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

RDM context - the wider Open Access agenda Data management planning Benefits Support for the research life-cycle BEFORE - Planning Data DURING - Managing Data AFTER- Preserving / Sharing Data Booking link

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. The session covers Knowing your topic / subject area - the main types of source and where they can be found The … Continue reading Finding sources Bite Size session

This is an introductory session aimed at those starting out in research, or returning to research. The session will use Proquest Refworks to demonstrate the use of reference management software. You should set up an account ahead of the session. 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

This is an introductory session aimed at those starting out in research, or returning to research. The session will start with a brief overview of search approaches, then move on to a demonstration of some useful tips, followed by a hands-on activity where you will carry out searches relevant to your research. 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 two tools which can help with this: Twitter and ResearchGate. No experience or knowledge of these sites is assumed. Booking link