Workshops & 1:1 Help: Fall 2023 Workshops

At Fleming, Plagiarism is a serious breach of Academic Integrity.  Understand the various forms of plagiarism, Fleming’s policy on plagiarism, and learn effective strategies to avoid plagiarizing.  

• Mon Sept 18, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Thurs Sept 21, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Frost

• Tues Sept 26, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Wed Sept 27, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Virtual

• Mon Oct 30, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Tues Nov 7, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

Information is everywhere… BUT… is it right for your research paper?  Discover how to look critically at information sources, especially websites, to ensure the information is credible, appropriate, accurate, free of bias, etc.

• Wed Oct 4, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Virtual

• Tues Oct 10, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Virtual

• Mon Oct 16, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Thurs Nov 2, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Frost

Turnitin is an online tool used by some instructors to assess for plagiarism in student assignments, but did you know that you can use Turnitin to self-assess your work before handing it in? In this workshop, we'll demonstrate how to set up an account, submit your work, and how to understand the feedback report and use it to avoid plagiarism.  

• Wed Oct 18, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Sutherland

• Thurs Oct 19, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Frost

• Tues Nov 14, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

For those with some citation experience, this workshop will help broaden your understanding and hone your skills. We will practice with more complex examples of articles, edited volumes, websites, and images, as well as using the MS Word citation tool.

• Tues Oct 17, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Mon Nov 13, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Thurs Nov 9, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Frost



For those who are new to citations, we will lay the foundation for successful citation-building.  Understand the use of in-text citations, identify different source formats and the parts of a citation, and practice using a citation guide to build basic citations.

Feel free to bring some examples you would like to work on!

• Tues Sept 19, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Wed Sept 20, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sutherland

• Mon Sept 25 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Thurs Oct 5, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Frost

• Mon Nov 6, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

Find articles using our single Search-All feature. Learn how to choose effective keywords, narrow your results by subject, date, or geography and access full-text articles.

• Mon Oct 2, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Tues Oct 3, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Virtual

• Wed Oct 11, 2p.m. - 3 p.m. Sutherland

• Thurs Oct 12, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Virtual

• Wed Nov 8, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sutherland

Give yourself an edge in your next in-class presentation! We will cover techniques for dealing with presentation anxiety as well as best practices for presenting and using tech tools such as PowerPoint.

• Thurs Sept 28, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Frost

• Tues Oct 31, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Wed Nov 1, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sutherland

For many students, research includes locating, understanding and disseminating peer review resources.  Discover how an article becomes “peer-reviewed” and how to search the library’s databases for these highly credible articles.

• Thurs Nov 16, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Frost

• Tues Nov 21, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual



*Prerequisite: Finding Articles in the Databases or equivalent*
Comfortable searching for articles in the Library’s databases?  Take it to the next level and become proficient in designing your search strategy and using advanced tools available for organizing, storing, and sharing results.  

• Wed Nov 15, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sutherland

• Mon Nov 20, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual

• Thurs Nov 23, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Frost