This coming term Bodleian Libraries offers an exiting information skills programme covering classes, workshops and briefings on a whole range of topics. All our workshops are free to attend, and some may have additional dates available. We recommend early booking, esp. reference management classes which are very popular.
Finding & using primary sources
Weds | 22/01/25 | 14:00 – 16:00 | Introduction to online resources for historians: show and tell | Online |
Tues | 04/02/25 | 15:00 – 16:30 | Keeping up to date with research | Online |
Tues | 11/02/25 | 10:00 – 12:00 | Data sources for research – discovery, access and use | In person |
Tues | 18/02/25 | 14:30 – 16:00 | Discovering archives and modern manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries | In person |
Weds | 19/02/25 | 11:30 – 13:00 | Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th-21st centuries | Online |
Tues | 25/02/25 | 10:00 – 12:00 | Working with sensitive research data | In person |
Weds | 22/01/25 | 13:30 – 16:30 | Choosing and using software for referencing | In person |
Zotero
Weds | 15/01/25 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Introduction to Zotero | Online |
Tues | 28/01/25 | 09:30 – 11:00 | Introduction to Zotero | Online |
Thurs | 13/02/25 | 12:30 – 14:00 | Introduction to Zotero | Online |
Mon | 24/02/25 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Introduction to Zotero | Online |
Fri | 14/03/25 | 09:30 – 11:00 | Introduction to Zotero | Online |
Weds | 19/02/25 | 13:30 – 16:30 | Referencing: Zotero | In person |
Thurs | 06/03/25 | 14:30 – 16:00 | Referencing: Zotero | Online |
Endnote
Weds | 22/01/25 | 15:00 – 16:30 | Introduction to EndNote | Online |
Weds | 05/02/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Introduction to EndNote | Online |
Thurs | 13/02/25 | 15:30 – 17:00 | Introduction to EndNote | Online |
Fri | 28/02/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Introduction to EndNote | Online |
Mon | 03/02/25 | 09:30 – 12:30 | Referencing: EndNote | In person |
Thurs | 20/02/25 | 14:30 – 16:30 | Referencing: EndNote | Online |
Refworks
Thurs | 06/02/25 | 10:30 –11:30 | Introduction to RefWorks | Online |
Tues | 04/03/25 | 13:00 – 14:00 | Introduction to RefWorks | Online |
Weds | 19/03/25 | 13:00 – 14:00 | Introduction to RefWorks | Online |
Tues | 11/02/25 | 14:30 – 16:30 | Referencing: RefWorks | Online |
Open Scholarship
REF2029 briefings
Thurs | 06/02/25 | 10:00 –11:00 | REF open access policy briefing | Online |
Weds | 12/02/25 | 15:00 – 16:00 | REF open access policy briefing | Online |
Fundamentals of open access
An introductory session which explains what open access, its key terms (Gold, Green, Article Processing Charges) and where to get help.
Tues | 14/01/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Fundamentals of open access | Online |
Tues | 11/02/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Fundamentals of open access | Online |
Mon | 03/03/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Fundamentals of open access | Online |
Thurs | 10/04/25 | 14:30 – 16:00 | Fundamentals of open access | Online |
Logistics of open scholarship
A follow-up session which covers depositing work, securing funding for publishing charges, registering an ORCID, funder policies.
Thurs | 23/01/25 | 14:30 – 16:00 | Logistics of open scholarship | Online |
Thurs | 27/03/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Logistics of open scholarship | Online |
Forum of open scholarship
A forum which discusses current changes in the field of open scholarship
Mon | 17/02/25 | 14:00 – 15:00 | Forum of open scholarship | Online |
Open Access Monographs
Weds | 05/03/25 | 10:30 – 11:30 | Open Monographs | Online |
ORCIDs
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a researcher-controlled persistent identifier that is being adopted by publishers, funders and other scholarly communications infrastructures. Learn how to set it up and use it.
Thurs | 06/03/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | ORCIDs from Scratch | Online |
Copyright
Thurs | 06/02/25 | 14:30 –16:00 | Foundations of Copyright for Teaching | Online |
Thurs | 13/02/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Playing in the open: Getting familiar with Creative Commons licences | In person |
Tues | 25/02/25 | 15:00 – 16:00 | Your thesis, copyright & ORA | Online |
Thurs | 27/02/25 | 09:00 – 12:00 | Copyright the card game | In person |
Tues | 04/03/25 | 10:00 – 11:30 | Foundations of Copyright for Researchers | Online |
AI and critical thinking
Weds | 05/02/25 | 14:00 –16:30 | Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources | In person |
Mon | 03/03/25 | 14:00 – 16:30 | Using AI to find, analyse, and share information sources | In person |
Mon | 17/02/25 | 10:00 – 12:00 | Unlocking critical thinking for undergraduates | Online |
If you have any queries at all regarding our workshops, or booking your place, please contact us at the Information Skills Office: usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.