Library Services- New to McMaster Library? Check out this site for information on services that the library provides - everything a new user needs to know.  

Grad Study Room - The Grad Study Room on the 4th floor of Mills Library is an area designed for writing and research – complete with large tables and office chairs, a standing work area, comfortable seating, and, of course, internet access.

Library Accessibility Services (LAS) -  The Library Accessibility Services office provides assistance to students referred by Student Accessibility Services (SAS). Graduate students can request alternate format library materials from our collection, Accessible Content e-Portal (ACE), Hathi Trust and Internet Archive. 

Libraries on Campus - An overview of the 3 libraries on campus, plus the departments in our buildings. For additional information, check out the Spaces site. 
Ron Joyce Centre, DeGroot School of Business library

McMaster Health Sciences Library

Data Analysis Support Hub (DASH) - The DASH program is developed to provide assistance  with data analysis and software applications such as Excel, SPSS and other statistical softwares, for any course or project with queries about data analytics and software programming.

Recommend a book, film, or journal - you can ask the Library to purchase resources to support your research.

Research Help - this page provides information on Planning your research, Finding resources, Evaluating/Citing resources, and Publishing your research. 

School of Graduate Studies

Ron Joyce Centre, DeGroot School of Business 

Graduate Student Writing Resources
The Writing Centre: Academic Success Workshops

Office of Academic Integrity - information for you as a student and as an instructor
- Graduate Student page

McMaster Research and Innovation

Hamilton Public Library: https://hpl.ca  There are a number of branches around Hamilton and near McMaster campus, and the main branch is in downtown Hamilton. As a McMaster student you are eligible for a free library card. With your card, you can: 

• Use it at any Library branch in Hamilton.
• Borrow books, CDs, movies, magazines, video games and more.
• Access online resources such as newspapers, articles and special databases (consumer reports, auto repair, genealogy research).
• Download eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies and magazines.
• Use Library computers and printers.
• Use digital media labs and Makerspaces.
• Access Hamilton's Civic Museums for free.

The Library has created a range of Guides to help you with your research skills and with using the library services and resources. 
The guides below have been identified as relevant to graduate students and research:

Graduate Guide to Research - your one-stop for graduate studies research information.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Resources in your Discipline

Guide to Open Resources

How to Avoid Predatory Publishers and Conferences

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Guide to LinkedIn Learning

McMaster Experts - a comprehensive portrait of McMaster faculty research activities

Research Data Management (RDM)

Community Engagement and Research - an interdisciplinary guide for students, staff, and faculty looking to understand the Hamilton context as they engage with off-campus communities through teaching, research, and service.

"How Do I..." - a broad collection of topic-related guides

The Infinite Game: ChatGPT, Procedural Generation, and Large Language Models Online. Thursday, May 25, 2023 1-2:30 pm

Since launching in late 2022, ChatGPT has sparked an ongoing, complex conversation about large language models and artificial intelligence. But where does this cutting-edge technology come from? What are its roots--and how can they help us understand today's software?

This webinar by John Fink (Digital Scholarship Librarian) explores the history of procedural generation in text and games, from the I-Ching to ChatGPT and beyond. The talk will emphasize current state of the art Large Language Models like ChatGPT, including a demonstration on how to run one on a modest computer and get near-ChatGPT quality output. 

*This virtual event includes a lecture and demonstration. The event will be recorded and shared on the Sherman Centre's Online Learning Catalogue. 

Registration Information

Teaching with Digital Tools and Approaches: A Sherman Centre Roundtable Online - May 24, 2023 2-4:30pm 

From podcasts and video games to coding and data visualizations, digital tools are on the rise in the university classroom—and for good reason. When integrated well, these approaches can facilitate student-centered learning, critical literacy skills, interdisciplinary inquiry, collaboration, and more. Learn how you can integrate digital tools and approaches into your curriculum at this relaxed roundtable conversation with members of the Sherman Centre team.

This session features four short presentations:

Jay Brodeur (Associate Director of Digital Scholarship Services) will show attendees how Jupyter Notebooks (a web platform for interactive code development and data analysis) can develop digital literacy.

Danica Evering (Research Data Management Specialist) will discuss how teachers can prepare graduate students for the increasingly prominent field of Research Data Management.

Veronica Litt (Digital Scholarship Coordinator) will provide a blueprint for teachers who want to integrate creative digital assignments, such as podcasts and DIY video games, into undergraduate courses.

Subhanya Sivajothy (Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian) will focus on how the exciting field of data visualization fosters student-centred learning and critical data literacy skills.

Join the conversation on May 24!

Registration Information

Boost your research success with Web of Science and Dataverse  - October 5, 2022 9:00-10:30am

1. Gain insights into the research landscape:

The Web of Science indexes the world's academic publications (75 million records!). Learn how to use it as a “RADAR” to look into the scientific literature, revealing the research front in your field and what the hot topics are. See how to use the Web of Science to leverage the world's research networks in discovering:

• Which researchers/universities/countries are having the most impact in my field?
• What funding agencies provide most of the grants in my field?
• Who is collaborating with whom in a field?

2. Make your data searchable:

Sharing your research data is increasingly a requirement for publishing in many journals. McMaster Research Data Management (RDM) Services supports your data sharing needs. We can help researchers select a trusted data repository, including McMaster Dataverse (our institutional data repository) which is indexed in Google Dataset Search and other online databases.

RDM is for everyone, across all disciplines. Research data are anything we build from to conduct research, science, scholarship, and creative practice. Data take many forms: spreadsheets, interviews, code, fieldnotes, software, images, and more. Whether you’re considering data sharing as a part of scholarly communication, contributing to collective knowledge, or looking for new collaborations, learn more about RDM!

Boost Your Research with Data Sharing (pdf of presentation)

Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship: September 20, 2022, 2:30-4pm. 

With a new school year comes a new slate of Sherman Centre workshops. This year’s slate of 40 (!) events includes sessions on evergreen topics such as digital humanities, data analysis, data visualization, textual analysis, GIS, programming, and RDM, plus new workshops on exciting subjects like machine learning, podcasting, 3D printing, qualitative data, and data sonification (i.e./ turning data into a sound installation. Neat!).

Browse the full slate and register here.

Please note in particular our first event: “What is Digital Scholarship?”, coming up on Tuesday September 20 at 2:30pm.