Library Research Commons
The UBC Library Research Commons is an interdisciplinary, research-driven learning environment for graduate students that provides research support services by graduate students, for graduate students. It offers workshops and one-to-one assistance with citation management tools; two data analysis tools, for both quantitative and qualitative data; and thesis formatting to help students meet UBC’s thesis formatting requirements. It is located in the Walter C. Koerner Library on Levels 2, 4, and 5.
UBC Library provides a variety of workshops throughout the year. The workshops can be subject specific (e.g. searching health databases), general awareness (e.g. orientation to the library), or focused on building a scholarly profile (e.g. getting published, scholarly rights). For an updated list of events, please visit the Research Commons.
Events
| Title | Description | Date | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Data Management Part 2: Preserving and Reusing Research Data |
Thu, April 15, 2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
15 April 2021 - 10:00am | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools |
Fri, April 16, 2021 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
16 April 2021 - 10:00am | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Statistical analysis with R |
Fri, April 16, 2021 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
16 April 2021 - 1:00pm | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Literature Reviews for Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Art |
Mon, April 19, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
19 April 2021 - 11:00am | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Statements of Teaching Philosophy: Writing |
Tue, April 20, 2021 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. Increasingly, faculty positions in research and teaching streams require a statement of teaching philosophy as one component of a teaching portfolio or dossier. Teaching statements reflect personal beliefs about teaching and learning, but also reflect disciplinary cultures and institutional structures and norms in a particular context. |
20 April 2021 - 10:00am | Career Exploration, Writing and Communication |
| Finding the data: Mental health, addiction, homelessness |
Tue, April 20, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
20 April 2021 - 11:00am | Research Skills |
| Introduction to PubMed |
Wed, April 21, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
21 April 2021 - 12:00pm | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Graduate Student Orientation to the Library in 30 minutes |
Thu, April 22, 2021 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
22 April 2021 - 6:00pm | Academic Support and Success |
| Introduction to project management for the Digital Humanities |
Fri, April 23, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
23 April 2021 - 1:00pm | Academic Support and Success, Professional Effectiveness, Research Skills |
| Finding the data: Indigenous Peoples |
Wed, April 28, 2021 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
28 April 2021 - 10:30am | Research Skills |
| Finding the data: people who identify as LGBTQ+ |
Tue, May 4, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
4 May 2021 - 11:00am | Research Skills |
| Visualization with R |
Fri, May 7, 2021 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
7 May 2021 - 10:00am | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| NVivo part 1: getting started with NVivo |
Mon, May 10, 2021 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
10 May 2021 - 4:00pm | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Finding the data: race and ethnicity |
Tue, May 11, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
11 May 2021 - 11:00am | Research Skills |
| Moving Your Open Educational Resource Project Forward |
Thu, May 13, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
13 May 2021 - 11:00am | Teaching Development |
| Dissertations and Theses Formatting: Strategies For Successful Submission |
Thu, May 13, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
13 May 2021 - 12:00pm | Academic Support and Success |
| WestGrid advanced-computing workshop series: Parallel programming in Julia |
Thu, May 13, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
13 May 2021 - 2:00pm | Research Skills |
| Developing a training series for a beginner toolkit in digital scholarship |
Mon, May 17, 2021 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
17 May 2021 - 2:30pm | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills, Teaching Development |
| Copyright and Licensing for Open Educational Resources |
Wed, May 19, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
19 May 2021 - 11:00am | Academic Support and Success, Teaching Development |
| Systematic & Scoping Review Workshop Series: Translating Database Searches and Finding Grey Literature ONLINE |
Wed, May 19, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM See description. FREE. For more information and to register for this workshop visit: |
19 May 2021 - 1:00pm | Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
Pages
Services
| Title | Description | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| One-to-One Assistance |
Consultations are available for Thesis Formatting, Citation Management, NVivo, SPSS, R, and GIS. Appointments are available in 30-minute or 1-hour increments. To request an appointment, please complete form. |
Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
| Drop-in Advising: Research Ethics |
Get expert answers to your questions about your research ethics application or research ethics in general. Book an online consult with staff from the Office of Research Ethics (BREB) by emailing: Wendy Bond, Research Ethics Coordinator – Compliance & Outreach Office of Research Ethics | VP Research & Innovation |
Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |
Resources
| Title | Description | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis Formatting Guides |
Templates and How-to-Guides for Formatting your thesis in PC and MAC |
Academic Support and Success |
| Bookable Project Rooms: Koerner Library Research Commons |
*Due to COVID-19, UBC Library branches across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses remain closed until further notice.* |
Academic Support and Success |
| Open Education Resources, Workshop Materials |
Check out this page for handouts and materials from sessions on citation management, Data Analysis and Management, Literature Reviews, NVivo, R, GitHub, GIS, Dissertation/Thesis Formatting, Copyright, and more. |
Academic Support and Success, Research Skills, Writing and Communication |
| Library Orientation for Graduate Students in 30 minutes_Links, Materials |
This library GitHub page , called "Graduate Student Orientation to the Library in 30 minutes" , includes information on library resources and services such as the reseach commons, guides and events as well as links to electronic resources such as databases and open access resources. |
Academic Support and Success, Research Skills |