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 6th Week Michaelmas Term
Tuesday 18 November
Logistics of open scholarship
🕘 10:00-11:30 | 💻 Online
This session covers researching, publishing, and finding open scholarship resources and tools at Oxford.
Confidential print and Foreign Office files: Sources for 19th and 20th century studies
🕘 12:00-13:00 | 💻 Online
This session will introduce you to The National Archives and their Foreign Office and Confidential Print files, and show you how to search across them to discover sources for your research.
Science communication: An introduction to translating your research for a non-specialist audience
🕘 14:00-15:00 | 📍Cairns Library
This session introduces the essentials of science communication and explores how to make your research accessible and engaging for different audiences.
Introduction to Open Science Framework at Oxford
🕘 14:00-15:00 | 💻 Online
Discover the Open Science Framework at Oxford! Learn how to access OSF with your Oxford SSO, explore its key features and how it connects with other research services.
Scholarly literature for your research
🕘 15:00-17:00 | 💻 Online
Learn how to create an effective search query and to explore a range of tools to search for scholarly materials to support your research.
Wednesday 19 November
Undergraduate critical thinking with newspaper and social media sources
🕘 13:30-15:30 | 💻 Online
In a world of clickbait and algorithms, critical thinking matters more than ever. This interactive workshop will help you evaluate credibility and bias in today’s news and social media.
Keeping up to date with research
🕘 14:00-15:30 | 💻 Online
Discover how to use alerts to stay up to date with new research, with guided instruction and hands-on setup of tailored email alerts.
Systematic reviews, scoping reviews and other evidence reviews in medicine: getting started
🕘 14:00-15:00 | 💻 Online
Learn how to plan and structure literature searches for systematic, scoping, and other evidence reviews in this introductory session.
Thursday 20 November
Your thesis, copyright & ORA
🕘 11:00-12:00 | 💻 Online
This session guides DPhil students through depositing their thesis in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), covering the process, key rights and permissions, and where to find support.
Friday 21 November
EndNote for referencing
🕘 09:30-12:30 | 📍IT Services
This session covers the main features of EndNote and comprises a presentation followed by practical exercises at the computers. You can leave at any point once you have tried out the software.
Using AI to find, analyse and share information sources
🕘 14:00-16:30 | 📍IT Services
👥 Waiting list available
Designed for those new to AI, this practical session will allow you to independently experiment with three GenAI tools and participate in group discussions to explore their strengths and limitations.
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.
