PhD Library inductions and workshops

Dr William Farrell, Dr Ian Rowlands & Selina Lock

Welcome to all our new PhD students and welcome to a new academic year for our existing students.

Inductions & Introductions to...

The Library Research Services Team will be on hand at the following events for a chat and to answer questions:

College Induction Events

Friday 9^th Oct - College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Wednesday 14^th Oct – College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology

Wednesday 21^st Oct – College of Science and Engineering

Introduction to...

We are also running our own Introduction to... events:

Wed 28^th Oct – 11am – Introduction to the Library

Wed 28^th Oct - 2pm – Introduction to Research Data Management

Thurs 29^th Oct – 11am – Introduction to Reference Management

Thurs 29^th Oct - 2pm – Introduction to the Library

Fri 30^th Oct – 11am – Introduction to Reference Management

Fri 30^th Oct - 2pm – Introduction to Research Data Management

To book on to the Introduction to... sessions please go to PROSE
Once you have logged in to PROSE, search by key term ‘Introduction’.

Autumn Term Workshops

All our of Autumn workshops are now available to book via PROSE.

Including ones on literature searching, making research information come to you, EndNote, RefWorks, Google tools, finding grey literature, systematic reviews, database design, using Microsoft Access, cleaning messy data, creating online exhibitions and Advanced EndNote/RefWorks.

The session descriptions also link to online versions of the sessions (where available) for those researchers based off-campus.

Remember, if you need 1to1 help then just email us on librarians@le.ac.uk

Oral history at the University of Leicester

As announced recently, we will be hosting the CILIP Local Studies conference on July 9, which will be themed around oral history and sound collections. We choose oral history thanks to the University's, and the region's, strengths in this area. East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) Based in the Centre for Urban History, East Midlands Oral History Archive is one of the largest regional collections of its kind. It was o riginally funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to establish an archive of oral history recordings for Leicestershire & Rutland. It includes the collections of the Leicester Oral History Archive, the Mantle archive from North West Leicestershire, the Community History archive of Leicester City Libraries, the Market Harborough Museum collection, and the sound archive of BBC Radio Leicester, along with smaller collections donated by local organisations or individuals. Following a major digitisation project, the Library's Special Coll...

Research Elevenses in July

Throughout July we are running a series of 30 minute talks on key issues for Leicester researchers. There’s no need to book - just turn up! If you are off-campus you can join in live via Adobe Connect. Simply click the link and choose ‘Enter as Guest’ on the day. A recording of each session will be made available after the event. 6th July Discovering the University’s unique archives 11am, Fielding Johnson, Ogden Lewis Seminar Room 3 This session will explain what archives are and give an overview of the archives held by the University of Leicester library. Participants will also be introduced to the online archive catalogue and effective ways to locate archival sources to support teaching and research. Join the webinar 13th July Publishing your own Open Access journal 11am, David Wilson Library Seminar Room, Floor 1 The Library has developed an online publishing platform (Open Journals System) that enables researchers at Leicester to set up and run their o...

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar if you have a Google Account. Go to Google Scholar and sign into your Google Account. Conduct your search. Click on the Star icon (Save) under each reference you want to export. Then click on My Library in the top, right of the screen. Select all the references and click on the Export option: Click the Star/Save Icon Choose Export Option To Export into EndNote Choose the EndNote option. Open the EndNote file that is created. The references should automatically import into EndNote. To Export into RefWorks Choose the RefMan option. Save the RIS file that is created. Login to your RefWorks account. Click on the plus (+) button. Choose Import References. Add the RIS file you just saved. Set the file import option to RIS - Reference Manager. Click import and your references will be imported. --- Good Practice Tip: Always check that all the reference information you need has been...

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