libraries. This session covers tips for selected library research database apps and mobile sites for graduate student researchers. 1:00 p.m.: Thesis & Dissertation Workshop Fairfax Campus, Fenwick Library Instruction Room A-214 Overview of the Thesis & Dissertation process with question/answer time with the University Dissertation and Thesis Coordinator. Presented by University Dissertation & Thesis Coordinator, Sally Evans. (This session and the one at 10:30 a.m. are the same.) 2:30 p.m.: Zotero 101 Fairfax Campus, Fenwick Library Instruction Room A-214 Zotero is a Firefox browser based utility that makes capturing bibliographic content from around the Web a snap! Learn how to install and manipulate your own Zotero library. (This session and the one at 9:00 a.m. are the same.) You can see more details about these (and other) workshops offered by University Libraries at this website: http://library.gmu.edu/education/classes.html. The workshops are listed under the Workshop Calendar, under Friday, November 11. If you would like to sign up for any of these workshops, you can either do so through the following site: http://ittraining.gmu.edu/workshops.cfm?function=calendar Or you can send an email to the following address: [log in to unmask] We hope to see you there! Thank you, Sally Sally R. Evans Coordinator University Dissertation and Thesis Services George Mason University Fenwick Library, Room C203 Web: http://thesis.gmu.edu Phone: 703-993-2222 Office Hrs. Mon - Fri 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (by appointment only)