Teresa Benedetti

This event will take a dive into how mixed methods can be used in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education research. As research becomes more inherently interdisciplinary, analysis methods and tools to conduct research are expanding. We want to look at not just the quantitative side of analysis, but… Read More

This workshop will offer tips and strategies for using the Vanderbilt Television News Archive in your next research project on American politics. The Archive can be used to develop assignments requiring students to research relevant topics and develop critical thinking skills and using evidence to support arguments, which are useful… Read More

We encounter new and familiar information every day, at work, in our research and scholarly activities and at home, as we scan social media or read the news. Each of these interactions creates opportunities for unconscious biases, which influence these interactions. In this workshop, we’ll investigate the biases that are… Read More

EndNote? Mendeley? Zotero? With all these great options available, how are you supposed to know which option is best for you? Join the Digital Commons and librarians in this forum to ask questions about your research and decide which citation manager best fits your needs. This open forum event will… Read More

As we are moving towards more engaging pedagogy, this event highlights a transgender video game developer who has recently created a video game to provide a digital storytelling experience. The developer will share about game theory, gaming pedagogy, incorporating gamification into your scholarship, and more, which we believe will be… Read More

With the recent emergence of very high-resolution three-dimensional models via photogrammetric techniques as a primary method of archaeological documentation, the construction of near perfect simulated environments is within reach. In efforts to “think beyond the tool,” this presentation considers how the scales at which the human body interacts with these… Read More

Constellate is a text and data mining (TDM) service that provides access to nearly all text content in JSTOR as well as significant content from Portico and several other smaller collections. In addition to access to these data, Constellate allows users to perform basic text analyses directly from its web… Read More

A notebook environment is an increasingly popular way to develop and share code. This workshop will introduce two of the most popular types of notebooks: Jupyter and Colab. We will briefly discuss the literate programming paradigm, then examine the main features that are common to both platforms. In the process,… Read More

Sponsor: Digital Commons Presenter: Pam Morgan Facilitator: Cazembe Kennedy, Assistant Director, Digital Commons Date and Time: Thursday, August 11, 2:00pm to 3:00pm Location: Zoom While you may be familiar with Google Scholar as a way to use the Google search capabilities to find scholarly literature, you may not… Read More

Sponsor: Digital Commons Presenter: Pam Morgan, Central Library Librarian Facilitator: Cazembe Kennedy, Assistant Director, Digital Commons Date and Time: Tuesday, August 9, 11:00am to 12:00pm Location: Zoom Research takes a lot of time, especially keeping track of sources, finding them again, and learning about new ones. Did you… Read More