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Digital Scholarship CommonsThursday 10:00am - 10:00pm
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Digital Scholarship Commons

At McHenry Library
Open now
Thursday 10:00am - 10:00pm
Digital Scholarship Innovation StudioThursday 9:00am - 7:00pm
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Digital Scholarship Innovation Studio

At Science & Engineering Library
Open now
Thursday 9:00am - 7:00pm
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Special Collections & Archives

At McHenry Library
Thursday 10am - 12noon & 1pm - 4pm

Events and Workshops

  • 29 Jan
    Introduction to QGIS

    Are you interested in exploring your research through digital mapping? Curious to know what’s possible and how to get started? Like the idea of a...

  • 04 Feb
    Can I use this? Copyright for your dissertation or thesis

    You may want or need to use third party materials in your dissertation or thesis, but it can be unclear how to navigate copyright and whether you can...

  • 05 Feb
    The Basics of Photoshop

    In this workshop led by Digital Scholarship Steph Layton, we will explore Adobe Photoshop to enhance and edit photos. Participants will learn how to...

  • 11 Feb
    Getting Started with Zotero

    Have you struggled to keep track of search results and PDF attachments? Do you save writing bibliographies to the last minute? Have you mixed up...

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