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New Year - New Training Courses!

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As part of the Doctoral College & Staff Training Strands we are running the following courses this term:


  • PGRs can book on to all the courses via MyPGR
  • Staff can book using the links provided


16-Jan-20 14:30-16:00 Altmetrics: Tracking engagement beyond citations
17-Jan-20 10:00-11:00 Research Data Mangement: looking after your research material
21-Jan-20 10:00-11:00 Planning your literature search 
23-Jan-20 10:00-12:00 Conducting your literature search
27-Jan-20 10:00-12:00 EndNote
31-Jan-20 10:00-12:00 RefWorks (webinar)
03-Feb-20 10:00-12:00 Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews in Life Sciences (webinar)
06-Feb-20 14:00-16:00 Systematic Searching for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (webinar)
11-Feb-20 10:00-11:00 What does open access look like in Science & Engineering?
13-Feb-20 14:00-16:00 Finding Grey Literature (webinar)
14-Feb-20 10:00-11:00 Research Data Management Planning
18-Feb-20 10.30 - 12.00 GDPR & research data management: what does it mean for you?
20-Feb-20 14:00-16:00 Understanding Archives and Modern Records (webinar)
21-Feb-20 10:00-11:00 Copyright and your thesis (webinar)
25-Feb-20 10:00-11:00 Figshare for research data sharing
02-Mar-20 10:00-12:00 What does open access look like in humanities and social sciences? 
03-Mar-20 10:00-12:00 Communicating your research using comics 
05-Mar-20 10:00-11:00 What does open access look like in the Life Sciences?
10-Mar-20 11:00-12:00 Organising your images with Tropy (webinar)
12-Mar-20 14:30-16:00 Choosing where to publish
13-Mar-20 10:00-11:00 Research Data Management Planning
16-Mar-20 10:00-11:00 Figshare for research data sharing
17-Mar-20 10:00-11:00 Planning your literature search (webinar)
19-Mar-20 10:00-12:00 Conducting your literature search (webinar)
24-Mar-20 10:00-12:00 Advanced Endnote (webinar)
06-Apr-20 10:00-11:00 Figshare for research data sharing
07-Apr-20 10:00- 11:00 How to spot a predatory publisher

We are also happy to offer 1to1 sessions (in person or online) if you cannot make it to the sessions themselves. Email librarians@le.ac.uk to arrange an appointment.
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