The aim of Open Access scholarly communication is to increase access to research outputs, making them freely available to a wider audience. Come along to this session to find out about the personal and community benefits of publishing your work Open Access, how to achieve Open Access through the 'green' or 'gold' routes, how you … Continue reading Open Access Publishing (Bitesize)
This is an introductory session aimed at those starting out in research, or returning to research. It is useful for people conducting an extensive search, for example as part of a literature review. It is about planning for a search - it does not cover specific subjects or databases. The session covers • Planning for … Continue reading Finding Sources (Bitesize)
This is an introductory session to IEEE, an engineering database. In the session we'll demonstrate various search tips which are useful in IEEE. Booking link
Social media has a key role to play in raising your academic profile, but how can we utilise it? This bitesize session will introduce you to tools which can help with this. No experience or knowledge of social media tools is assumed. Booking link
This is an introductory session to Art Full Text In the session we'll demonstrate various search tips which are useful in Art Full text and can also be applied across other databases on the Ebsco platform. Booking link
This is an introductory session to Business Source Premier, an engineering database. In the session we'll demonstrate various search tips which are useful in Business Source Premier and can also be applied across other databases on the ProQuest platform. Booking link
Shut up and write! sessions are open to Doctoral Researchers and Research-Active staff and provide a dedicated time and space for writing, be it a funding application, project plan, book chapter, or article. Information and booking 20 October 2017 Information and booking 17 November 2017 Information and booking 15 December 2017 Information and booking 12 … Continue reading Shut Up and Write! – City
This is an introductory session to ASSIA, a social science database. In the session we'll demonstrate various search tips which are useful in ASSIA and can also be applied across other databases on the ProQuest platform. Booking link
This session is for research students and supervisors. The session covers • Why we have moved to electronic theses • Copyright issues • How to submit your electronic thesis to our online research archive SHURA Booking link
Social media has a key role to play in raising your academic profile, but how can we utilise it? This session builds on the bitesize session and gives time to create accounts for and explore social media tools. No experience or knowledge of these tools is assumed. Booking link