Training

A close-up of a couple of people using a computer sitting on an outdoors bench. Photo by Armin Rimoldi.

The Library Research Support Team runs a range of online training sessions throughout the year.
To access slides and recordings of our sessions, please visit the Library Research Support Training Teams site and click on the "Files" tab.

The Library Live Engagement team also run a range of online training sessions including an introduction to library services, smarter searching with library databases and an introduction to reference management tools. The recordings of these sessions are on YouTube.

Upcoming Events

Copyright: Using third-party content in your thesis. Part 1 of 2 Webinar (2026.04.15)

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Online (Teams)

This session will provide an overview of copyright and your thesis responsibilities.

For further information [email protected]

Copyright: Using third-party content in your thesis. Part 2 of 2 Webinar (2026.04.22)

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:00

Online (Teams)

Following on from Part 1 of this copyright series, this session will take a practical look at copyright licensing, Creative Commons and how to seek permission from copyright holders.

For further information [email protected]

FAIR’s fair: How to share your research data Webinar (2026.05.07)

Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

Research data should be made openly available, where possible, and be made FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). In this webinar, we will discuss what the FAIR data principles mean and how you can share your data in a way that meets them.

For further information Library Research Support

Literature searching: Part 1 of 3 Webinar (2026.05.18)

Monday, May 18, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

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 [email protected]

Future-proof your data! Preparing your research data for sharing and preservation Webinar (2026.05.21)

Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online (Teams)

Research data are precious and should be archived for the long term to ensure that results can be verified, and data can be re-used in the future.  This webinar looks at good practice for preparing data for deposit in a research data repository or archive.

For further information [email protected]

Using ORDO to archive and share research data Webinar (2026.06.04)

Thursday, June 4, 2026 - 13:00 to 14:00

Online (Teams)

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.

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Literature searching: Part 3 of 3 Webinar (2026.06.08)

Monday, June 8, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

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. You will learn how to set up search alerts and export search results, and explore the functionali...

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