This menu represents only a selection of advanced research skills workshops that are available. To schedule a workshop or explore additional options, contact your subject specialist!
Research Tools
Advanced Classical Studies Research Tools (60 mins)
Students will take their Classical Studies research to the next level by learning advanced search and discovery techniques in L’Année Philologique, Perseus, TLL, and TLG. Recommended for students with prior research experience who want to maximize the potential of these core disciplinary resources.
Beyond the Basics: Legal Research Strategies and Sources (60-75 mins)
The session strengthens students' legal research expertise by mastering search techniques and key legal resources. This workshop focuses on finding and analyzing cases, statutes, regulations, and law review literature, with an emphasis on evaluating legal authority and using legal sources as evidence in scholarly work.
Introduction to LabArchives: Electronic Lab Notebooks (60 mins)
Students will be introduced to the primary features of LabArchives, the electronic lab notebook supported by Tufts. Students will learn best practices for safekeeping scientific data, writing good documentation, and organizing their data.
Version Control: Introduction to Git & GitHub Desktop (60 min)
Version control is a way to record and keep track of the changes made to a file over time. GitHub Desktop is a software that make it easy to use the version control system git, without any background in coding. Keeping track of versions with git can be important when creating large projects that include many files or complicated structures. In this lesson, students will learn about version control and the basics of git, using the GitHub Desktop app. No coding experience required.
Zotero for Academic Research (60 mins)
Students will learn how to use Zotero, a free citation management tool, to organize research materials, annotate and take notes on sources, and generate citations and bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. Zotero helps researchers stay organized, reduces the risk of citation errors, and simplifies the process of managing sources throughout a research project.
Research Methods
Advanced Historical Research (60-75 mins)
Students will deepen their understanding of the past by discovering and interpreting the sources that document it. Learn how to locate and evaluate primary sources across archival, newspaper, and digital collections, assess their historical significance, and use them effectively to support advanced historical research and inquiry.
Community-Engaged Research: Ethical, Inclusive, and Collaborative Research Practices (60-75 mins)
Students will learn how community-engaged research (CEnR) fosters ethical, inclusive, and impactful scholarship through collaboration with community partners. Students will explore stakeholder engagement, power dynamics, and strategies for centering community perspectives while developing research practices that promote equity, accountability, and meaningful outcomes.
Data Discovery for Research (60-75 mins)
Students will learn how to locate datasets from government, academic, and industry sources; evaluate data quality and documentation; and understand key considerations for using data ethically and effectively. Participants will explore strategies for discovering, interpreting, and citing data to support research projects, policy analysis, business decisions, and other evidence-based work.
Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Searching (60-75 mins)
Students will build advanced evidence synthesis skills by learning how to design, document, and evaluate systematic literature searches. Students will refine research questions, select appropriate databases and sources, and develop structured search strategies for systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-analyses, and other discipline-specific review methodologies.
Mapping Scholarly Conversations (60-75 mins)
Students will get beyond keyword searching to discover who is shaping research in your field. Learn to track citations, analyze an author's scholarly contributions, find book reviews, and identify major debates and emerging trends in the literature. Recommended for students who are already comfortable with basic research skills.
Market Research (60-75 mins)
Students will go beyond simple web searching and learn how to identify industry trends, analyze competitors, locate market and consumer data, and evaluate the credibility of research sources. Participants will explore tools and databases for finding company information, market reports, customer insights, and emerging opportunities that support business planning, product development, and entrepreneurial ventures.
Public Policy Research (60-75 mins)
Students will learn how to find and analyze policy reports, legislation, government data, think tank publications, and scholarly research. Participants will explore strategies for tracking policy developments, comparing perspectives from different stakeholders, and uncovering the evidence that shapes local, national, and global policy discussions.
Research Foundations for Literary and Cultural Studies (75 mins)
An introduction to the research practices, scholarly methods, and tools that underpin graduate work in literature. Students will learn to navigate scholarly conversations, identify meaningful research questions, evaluate sources, and build sustainable long-term research agendas.
AI & Algorithmic Literacy
Algorithms, Influence, and the Information Environment (60-75 mins)
Using real-world case studies, this lesson examines how algorithms have shaped elections, protests, violence, and other major events. Participants will explore how algorithmic changes influence the information people see and why manipulated online conversations can affect public perception, media coverage, and policymaking.
The Epistemic Crisis: Knowledge, AI, and the Future of Human Judgment (60-75 mins)
How do we determine what is true when humans and machines increasingly learn from one another? This workshop investigates the evolving relationship between artificial and human intelligence and how that relationship is reshaping the production of knowledge. Through discussion and examples, participants will explore the epistemic crisis emerging across scholarship and society and consider what remains uniquely human in an age of AI.