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Research Workshops
Our team of Liaison Librarians are here to support you with finding and managing information, promoting your research, and accessing resources. Please contact us at LISLiaison@wlv.ac.uk.
The Scholarly Communications Team can also support you with open research, including open access, and research data management matters. Please contact us at wire@wlv.ac.uk.
Additionally, the Library Skills team run various academic writing workshops for researchers, focusing on different stages of the thesis-writing process. They are also available for one-to-one support and will give feedback on examples of your written work. Please contact skills@wlv.libanswers.com
Recordings of past Skills for Researcher workshops are found in Canvas via the Post-Graduate Researcher Development Programme.
Skills for Researcher workshops
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Workshop |
Description |
Dates |
RDF descriptor |
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Literature Searching for Researchers
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This workshop is for doctoral students to enhance their literature search techniques, across a selection of platforms including live demonstrations. We will look at how to use search histories and set alerts as part of developing a wider search strategy.
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2 July 2024 10.00-11.30 (TBC) |
A1 A2 B2 |
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Making your research open: Open Access and Open Research |
This workshop will introduce doctoral students to the concept of open research, touching on open access, open data and open software. It will look at principles of gold and green open access publishing, such as APCs, publisher embargoes and licensing. It will also look at how funders may set conditions for open access and data, and highlight other routes for sharing research openly.
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10 June 2024 14.00-15.30 (TBC) |
B3 C2 D2 D3 |
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Finding and using open data |
This session will introduce students to open data and resources; what’s out there, including datasets and raw data and how to find it. We will also cover how copyright relates to data, open licencing schemes and what you can legally do with open data.
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18 June 2024 10.00-11.30 (TBC) |
A1 A2 C1 |
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Getting Started with Archival Research |
This workshop will introduce students, especially those with little experience of archival research, to research best practice, both physical and on-line. It aims to equip them with some of the skills and knowledge that they will need to locate and access primary source materials for their projects. The focus is on expanding skills and knowledge in locating original source material, both manuscript and printed.
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A1 A2 |
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Academic Writing: starting your thesis
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This workshop is for doctoral students who are in the first year of their studies, or have not yet started writing their thesis. The session will introduce students to the basics of writing a thesis. It will cover the basic structure of the thesis, the different writing styles needed, as well as tips for starting the writing process. It will look at the importance of the literature review and demonstrate how students can find example theses in their subject. |
8 May 2024 10:00-11.30 (TBC) |
A1 A2 B2 D2 |
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Academic Writing: progressing with your thesis |
This workshop is for doctoral students who have written a few chapters of their thesis. The session is for students who would like to improve their academic writing style, and learn to identify good and bad features in writing. It will also cover how to create structure, sustain an argument throughout a chapter and the thesis as a whole, as well as how to work signposting and metadiscourse into your writing. |
13 May 2024 10:00-11.30 (TBC) |
A1 A2 B2 D2 |
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Academic writing: finishing your thesis |
This session will outline the ways in which you can get your thesis into the best possible shape before submitting. It will address how to check that the overall structure is coherent, how to ensure that the writing is of a high quality, and cover practical tasks to carry out in finalising your thesis. It will also consider what examiners look for in a thesis, and the submission process itself. |
22 May 2024 10:00-11.30 (TBC) |
A1 A2 B2 D2 |
Elsevier Autumn/ winter 2023 webinar schedule
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This series of webinars, exclusively for our customers in Europe, has been designed to support academic and research-focused professionals.
Each session will feature Elsevier Customer Consultants, as well as esteemed local and international speakers and will provide valuable insights to researchers on the topics around research planning, execution, evaluation, and promotion
25 October 14:00 Understanding open access licenses at Elsevier: A guide to CC BY and more 14 November 14:00 ScienceDirect: The Next Generation Platform for Scientific Content Delivery 06 December 15:00 How to address some of researchers’ most pressing questions with Scopus |
Recordings of past workshops from external organisations
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Date |
Workshop |
Recording |
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September 2022 |
How to address some of researchers’ most pressing questions with Scopus |
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April 2022 |
How to get published in a scholarly journal – Top Tips from a publisher |
https://elsevier.zoom.us/rec/share/MD2auDWFGuAGcK72uBp5C2oDil9vKNRpVDZiplpmkPELSZ6owzhihKbCdva-we0X.rCWfAmlZPIBHFmZi?startTime=1649768578000 |
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March 2022 |
Scopus yourself: Learn all about Scopus Author Profiles |
https://elsevier.zoom.us/rec/share/YrQuLImy-jbo3gNtDqOFI2hKwPYvg7nyJHNrLyr_W4Ioi0tcyQeLTo5YyMZd-DhT.SRo_R1Lh0l4NL55D |
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March 2022 |
How to get published in a scholarly journal |
https://elsevier.zoom.us/rec/share/HgWh3Z-KLL9u49s4exTNw-ekl0D87iqNxLWWfKRBxIFrVbF3RJ4Aif2EiFhb4HWG.EsbqwGOd6KHFWJCi?startTime=1646748173000 |
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November 2021 |
Working with the new Web of Science at Wolverhampton |
https://share.vidyard.com/watch/6CpZMewUfSAoHidz6gdnHV
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November 2021 |
Getting the most out of Scopus |
Passcode: 3W5FqM&g
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November 2021 |
Understanding Research Metrics and Indicators in Scopus and using these responsibly |
Passcode: 4!LW8V^P
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November 2021 |
ScienceDirect - Improve the way you discover, read and share scholarly research |
Passcode: ?@rqYc53 |
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May 2020 |
How to Get Published with the IEEE |
https://ieee.webex.com/ieee/ldr.php?RCID=bb74a0dd51ee488ab26606e41b504ded |