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Research Camp for Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, and Grad Students

Created by the Dal Libraries with support from the Writing Centre. Literature reviews, library research, information management and more.

Certificates

New in 2023: Complete modules or attend online sessions in the 2023-2024 Dalhousie Libraries Research Summer Camp to earn certificates!

How do I earn certificates? Certificates are automatically generated in Brightspace when you complete the required modules.

Research Summer Camp certificates

The following modules must be completed to earn the Core Skills certificate:

  • Library research 101 (module)
  • Researching for the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing grant proposals (live session or recording)
  • Managing big writing projects (live session or recording)
  • Academic integrity: Appropriate use of source material in writing (live session or recording)
  • Citation management with Zotero (live session or recording)
  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a user (module)

The following modules must be completed to earn the Mini-Program certificate:

  • Library research 101 (module)
  • Researching for the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing grant proposals (live session or recording)
  • Managing big writing projects (live session or recording)
  • Academic integrity: Appropriate use of source material in writing (live session or recording)
  • Citation management with Zotero (live session or recording)
  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a user (module)
  • At least one Subject Searching module

The following modules must be completed to earn the Full Program certificate:

  • Library research 101 (module)
  • Researching for the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing grant proposals (live session or recording)
  • Managing big writing projects (live session or recording)
  • Academic integrity: Appropriate use of source material in writing (live session or recording)
  • Citation management with Zotero (live session or recording)
  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a user (module)
  • At least one Subject Searching module
  • Getting started with data management planning (module)
  • The dos and don'ts of preparing a strong ethics proposal (module)
  • Evidence synthesis (module)
  • Exploring the steps of systematic and scoping reviews using Covidence software (module)
  • Advanced searching for comprehensive reviews (module)
  • Publishing an article (live session or module)
  • Introduction to conference posters (module)
  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a creator (module)

The following modules must be completed to earn the Writing & Publishing certificate:

  • Writing the literature review (live session or recording)
  • Writing grant proposals (live session or recording) 
  • Managing big writing projects (live session or recording)
  • Academic integrity: Appropriate use of source material in writing (live session or recording)
  • Publishing an article (live session or recording)
  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a creator (module)

The following modules must be completed to earn the Excel certificate:

  • Excel 1: Easy Excel (module or live session)
  • Excel 2: Data visualization and Excel pivot charts (module or live session)
  • Excel 3: Excel experts (module or live session)

The following modules must be completed to earn the Evidence Synthesis certificate:

  • Evidence synthesis (module)
  • Exploring the steps of systematic and scoping reviews using Covidence software (module)
  • Advanced searching for comprehensive reviews (module)

The following modules must be completed to earn the Copyright certificate:

  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a user (module)
  • Copyright: Your rights & responsibilities as a creator (module)