A briefing on open access publishing and Oxford’s position including guidance on how to comply with the Open Access requirements for the REF and mandates from key funding bodies whilst respecting your publisher’s rights and policies.

Topics to include:

• What is open access?
• Key terms – Gold, Green, Article Processing Charges
• How to find out about research council or funder requirements
• How to find out what your publisher will allow
• Green route – how to deposit in ORA
• Gold route and how to claim for APCs
• Where to get more information & help
• Act on Acceptance and HEFCE OA policy for the post-2014 REF.

Intended Audience: Current Oxford researchers and academics, research support staff and librarians

When: Tue 23 May, 14.00 to 15.00

Where: Manor Road Building, Seminar Room E

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RefWorks is an online tool which allows you to manage your references, insert them into your work as in text citations or footnotes and automatically generate bibliographies. This introduction to RefWorks is open to all, but the section on importing references will focus on Science and Social Science examples.

Obectives:

• Understand the pros and cons of RefWorks
• Create a RefWorks account
• Add references to RefWorks from a range of sources
• Add in text citations and /or footnotes to your papers
• Create bibliographies
• Get help with RefWorks

Intended Audience:  Oxford Students, researchers and other staff plus Oxford alumni

When: Fri 19 May, 09.15 to 12.15

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Evenlode Room

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Of vital help to all undergraduate history students is this general overview of the main sources for finding and accessing historical UK parliamentary material, pre-1800 and post-1800. We look at sources for government publications both in print and in electronic format, including: Parliamentary proceedings – Hansard, Journals of the House of Commons and Lords; Legislation; Government and departmental papers.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Parliamentary proceedings
• Legislation
• Government and departmental papers

Intended Audience:  Undergraduate history students and anyone new to the subject

When: Thu 18 May, 10.00 to 11.30

Where: Social Science Library, Information Skills Training Room

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MANTRA is an acclaimed online independent learning course which provides guidelines for good practice in research data management. This workshop will discuss research data management as an integral part of the research process; give an introduction to MANTRA; and then give an actual opportunity to begin the online course.

Objectives:

• Understand key issues in research data management
• Use MANTRA to further your research data management practice

Intended Audience:  Postgraduates and researchers. This will be particularly useful for DPhil students and early career researchers who are starting a research project.

When: Wed 17 May, 10.00 to 11.30

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Windrush Room

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Introduction to key information sources and collections for the study of colonial America and US history. The session will provide an overview of the primary sources available in Oxford and online, as well as guidance on locating material for your research.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Overview of the primary sources available in Oxford and online
• Guidance on locating material for your research

Intended Audience:  Students, researchers and anyone interested in this topic.

When: Tue 16 May 14.30 to 17.00

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Windrush Room

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A general introduction to the vast range of electronic resources which are available for all historical periods for British and W European history: bibliographical databases, biographical / reference research aids, ebooks and ejournals, web portals, and collections of online primary source materials.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Bibliographical databases
• Bibliographical / reference research aids
• E-books and e-journals
• Web portals
• Collections of online primary source materials

Intended Audience:  Students, researchers and anyone interested in this topic

When: Tue 16 May 14.00 to 15.15

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Windrush Room

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Zotero is a reference management tool that helps you build libraries of references and add citations and bibliographies to word processed documents using your chosen citation style. This introduction covers the main features of Zotero.

Objectives:

• Install Zotero and related plug ins on your computer
• Understand how to synchronise Zotero across several computers
• Add, edit and organise references using Zotero
• Add in text citations and /or footnotes to your papers
• Create bibliographies

Intended Audience:  Students, researchers and staff needing to manage references and create bibliographies

When: Fri 12 May, 14.00 to 17.00

Where: IT Services, 13 Banbury Road, Isis Room

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This session will introduce key information sources for African Studies. You will be shown useful finding tools to locate relevant material via SOLO and how to search them, as well as important portals and gateways to libraries and archives of online primary texts. There will be time for a brief hands-on.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Locating relevant material via SOLO
• Using key portals and gateways to libraries and archives of online primary texts

Intended Audience:  Students, researchers and anyone interested in the topic

When: Thu 11 May, 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: Wed 10 May, 09.30 to 12.30

Where: Social Science Library, Information Skills Training Room

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The Bodleian’s Weston Library has a wealth of resources covering almost all aspects of modern British society and culture. This session will introduce key finding aids and get you started with the research skills needed to make the most of these resources.You will have an opportunity in the session to handle some actual examples.

Subjects to be covered include:

• Identifying relevant material in Oxford and elsewhere
• Considerations when working with archival material
• Types of archives and modern papers
• How to find out more

Intended Audience:  Students, researchers and other Bodleian Libraries’ readers considering using modern papers and archives in social science or historical research.

When: Wed 10 May, 14.00 to 16.00

Where: Weston Library, Horton Room

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