The Grainger College of Engineering
Physics

Upcoming Workshops by the Doctoral Research Support Program

9/18/2023 9:28:24 AM

Lance Cooper

Good morning. We hope you are doing well. Our team is sending out a reminder message about upcoming workshops organized by the Doctoral Research Support Program. We would be grateful if you can share this information with students in your department. Thank you very much. We appreciate your support. Have a good day.

  • Conducting Literature Reviews: Research Strategies for Doctoral Students

When: Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Central Time

Register - https://forms.gle/wQsrw3WmGQhfG2h18

In this session, students will learn about general and subject-specific indexing and abstracting resources, search techniques, and interacting with collections held at the University of Illinois and beyond. This session is open to all doctoral students.

  • Writing a Literature Review

When: Thursday, September 28th, 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Central Time

Register - https://forms.gle/yhGMsf3hpgwyG5Ec7

In this session, we partner with the Writers Workshop to cover the writing process of a literature review. This session is open to all doctoral students. Please complete the form to register for the workshop.

  • Introduction to Archival Research Workshop

When: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023, 3:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m., Central Time

Register - https://forms.gle/BKweDsrScuPBzAAEA

In the humanities and social sciences, knowledge of archives and archival research is critical for advanced scholarship. We designed this session to focus on the fundamentals of using archives and conducting archival research. Participants will learn about sources for locating archival collections, practices, protocols, and the various terminologies associated with archival research.

Guest Instructor: William Maher (University of Illinois Library) William Maher is University Archivist Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was the assistant university archivist at UIUC (1977–85 & 1985–95), and program officer at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (1985–86). He was president (1997–88) and treasurer (1991–94) of the Society of American Archivists; and president (1987–89) and secretary-treasurer (1981–85) of the Midwest Archives Conference. He is president of the International Council on Archivesʼ Section on University and Research Institution Archives.