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 4th Week Trinity Term
Monday 18 May
Science communication: An introduction to translating your research for a non-specialist audience
🗓️ Monday 18 May | 🕘 10.00-11.00 | 💻 Online This session introduces the essentials of science communication and explores how to make your research accessible and engaging for different audiences.
Searching for patents and standards
🗓️ Monday 18 May | 🕘 13.00-14.00 | 💻 Online Find out more about what patents and standards are, why they might be useful for your research and how to find them in specific databases.
Tuesday 19 May
Data sources for research – discovery, access and use
🗓️ Tuesday 19 May | 🕘 11.00-13.00 |📍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.
Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics
🗓️ Tuesday 19 May | 🕘 11.00-12.00 |📍Radcliffe Science Library Discover how citation counting can help identify influential papers and how altmetrics provide a different perspective on research output.
Sources for modern global history
🗓️ Tuesday 19 May | 🕘 14.30-16.15 |📍Weston Library An introduction to key archival, printed and electronic resources, such as finding aids, bibliographic resources and primary sources for post-1800 global history.
Wednesday 20 May
Foundations of copyright for teaching
🗓️ Wednesday 20 May | 🕘 11.00-12.30 | 💻 Online Confused about what you can (and can’t) use in your teaching? This workshop will help you to understand different licence types and follow the CLA requirements with confidence.
Thursday 21 May
*New* Beyond back-ups: Keeping your research accessible and usable 🗓️ Thursday 21 May | 🕘 11.00-12.30 | 💻 Online Covers what digital preservation is and why it matters in a research context.
Your thesis, copyright & ORA
🗓️ Thursday 21 May | 🕘 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.
Using Scopus for your research
🗓️ Thursday 21 May | 🕘 13.00-14.00 | 💻 Online Unlock the full potential of your literature review with Scopus, a vital abstract and citation database for social sciences, medical sciences, and physical and life sciences.
Friday 22 May
*New* Basics of SciFinder 🗓️ Friday 22 May | 🕘 13.00-14.00 | 💻 Online Join this introductory session on the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform to explore AI-enabled tools and the world’s largest collection of scientific information across chemistry and related sciences.
To view a full list of this terms workshops go to the Bodleian iSkills website or take a look at the iSkills term card for Trinity 2026 below. All workshops must be booked in advance via the Bodleian iSkills website.
