Build your confidence with the Bodleian iSkills programme, a series of free workshops that empower students, researchers, and staff at the University of Oxford to develop essential skills in discovering, critically evaluating, managing, presenting and sharing information in an evolving digital and physical world.
Workshops taking place in 2nd Week Michaelmas Term
Tuesday 21 October
Data sources for research – discovery, access and use
🕘 14:00-16:00 | 📍Social Science Library
Explore Oxford’s data sources — from archives to business data — and learn how your work can become part of the research discourse.
Systematic reviews, scoping reviews and other evidence reviews in medicine: getting started
🕘 15:00-16:00 | 💻 Online
Learn how to plan and structure literature searches for systematic, scoping, and other evidence reviews in this introductory session.
Thursday 23 October
REF open access policy briefing
🕘 10:00-11:00 | 💻 Online
Make sure your research meets the new REF open access requirements. Get up to speed on what’s changed and where you can find help at Oxford.
Friday 24 October
Choosing and using software for referencing
🕘 09:30-12:30 | 📍IT Services
Learn to format citations, footnotes and bibliographies with ease. Try RefWorks, EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley to find the best reference management tool for you.
Find out more and book your place via the workshop titles above.
To view a full list of this terms workshops go to the Bodleian iSkills website or take a look at the iSkills Michaelmas Term Card below. All workshops must be booked in advance via the Bodleian iSkills website.
