This interactive lunchtime workshop will help you level up your research skills and how you organize your research. We will cover research search strategies using economics-focused research tools and how to use Zotero to collect and organize resources and to automatically format citations for your project. Zotero is a tool to help you organize your research, especially your literature review materials.

Please bring a laptop and make sure you have Zotero installed and running on your laptop before the workshop. 

Do you store all your files in one big folder? Have you ever accidentally saved over important work? Learn file management best practices and solutions in this interactive workshop. Participants will get a short crash-course in using Git, a free and open-source version control system, to track file versions and code.

Please bring a laptop.

Lunch will be provided.

Instructors:

Finding datasets for your research projects doesn’t have to be frustrating! This interactive lunchtime workshop will present tips and tricks for finding economic datasets using both Tisch Library provided and openly available resources.

Please bring a laptop or tablet.

Lunch will be provided.

Instructor: Cece Lasley is a Research Librarian for the Social Sciences at Tisch Library. She works with graduates and undergraduates at all stages of the research process from question development to finding resources and data through to citations.

Douglass Day is an annual program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass a leader in the American 19th century abolitionist movement. Join us in person on Friday, February 13, 2026 for a transcribe-a-thon to help create new & freely available resources for learning about Black history. This year we will transcribe content from the Colored Conventions Project, improving search, access, and discovery of these pages from history.

If you need to transcribe handwritten documents such as letters or manuscripts so you can search, analyze, or publish them, we can help get you started. This workshop will provide an introduction to handwriting text recognition (HTR) and hands-on training to get started with your research. You are welcome to bring any documents you are working with, but it is not required.

You will need a laptop.

Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This one-day workshop will focus on Plotting and Programming with Python. We will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

When you are getting ready to share your research data, you may have questions about how you can control access to your data. Maybe you have sensitive data that can’t be shared broadly, or maybe you just want credit for the data’s use. This workshop is for anyone who has questions about how they can protect themselves or their subjects when sharing research data. We will be covering:

This workshop will prepare you for depositing your thesis or dissertation to ProQuest. You'll learn:

• the formatting fundamentals for submitting to ProQuest
• embargoes, open access options, and other relevant copyright considerations as they relate to theses/dissertations
• how to get support as you go through the process of finishing and preparing to deposit your thesis

Please join us if you're depositing this spring, or are interested in learning more as you get ready to deposit in a future semester.

Come make a custom stamp while learning the foundations of laser engraving. We’'ll teach you what a laser engraver does, how to make your own design, preparing your file for print, and considerations for choosing a material. You’ll create your own stamp and we'll talk through next steps to continue working with laser engraving!