Upcoming Training Events

Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online

Funders, publishers and institutions expect researchers to make their research data publicly available. This webinar looks at ORDO (Open Research Data Online), the OU's repository for research data and how it can be used to archive and share research data. 

For further information 'Using ORDO to Archive and Share Research Data' (June 2025) Booking page.

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online

Where do you look for academic literature? In this session, we will consider literature searching models to formulate an effective search strategy, including scoping your topic and selecting relevant search engines, databases, and other places to look. 

For further information 'Literature Searching Series Webinar: Part 1 of 3' (June 2025) Booking page

Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online

How do you look for academic literature? This session will look at building an effective advanced search by identifying relevant keywords and synonyms, using Boolean operators, utilising search modifiers, and refining results to get relevant results. We’ll be digging though citations and learn...

For further information 'Literature Searching Series: Part 2 of 3' Webinar (June 2025) Booking page

Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online

How do you successfully manage hundreds of citations? This session takes you through how to evaluate search results to identify the highest quality resources on a topic and how to manage your citations. We will look at search alerts, how to export search results, and the functionality of reference m...

For further information 'Literature Searching Series: Part 3 of 3' Webinar (June 2025) Booking page

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - 10:00 to 11:00

Online

If you are a new PGR or early on in your research degree we recommend you attend the ‘How the library Can Support you through your Research Degree’ training session. This session will give an overview of the research support services offered by the Library. It will cover open acces...

For further information 'How The Library Can Support Your Research' Webinar (July 2025) Booking page

Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00

Online

This training session will give an overview of Overton and its functionality.

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