There are two exciting training sessions for DPhil students and Research running next week. You can book your place here. Details of the sessions are below.
Referencing: Choosing and using software
Thurs 14th Jan 15:00 to 16:00
Seminar Room G, Manor Road Building
Formatting your in text citations, footnotes and bibliography correctly for your thesis or publication is a chore. Reference management software makes it easier and saves you time. This introductory session gives an overview of how reference management works, explores the pros and cons of a wide range of reference management packages and gives you the opportunity to try out five different packages so that you can work out which one is best for you. The packages included are RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley and ColWiz.
Moving from research question to literature review in the Social Sciences
Thurs 28th Jan 14:00 to 16:00
SSL IT Training Room
This 2 hour workshop will be invaluable for researchers hoping to find suitable literature for their literature review. A well constructed set of search terms and an understanding of online search engines are prerequisites for undertaking a comprehensive literature review. This workshop will allow researchers to use their own research questions to build a search and apply it to a range of databases. Techniques for structuring a search will be explained, an overview of key online resources for the social sciences will be given , major search tools will be explored, and strategies for approaching large results sets and sourcing papers will be discussed. This practical workshop will involve paper exercises and online activities using attendees own research topics.
