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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.

Register for Research Camp 2024-2025

You can self-register in Brightspace by clicking Academic Support > Self registration, and selecting Research Camp 2024-2025. You can enroll anytime on or after April 1, 2024, and content will be available until end of March 2025.

Once you have registered, you may need to search for and pin the Research Camp in Brightspace. Click on the waffle menu at the top of the screen and search for Research Camp 2024-2025. From there, you can click the pushpin icon to pin it to your courses and find it easily the next time you log into Brightspace. 

Live sessions

During May and June 2024, we also offer several live online sessions, which you can register for separately. Review the Module & Session descriptions for more information, or register below:

  1. Researching for the Literature Review | Tues. May 14, 10am-11am 
  2. Writing the Literature Review | Wed. May 15, 1pm - 2:30pm 
  3. Writing Grants | Thurs. May 16, 1pm-2pm 
  4. Managing Big Writing Projects | Tues. May 21, 10am-11:30am 
  5. Using Source Material in Writing: Acknowledging Other Scholars While Building Your Own Contribution | Wed. May 22, 1pm-2:30pm 
  6. Advanced Writing Strategies for International and Multilingual Researchers | Tues. May 23, 10am-11am 
  7. Searching PubMed | Tues. May 28, 10am - 11am 
  8. Introduction to Citation Management | Thurs. May 30, 10am-11am 
  9. Searching Embase | Mon. June 3, 10am - 11am 
  10. Excel 1: Easy Excel | Tues. June 4, 10am-12pm
  11. Intellectual Property Ownership for Students | Wed. June 5, 1pm-2pm 
  12. Excel 2: Data visualization with Excel pivot charts | Thurs. June 6, 10am - 12pm 
  13. Excel 3: Excel Experts | Mon. June 10, 10am-12pm
  14. Publishing an article | Tues. June 11, 10am - 11am 
  15. Excel 4: Macros | Thurs. June 13, 10am-11:30am