Science Library
Research Clinic for First Year Students
Research Clinics are held at multiple library locations throughout the semester. This clinic is aimed at students attending FYW, FYO, and other classes typically attended by first years.
Bring your research assignment! In the clinics, we can help you:
AI and AI Literacy
A brief introduction to what AI tools are and how they work. Plus an overview of some pros and cons of these tools, followed by a discussion and activity focused on critically analyzing Generative AI outputs
Predatory Journals: (Where) To Publish or Not to Publish
Want to publish an article and not sure where to start? Join UGA librarians to help determine top journals in your field using metrics, understand the publishing and peer review process, and avoid predatory publishers.
Healthy Research Habits
Join UGA librarians to learn about tools, resources, and study tips that can help you on your research journey!
- Identify common barriers like procrastination and develop strategies to overcome them
- Discover tools to help you make a plan and keep your research organized
- Learn how to evaluate sources and use them responsibly
- Get familiar with UGA resources to support your research
Introduction to EndNote
- Get to know your EndNote workspace and reference views
- Set up to Sync and Find Full Text
- Export references from Google Scholar and UGA databases to EndNote
- Make Group Sets, Groups, and use Tags for organization
- Make quick bibliographies
Beginner's Guide to Online and Data Privacy
"Your online activity creates a treasure trove of data. This data ranges from your interests and purchases to your online behaviors, and it is collected by websites, apps, devices, services, and companies all around the globe. This data can even include information about your physical self, like health data" (National Cybersecurity Alliance 2024).
Night Against Procrastination
If you need to be surrounded by hard-working students to keep you accountable this finals season, join us for a Night Against Procrastination at McBay Library. Librarians and tutors will also be there to help.
Data Wrangling with R
Join the Research and Computational Data Management department and UGA Carpentries for an R workshop on Data Wrangling with R, in person in the McBay Science Library, Room 217. This workshop will be led by Keiko Bridwell on September 18th at 4pm.