Take a look at the furniture samples on the 5th floor of the John C. Hitt Library, and stop on by Room 511 from noon to 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, or from 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2. Come on in and tell us exactly what you think of the furniture!
You can rate the furniture at your convenience at library.ucf.edu\sit so we know exactly which pieces are your favorites!
Hosted by the UCF Libraries and the UCF College of Graduate Studies
The Dissertation Forum is a one-day event offered by the UCF Libraries and the UCF College of Graduate Studies. The Forum is designed to foster knowledge sharing and provide information about resources and services for doctoral students related to their research.
Forum programming includes brief presentations, concurrent sessions that attendees can choose from, a presentation on time and stress management, and a lunch and learn panel discussion presented by recently hired UCF professors to provide doctoral students with insights about planning, project management, and expectations.
Registration is free and open to doctoral students who have not yet enrolled in the candidacy phase of their UCF programs. Space is limited to 35 attendees. A light continental breakfast will be provided by the College of Graduate Studies and boxed lunches, sponsored by ProQuest, also will be available.
To register, please use the link below.
Registration must be submitted by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
You will receive an email confirmation of your registration using the email you provide.
If you have questions about registration, please email corinne.bishop@ucf.edu
Register for the Dissertation Forum
The Dissertation Forum is organized conference style; some sessions run concurrently. Please don’t hesitate to speak with a Forum organizer if you have questions about which session might be most useful for your needs.
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| 9:00-9:15 | Light Continental Breakfast Provided by College of Graduate Studies |
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| 9:15-9:30 | Welcoming Remarks Barry Baker, Director, UCF Libraries |
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| 9:30-9:45 | Introduction Dr. Jana Jasinski, Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies This overview will briefly highlight the Graduate College’s resources, services, workshops, and other information. |
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| 9:45-10:30 |
Concurrent Sessions Researcher Networks & Profiles
Andy Todd, UCF Nursing Librarian This session discusses ideas for managing researcher profiles, why it’s important to develop an online profile as a researcher, and how to promote your work and connect to other researchers. The discussion will include a look at several sites to see what ORCID, LinkedIn, Research Gate, Academia.edu, PIVOT, Plum Analytics, and Google Scholar can do for you. 235A
Library Research & Literature Review Strategies
Dr. Corinne Bishop, UCF Social Sciences Librarian Library research strategies can help you differentiate sources and tools for academic projects and for conducting literature reviews. This session includes discussions, demonstrations, and Q&A that focus on identifying subject databases, making use of review articles, tracking citations, creating alerts to stay updated on publications, and using Google Scholar to identify and link to UCFs databases. 235C
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| 10:30-11:00 | ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Demo Sean Keough, ProQuest Academic This session provides an overview of ProQuest’s Dissertations and Theses database and tips on locating dissertations and theses by topic, institution, etc. |
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| 11:00-11:15 | Break | ||
| 11:15-11:30 | Pick up boxed lunch & drink Lunch provided by ProQuest |
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| 11:30-1:00 | Lunch & Learn: New Faculty Panel Dr. Linda Walters, UCF Biological Sciences, Moderator This moderated panel discussion includes Q&A and offers insights from presenters about their experiences and advice related to dissertation project management, timelines, working with advisors and committees, flexibility with topic changes and research challenges, and planning post-doctoral goals. |
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| 1:00-1:15 | Break | ||
| 1:15-2:30 |
Concurrent Sessions Publishing & Author Rights
Sarah Norris, UCF Scholarly Communication Librarian This two-part session covers criteria to consider when planning to submit your work for publication and basic information about copyright as it pertains to publishing. We will look at factors such as acceptance rates, audience, indexing, cost to publish, and open access. There also will be discussion about how author rights are a bundle of rights that may be negotiated by the author. 235A
Dissertation Formatting Overview This session will teach students the formatting requirements for a UCF thesis or dissertation as well as information about completing the thesis/dissertation process. 235C
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| 2:30-3:15 | Time & Stress Management Dr. Shari Ann James, UCF Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) Learn about resources and strategies for healthfully managing and coping with the stress of a dissertation project. |
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| 3:15-4:00 | Closing Activity, Take-A-Ways, & Resources Dr. Penny Beile, Associate Director for Information Services & Scholarly Communication, UCF Libraries |
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Please feel free to contact us if you have questions about the Forum:
Dr. Corinne Bishop, Social Sciences & Graduate Outreach Librarian (corinne.bishop@ucf.edu)
Richard Harrison, UCF Humanities & Undergraduate Outreach Librarian (richard.harrison@ucf.edu)
The UCF Libraries held it’s inaugural “Color Your Stress Away” event during finals week. We added a coloring station to the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library with coloring supplies, including UCF Librarian paper dolls, and custom UCF coloring sheets with Knightro and our stained glass window.
We handed out approximately:
800 crayon packs
120 UCF Librarian paper dolls
265 Knightro coloring sheets
60 UCF John C. Hitt Library stained glass coloring sheets
850 assorted non-UCF coloring sheets
Head over to our Facebook page for a gallery of event photos, and look out for the coloring table during Spring semester finals week!
Spend the Knight before the Study Day at the John C. Hitt Library! Kram 4 the Exam will be happening Monday, December 7th. SGA will be distributing study materials and snacks between 7pm and midnight!
Did you know that coloring is a great way to relieve stress? Come and color your stress away during finals week. The John C. Hitt Library will have coloring supplies and stations set up starting December 8th.
Contact Carrie Moran (carrie.moran@ucf.edu) if you have questions.
Scott, N. (2015). Between the lines: the adult colouring book phenomenon. Director, 69(1), 104. Retrieved from https://login.ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?auth=shibb&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ofm&AN=109518730&site=eds-live&scope=site