Registration for

Hacking the Stacks 
The Inside Scoop on Library Resources for 
Graduate Level Research from WMU’s Research Experts

University Libraries Presenters:

Ken Craig, Graduate Student
Kate Langan, Humanities Librarian
Ed Eckel, Science and Engineering Librarian
Maria Perez-Stable, Central References Services Librarian
Maira Bundza, Scholarworks Librarian

Please bring a laptop, tablet or other web-enabled device to participate in sessions.

Librarians will be available to consult with students on a drop-in basis.

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Time: 2 to 4:45 pm
Location: 2800 Sangren Hall

Objectives of multiple, concurrent sessions:

Attendees will:

Create Your Digital Portfolio
 · Create a professional portfolio in SelectedWorks http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/sw_gallery.html
 · Learn how to upload photos, CVs, papers, presentations, and scholarly or creative works
· This is a hands-on workshop. Please come with files (photos, CVs, papers, presentations) that you can add to your digital portfolio

The Ethics of Writing & Citation Management · Identify the benefits and usefulness of citation management software (CMS)
· Learn how to get the most out of CMS to organize different research projects
· Define plagiarism and various forms it takes and where to go to help avoid plagiarism
· Discuss the ethics of writing, plagiarism in particular, and how CMS can help you
· Learn how to fold ethical writing practices into your research in order to avoid plagiarism

Preparing to Publish
· Generate a list of potential journals for future publication
· Stay current of scholarship and identify who is citing publications essential to your research
· Find submission requirements for journals of interest

Hidden Gems of the Library
· Become more familiar with searching library catalogs, especially for books/electronic books
· Select and explore relevant databases in their respective disciplines
· Do more thorough literature searches by using advanced features and techniques

Thinking Ahead: Dissertations & Theses
· Find other dissertations in their field from the U.S. and internationally
· Understand depositing options for their dissertations in ProQuest and in ScholarWorks, the WMU institutional repository
· Become familiar with rules for reusing copyrighted material in one's own work