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Events

The Northwestern community and the public are invited to the Libraries for our events.

Looking to host an event in a library space? See policies and request a library space for an event.

Sep
15
2025

GLOW: Graduate Library Orientation and Welcome

All day Evanston

The Graduate Library Orientation & Welcome (GLOW) is a conference designed to introduce incoming graduate students to the many resources available at Northwestern University Libraries. Students will have the opportunity to meet with librarians and subject specialists who will help guide their research whether on campus or remotely.

Programming will be the same on both days of GLOW. Mix and match sessions to suit your schedule.

Oct
8
2025

Can I Use This? Copyright and Fair Use in Practice (Online)

12:00 PM Online

Copyright is a growing concern among researchers, who may have questions like “When can I use someone else’s copyrighted work?” or “What rights do I have in my own research?” This workshop will cover basic copyright principles, as well as taking a deeper dive into how exceptions to the law like fair use apply in an academic setting. Expect large-group discussion of real-life fair use case studies. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of texts, images, and other copyrighted materials they would like to incorporate into their work for the group to discuss.

This workshop will be presented over Zoom, led by Liz Hamilton, Copyright Librarian.

A Northwestern Zoom Account is required to access the session.

Oct
9
2025

EndNote: Cite Smarter and Manage Your Research (In Person)

1:00 PM Evanston

Keeping track of your research can be an overwhelming task. Fortunately, EndNote can help! In this session, we will introduce you to a powerful citation management application, EndNote, which can help you organize your research materials and save you countless hours in the course of your researching, reading, and writing. EndNote is available at no cost to Northwestern students, staff, and faculty. It's easy to use and allows you to collect, manage, and share your research sources. You can also insert properly formatted citations and bibliographies as you write in Microsoft Word.

Oct
14
2025

Zotero: Cite Smarter and Manage Your Research (In Person)

2:00 PM Evanston

Keeping track of your research can be an overwhelming task. Fortunately, Zotero is a tool that can help! In this session we will introduce you to the citation management application, Zotero, which can help you organize your research materials and save you countless hours in the course of your reading and writing. Zotero is a freely available citation management software application that works as standalone software or through a web browser. Zotero is easy to use and allows you to collect, manage,  and share your research sources. You can also insert properly formatted citations and bibliographies as you write in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and LibreOffice.

Oct
14
2025

Googling for Data: Strategies & Resources​ (Online)

3:00 PM Online

Do you need to find statistics to support an argument?  Or a dataset to analyze as part of a research project?  Finding datasets from authoritative sources can be challenging. This introductory workshop will point you to the best places to start looking for data to streamline the discovery process.  How to cite datasets will also be addressed. 

Topics NOT addressed in this session: cleaning data, analysis methods or software.

This workshop is presented by Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian; and Anne Zald, Government Information Librarian.

A Northwestern Zoom account is required to access this session.

Oct
20
2025

EndNote: Cite Smarter and Manage Your Research (Online)

3:00 PM Online

Keeping track of your research can be an overwhelming task. Fortunately, EndNote can help! In this session, we will introduce you to a powerful citation management application, EndNote, which can help you organize your research materials and save you countless hours in the course of your researching, reading, and writing. EndNote is available at no cost to Northwestern students, staff, and faculty. It's easy to use and allows you to collect, manage, and share your research sources. You can also insert properly formatted citations and bibliographies as you write in Microsoft Word.

Oct
22
2025

Your Dissertation and Copyright: What You Need to Know (Online)

1:00 PM Online

As you prepare your dissertation, you may have questions about copyright. Can you use articles you’ve published during your time at Northwestern? What about images and texts by other creators? This workshop will help you understand copyright as it applies to your dissertation, from the basics of copyright ownership to exceptions like fair use. No matter where you are in your program, come to discuss real-life examples – and feel free to bring your own. 

This workshop will be presented over Zoom, led by Liz Hamilton, Copyright Librarian.

A Northwestern Zoom Account is required to access the session.

Oct
23
2025

Literature Review Basics for Undergraduates: From Research Question to Writing (Online)

1:00 PM Online

This session will introduce undergraduates to strategies for completing a literature review. The session will include tips and guidance on scoping, developing the research question, choosing databases and searching, organizing materials, and constructing a review.
 
This session will be presented virtually over Zoom by Jason Kruse, Undergraduate Engagement Librarian and Geoff Morse, Head of Distinctive Collections & Research Services. Register to receive connection information.

Oct
24
2025

Literature Review Basics for Graduate Students: From Research Question to Writing (Online)

11:00 AM Online

  This session will introduce graduate students to strategies for completing a literature review. The session will include tips and guidance on developing and refining a research question, choosing databases, advanced searching techniques, using citation management tools for organizing materials, and tips on constructing a review. The content will apply to literature reviews for short papers to articles to dissertations.
 
This session will be presented virtually over Zoom by Jason Kruse, Undergraduate Engagement Librarian and Geoff Morse, Distinctive Collections & Research Services. Register to receive connection information.

Oct
29
2025

Googling for Data: Strategies & Resources​ (Online)

3:00 PM Online

Do you need to find statistics to support an argument?  Or a dataset to analyze as part of a research project?  Finding datasets from authoritative sources can be challenging. This introductory workshop will point you to the best places to start looking for data to streamline the discovery process.  How to cite datasets will also be addressed. 

Topics NOT addressed in this session: cleaning data, analysis methods or software.

This workshop is presented by Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian; and Anne Zald, Government Information Librarian.

A Northwestern Zoom account is required to access this session.

Oct
30
2025

Zotero: Cite Smarter and Manage Your Research (Online)

1:00 PM Online

Keeping track of your research can be an overwhelming task. Fortunately, Zotero is a tool that can help! In this session we will introduce you to the citation management application, Zotero, which can help you organize your research materials and save you countless hours in the course of your reading and writing. Zotero is a freely available citation management software application that works as standalone software or through a web browser. Zotero is easy to use and allows you to collect, manage,  and share your research sources. You can also insert properly formatted citations and bibliographies as you write in Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and LibreOffice.

Nov
5
2025

Systematic, Scoping, and Literature Reviews: What Type of Review is Right for You? (Online)

3:00 PM Online

This session will provide an overview of systematic and scoping reviews, how they differ from literature reviews, what you should be thinking about as you plan your research, and the support available through Northwestern Libraries. This session is geared towards faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and other researchers.
 
This session is restricted to Northwestern faculty, students, and staff, please register with your Northwestern email address. This session will be presented virtually over Zoom by Jason Kruse, Undergraduate Engagement Librarian. Register to receive connection information.

A Northwestern Zoom Account is required to access this session.