For those looking for a co-op abroad or are looking for a co-op or job outside of the Philadelphia area, we have an exciting new resource to share with you! Going Global has a huge collection of international and domestic job listings, detailed country, city and cultural information, as well as H1B visa information for international students looking for jobs in the US. Learn how to navigate this fantastic resource to give you a great tool to help you find that international co-op or job.

Collaborating with the Steinbright Career Development Center, this workshop explores the many career resources available to students interested in a co-op or full time job outside the United States. Focusing mainly on resources for students on co-op, it covers the application process and walks students through the new International Co-op website and the resources contained within it. It also explores resources both inside and outside of the Library, including the website Going Global, and how they can help students looking for a job or co-op abroad.

What is the iSkills Assessment? Watch this brief video to find out.

Find out more information by visiting the Libraries iSkills Assessment webpage

Explore the Libraries’ many career resources and learn several steps and strategies to help you find a full-time job after graduation. This workshop will help you effectively use both electronic and print resources throughout your job search. Check out the Information Assistant for Careers’ Reference Page for more information!

EndNote is a robust citation management tool, typicaly used by professional writers and students completing their thesis or dissertation.  EndNote can generate bibliographies, add in-text citations, and allows users to create a sound organizational structure for their reference material.  This product is unique in that it's available as desktop software that integrates with an online tool, EndNote Web.

Zotero is an open-source reference management tool. With one click, Zotero can automatically import bibliographic information that it "senses" in many library databases as well as library catalogs and web sites such as The New York Times, Wikipedia, Flickr and Amazon. You can attach notes, links, and PDFs to records in your Zotero library.

Zotero's Microsoft Word plugin helps you to quickly create in-text citations, endnotes, and bibliographies in a variety of citation styles.

This is a hands-on, introductory workshop.

Designed specifically for students who are just beginning to develop their resumes, this workshop will cover all of the basics including sections to include, writing job/experience descriptions and basic formatting.

SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application for creating high-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data. Explore how to pursue lines of research inquiry and problem solve using this basic, yet powerful geographic information system.
 

This workshop meets in the Library Learning Terrace. Please bring a laptop to the session.

A scholarly review article is a secondary source that synthesizes the body of research on a topic. In this workshop, you will learn the characteristics of review articles, why they are important, and how to search for them using library databases. You will also learn how to locate the full text of a source given its citation.

This workshop meets in the Library Learning Terrace. Please bring your laptop to the session.

Learn how to use RefWorks to quickly grab source citation information from databases, and store all your references in the cloud! RefWorks is an online citation management tool that can generate bibliographies, add in-text citations, and allows you to create a sound organizational structure for your reference material.

This workshop meets in the Library Learning Terrace. Please bring your laptop to the session.

Looking for an alternative to PowerPoint? Get started with Prezi! Prezi is a web-based application that allows for multi-authoring of visual presentations, which makes it great for group projects. Instead of a slide deck, you create your presentation on a large canvas - you can pan and zoom to different parts of the canvas as you present ideas. You can easily insert text, images, videos, PDFs and hyperlinks into your Prezi to make the content more engaging. This workshop is a hands-on, introduction to the tool.

This workshop meets in the Library Learning Terrace. Please bring a laptop to the session.

Good presentations tell a story and appeal to our emotions. Visual aids can enhance your story or ruin it. In this workshop, you will be introduced to  fundamental design principles, as you work in small groups to evaluate examples. You will learn tips to enhance photographs and charts and techniques for creating interesting layouts with visual balance and thematic unity.

During your college experience and your professional career, you will collaborate with colleagues and work on teams to accomplish goals. In this workshop, you will learn practical methods for managing group work throughout the phases of a project and principles of effective team collaboration. Workshop Topics: how to plan for success at the beginning of a project; how to stay organized and on track; How to communicate effectively when making decisions; and how to negotiate conflict and resolve common problems.

Make the most of the Libraries! The Libraries provides valuable services and resources to help you with your course work. This workshop includes a tour of W.W. Hagerty Library and a brief orientation to the Libraries website and electronic resources.