Here at Queens' we're dedicated to developing your skills and helping you study in the most effective way possible. To that end, next week we are running several Research Skills workshops aimed at both undergraduates and graduate students. These are repeat sessions of those we ran in Michaelmas Term, in case you missed out.
For undergraduates:
Google and beyond workshop: How to become an expert at finding, evaluating, and organising essential readings for your course
Save time, astound your DoS and raise your game (academically) with your ability to locate, evaluate, and organise essential and rare information in your subject area. Two sessions to be led by Dr Tim Eggington (Fellow Librarian) and Lucy Woolhouse (Reader Services Librarian) will take place on Monday 3rd February at 1.00-2.00pm and 5.30-6.30pm in CC43.
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Cite it right: referencing workshop
Worried about referencing or panicking about how to avoid plagiarism? Join us for a workshop to help you understand what referencing is, why you need to do it and learn some effective referencing strategies, including an introduction to reference management software. Two sessions to be led by Lucy Woolhouse (Reader Services Librarian) on Tuesday 4th February at 1.00-2.00pm and 5.30-6.30pm in CC43.
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For graduates:
Building & organising bibliographies with Zotero
There are better and faster ways to build and organize a stellar bibliography besides typing it up by hand every time! This workshop will be an interactive introduction to using the free online bibliographic management system, Zotero. We will show you how to implement and master Zotero and make it a part of your life, saving you from hours upon hours of reference hunting, re-typing references, and essay stress.
Two sessions to be led by Lucy Woolhouse (Reader Services Librarian) take place on Wednesday 5th February in CC43 at 1.00-2.00pm and 5.30-6.30pm.
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Advanced literature searching: Google Scholar versus Web of Knowledge/Scopus
You may have been introduced to these online databases but learning how to make the most of them can be challenging. This in-depth workshop will show you how to do 'advanced searching' (beyond Author / Title / Keyword) and explain the secrets and joys of citation searching, the h-index, and 'impact factor'. It will be useful to all who need to explore their topic independently and evaluate resources.
Two sessions to be led by Dr Tim Eggington (Fellow Librarian) take place on Thursday 6th February in CC43 at 1.00-2.00pm and 5.30-6.30pm.
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Top tips for painless publication
Are you a new graduate student or early career researcher? Does the publication process fill you with fear? Worry not — attend this session to gain knowledge on essential topics such as:
- how to pick the best journal for your output
- how peer review really works
- what is open access?
- do you own the copyright to your work?
Two sessions to be led by Dr Tim Eggington (Fellow Librarian) & Lucy Woolhouse (Reader Services Librarian) will take place on Friday 7th February at 1.00-2.00pm and 5.30-6.30pm in CC43.
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We hope to see you there!
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