Literature searching: Part 2 of 3 Webinar (2026.01.26)

Dates
Monday, January 26, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location
Online (Teams)
Contact
Library Research Support

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 learning how to iterate on past searches to explore the ways of conducting high quality, rigorous academic searches.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand what literature searching entails at doctoral level
  • Build an advanced search helpful to your project

Target audience:

  • Postgraduate Research Students

RDF categories:  

  • A1 Knowledge base
  • A2 Cognitive abilities
  • A3 Creativity
  • B2 Self-management
  • C2 Research management

Session leads:

  • Gwen Kent
  • Yvette Howley

Registration:  

If you want to join, please register and you'll get a calendar invite. The session will be recorded, so if you can't make it but still want the recording, register and mention in the comments that you won't be there live.

NOTE: You can join these sessions one at a time, and many people do. However, they are meant to be attended as a series. If you want to join more than one, you need to sign up for each session separately. 

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