In honor of Women’s History Month, we are pleased to announce that the Chapman research community now has access to the Taylor & Francis Women’s Studies Ebooks Collection. This database features a curated collection of key titles in Women’s Studies, examining the impact of race, ethnicity, geography, class, sexual orientation, and gender construction on the
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce that Chapman University has joined three new read-and-publish deals through the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Emerald, and Oxford University Press. These agreements will allow Chapman-affiliated authors to publish their articles Open Access at reduced or zero cost. About the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Agreement: The read-and-publish
Are you working on your Thesis or Dissertation as a graduate student? Are you a student graduating this May 2025? Are you ready to take the final step in your academic journey? If so, the Leatherby Libraries is thrilled to bring back our popular workshop, “Submitting Your Thesis or Dissertation to the Library,” designed to
International Love Data Week, hosted annually by the ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) at the University of Michigan, celebrates everything and anything related to collecting, interpreting, and using data. The 2025 theme for Love Data Week is “Whose Data Is It, Anyway,” which encourages researchers to reflect on where data comes from
Are you interested in learning how to use and encode data effectively? This November, the Leatherby Libraries is hosting a three-part Intro to R programming workshop series to help you learn more about coding in R. Whether you are a complete beginner or need a refresher, this workshop series will provide participants with fundamental knowledge
The Leatherby Libraries is proud to celebrate Open Access Week 2024. Open Access Week is an international celebration, originally put together by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and student advocates, which aims to make openness the default for research and celebrate the idea of free access to information. It’s a chance to
Are you working on your Thesis or Dissertation as a graduate student? Are you a student graduating this December 2024? Are you ready to take the final step in your academic journey? The Leatherby Libraries is thrilled to bring back our popular workshop, “Submitting Your Thesis or Dissertation to the Library,” designed to help you
Following the successful launch of Chapman Figshare during Love Data Week, the Leatherby Libraries is excited to invite more members of the Chapman community to take full advantage of the new research data repository. Whether you have datasets, media files, or other research outputs, Chapman Figshare makes your data citable, shareable, and discoverable. The Leatherby
The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to introduce a 3-part Introduction to R Programming Summer Workshop Series to introduce students, staff, and faculty to fundamental coding concepts in R. R programming is an effective tool that can propel efficiency and effectiveness in analyzing complex statistical analyses while producing quality data visualizations. These workshops are for beginners
The Leatherby Libraries is delighted to offer our first-ever workshop introducing the Chapman research community to our newest data repository, Chapman Figshare! On Tuesday, April 30, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., our Data Services Librarian, Andrew Greenman, will host Introduction to Chapman Figshare. This virtual workshop will show attendees how Chapman Figshare can be utilized to publish