Authors are often unsure what rights they retain when signing the publisher agreement for a journal article. Your choices affect what you and others can do with your work. This introductory workshop deciphers the jargon and explains the pitfalls so you can understand your options and make informed decisions.

It covers

• benefits of retaining copyright
• Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTA) compared with other Licence types (inc. Creative Commons)
• author rights and sharing permissions
• subscription and open access articles
• uploading to the web or repositories
• University and funder policies (inc. REF)
• where to get help.

Participants are welcome to bring along an example of a publisher copyright agreement that they have signed in the past or from a journal they publish in regularly.

Intended Audience:  Academics, researchers, postgraduate research students

When: Thu 15 June, 14.00 to 15.00

Where: Manor Road Building, Seminar Room B

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Newspapers are a valuable resource for researching, not only news but also many other aspects of society. In this session we will introduce key historical and contemporary sources of news and how to make best use of them.

Subjects to be covered include:

• The value of newspapers in research
• The difficulties of using newspapers in research and effective search techniques
• Using a range of sources for searching and reading historical newspapers
• Using a range of sources for searching and using historical audio-visual news sources
• Using a range of sources for searching and reading contemporary newspapers

Intended Audience:  Students, researchers, and anyone else interested in the subject

When: Wed 7 June, 09.30 to 12.30

Where: Social Science Library, Information Skills Training Room

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During this introduction to citation tracking and bibliometrics we will use a range of ‘impact factor’ tools to find top journals and conferences, count citations and measure the impact of publications and researchers.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Understanding the main issues involved in using citation analysis to measure impact
• Using Journal Citation Reports and CiteScore Journal Metrics to find journal impact factors
• Using Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to track and count citations to papers and individual researchers
• Calculating your own h-index
• Measuring impact using altmetrics
• Creating a researcher profile and using ORCID IDs to identify your work

Intended Audience:  Researchers, Academics, Research Support Staff and Research Postgraduates in Sciences and Social Sciences.

When: Tue 6 June, 10.00 to 11.30

Where: Social Science Library, Information Skills Training Room

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An introduction to Oxford Libraries including guidance on which libraries to use; finding and using books, journals and other materials in print and online; and making the most of Library services. This workshop will help you settle into searching for literature at Oxford with confidence.

Objectives – By the end of the session you will be able to

•  Find out which libraries are most relevant to your topic and study requirements
• Use SOLO to find printed and online books, journals and other materials
• Use OxLIP+ to access databases
• Use LibGuides to find key resources for your subject
• Access help and advice from the libraries on searching, current awareness, reference management, open access, research data management and more.

Intended Audience: All Oxford Library users

When: Mon 5 June, 14.00 to 17.00

Where: Social Science Library, Information Skills Training Room

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An introduction to using RSS feeds and alerts to keep up to date with new research. Participants will have the opportunity to set up RSS feeds and/or email alerts to receive notifications about new journal articles and other publications, conference papers and blog posts in their field of research.

Objectives – By the end of the session you will be able to

• Use an RSS feed reader to receive notifications about new publications in your research field
• Use email alerts as an alternative to RSS feeds to receive notifications about new publications in your field
• Use JournalTOCS to receive tables of contents for new issues of your favourite journals
• Set up RSS feeds or alerts on your favourite databases for new content in your field
• Set up RSS feeds for new blog posts and web site updates
• Explore use of social media tools for keeping up to date with research

Intended Audience:  Postgraduates, researchers, academics and anyone interested in the topic

When: Thu 1 June, 14.00 to 15.30

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Windrush Room

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A workshop outlining some of the key principles to bear in mind when working with sensitive or restricted research data obtained from a third party source such as a data archive. This session will also be of interest to those creating data they consider sensitive or confidential, who want to know how best to go about it. Examples of scenarios drawn from the research of participants are particularly welcome. The role of support services at Oxford will also be outlined and in particular the role of the Bodleian Data Librarian.

Objectives – By the end of the session you will:

Intended Audience: All DPhil students and research staff

When: Wed 31 May, 10.00 to 12.00

Where: Social Science Library, Information Skills Training Room

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A general overview of a range of e-resources relevant for British and Western European medieval studies including bibliographical databases, biographical/reference tools, web portals and collections of online primary source materials of Anglo-Saxon sources, Greek/Latin texts, chronicles, charters, literary works and manuscript sources.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Bibliographical databases
• Biographical/reference tools
• Web portals
• Collections of online primary source materials of Anglo-Saxon sources, Greek/Latin texts, chronicles, charters, literary works and manuscript sources

Intended Audience:  Researchers, students, academics, staff e.g. Classicists, Historians, Philosophers, Theologians etc.

When: Tue 30 May, 14.00 to 16.15

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Windrush Room

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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 software packages and gives you the opportunity to try out five different packages (RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley and Papers) so that you can work out which one is best for you.

Objectives

• Understand how reference management software works and what it does
• Understand the pros and cons of a range of reference management packages
• Add, edit and organise references using a number of different tools
• Add citations to documents and create bibliographies using a number of different tools
• Make an informed decision about which reference management package works best for you

Intended Audience: Postgraduate students, researchers and university staff

When: Wed 24 May, 14.00 to 17.00

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Isis Room

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