For Graduate Research Students

Are you starting out on your D.Phil? Would you like to know more about It and Library services and tools which could help you? This course may be for you!

Research Skills Toolkit

A free hands-on workshop for research students introducing key tools, techniques and resources.   Topics covered in this 2 hour session include:

·         Reference management software

·         Literature searching and advanced search techniques

·         Keeping up to date with emerging research

·         Managing your thesis with Word

·         Analysing data with Excel pivot tables

·         Podcasting with Audacity and Weblearn

·         Free software for image manipulation

·         Measuring research impact

·         Your thesis, copyright and submitting to ORA

During the sessions you will also meet with subject specialists for help and guidance on further training.

These workshops are open to graduate researchers and take place in week 8 of Michaelmas and week 1 of Hilary Term. There are workshops targeted at different subject areas

Read more here and book your place – places are limited, book your place now.

Courses for Postgrads and researchers

The following courses are being run by Bodleian Libraries staff at  IT Services (formerly OUCS) in Banbury Road

WISER: Finding Stuff – Conferences (Tues 23 Oct 3.30 – 4.30) (wk 3) - Conference papers can be tricky to find but are very valuable because they describe cutting-edge research. This session will enable you to find forthcoming conferences in your field and also to locate the published papers of proceedings which have taken place.

Who is this session for? Postgraduates, researchers and academics.

Presenters: James Shaw and Sue Bird > Book Now

WISER: Your thesis, copyright and ORA (Wed 24 Oct 3.45 – 5.00) (wk 3)

Repeated Mon 29 Oct 12.30 – 13.30 (week 4)

Oxford DPhil students are required to deposit a copy of their thesis in ORA (Oxford University Research Archive). This session will focus on copyright and other issues that DPhil students need to take into account when preparing and writing their thesis so that they do not encounter problems when they deposit.  DPhils are encouraged to attend this session early so that they can make sensible decisions regarding rights from the start of their research.

Who is this session for? Research Postgraduates who are required to write a thesis

Presenter: Catherine Goudie > Book Now

WISER: Finding Stuff – Theses and Dissertations (Fri 26 Oct 10.45 – 12.00) (wk 3) – This session will help you to find theses submitted at Oxford and in other institutions in the UK and overseas. 

Who is this session for? Postgraduates, researchers and academics.

Presenter: Angela Carritt and Craig Finlay > Book Now

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Open Access Week

To celebrate International Open Access Week, 22nd - 28th October, various events are being held in Oxford. For more information, see the Radcliffe Science Library website Radcliffe Science Library website