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This overview adapted slide deck aims to provide the a foundational understanding of GenAI from a University of Waterloo perspective. This resource was developed based on a comprehensive slide deck from University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dr. Torrey Trust: "AI & Ethics" slide deck by Torrey Trust, Ph.D. is licensed under CC BY NC 4.0. 

This version of the slide deck retains the CC-BY-NC license, and can be credited to:

McKenzie, A., Lochead, K., Weaver, K. D., Byl, L., Bermingham, C., Piatek, J., Holmes, T., & Anderson, S. (2024). Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) overview [Slide deck]. University of Waterloo Associate Vice-President, Academic Standing Committee on New Technologies, Pedagogies, and Academic Integrity. Adapted from T. Trust (2024). AI & ethics [slide deck]. University of Massachusetts Amherst as allowed under CC BY-NC 4.0. 

This microlearning module provides a guide on how to transfer bibliographic references from RefWorks reference management tool to Zotero.

This module set will guide you through the initial stages of graduate research, from choosing a research topic to writing a formal literature review.

Bibliometric measures are used to express an amount or degree of research or academic output based on subject, institution, journal, author/researcher, and article. This module aims to introduce learners to the different levels of bibliometrics as well as explain how they can be used in the assessment of scholarly impact.

This micromodule teaches you how to use the ViewScan machines to browse, capture, print, and save images from the Library's microfilm collection.

This infographic shows how to download microdata from Odesi, a web retrieval system that provides access to Statistics Canada data collections.

A microlearning module that guides you on reporting access problems when searching within Omni, the Library’s catalogue and Library databases.

An infographic detailing how to use ViewScan machines to easily access and scan images from the Library's microfilm collection.

A Power Point presentation on ORCID, a global non-profit organization that provides Open Researcher and Contributor (ORCID) IDs to researchers.

• See below the Additional Assets section for an accessible slide deck version.

A Sway presentation highlighting University of Waterloo Library, Special Collections & Archives popular collections, archival resources that are available online, and information on support for instruction.