Skip to main content

PGR & Staff Training for the Autumn Term

Image
By
Doctoral College Reading Room
1st floor, David Wilson Library
As usual the Library is providing a raft of training and workshops during Autumn term, as part of the Researcher Development program:

Click on the link to book your place. Those without links can be booked via PROSE.

If you cannot make a training session you are interested in then book a 1to1 appointment (in person or online) by emailing librarians@le.ac.uk 

We also have online training resources for literature searching, EndNote and RefWorks.

New PhD Students: Introduction to the Library, reference management, and research data

Are you new to the University of Leicester library? If you would like to find out more about the Library and the dedicated support we can provide for researchers, come along to these 30 minute sessions.
When
Oct 16, 2017

Introduction to the Library - 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Introduction to reference management  - 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Introduction to research data - 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Where
Brookfield 0.27

If you would like to attend please book your place via PROSE.

 This event will be repeated on the 25 October in Charles Wilson 2nd Floor, Belvoir Park Annexe, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM. 
Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Oral history at the University of Leicester

By
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...
Read more

Research Elevenses in July

By
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...
Read more

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar

By
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...
Read more