Training

This session will give an overview of the services and resources offered by the Library. If you are a new PGR or early on in your research degree, we recommend you attend the ‘Library support for your research degree: An overview’ training session instead.

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This session introduces CRediT and will outline:  What is CRediT, and what is the point of it?  Where is CRediT used?  

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This session provides an introduction to ORCiD.

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This session introduces ORO (Open Research Online) and will outline: the purpose of ORO, how research publications can be made Open Access via ORO and how to use ORO.

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Data management plans are a requirement of funding bids but are also necessary for any project which involves creating, collecting or using data. 

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The age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its infancy and holds both promise and risk for researchers. In this session, we will consider what appropriate and ethical use of AI might look like, and map possible uses of AI tools against the research process – from determining what to research, to conducting research, to preparing findings for publication. 

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Your research data are precious and should be looked after properly. This webinar looks at strategies for managing your research data to ensure it remains usable throughout your research project and beyond.

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This session will provide an overview of all the resources and services the OU library can offer you as a research student.

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This session will introduce participants to: The evolution of Open Access publishing, Funder Open Access policies, including the REF policy, How to publish Open Access and Equity and Open Access publishing.

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<p>Citations. Common bibliometrics, their use and misuse. What are altmetrics and where they can be found and Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA.)</p>

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This session will provide an overview of copyright and what you need to know to get your thesis copyright ready.

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This session will take a practical look at copyright licensing and Creative Commons. We will also show you how to seek permission from copyright holders. As a group we will discuss the pros and cons of licensed copyrighted content, and we will look at how and why open access research drives the need to make your thesis as open as possible, with as few redactions as possible.

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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.

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This session will give an overview of the research support services offered by the Library. If you are a new PGR or early on in your research degree, we recommend you attend the ‘Library support for your research degree: an overview’ training session.

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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.

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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.

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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 functionality of reference management software and AI tools.

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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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The age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its infancy and holds both promise and risk for researchers. In this session, we will consider what appropriate and ethical use of AI might look like, and map possible uses of AI tools against the research process – from determining what to research, to conducting research, to preparing findings for publication.

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

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Following on from Part 1 of this copyright series, this session will take a practical look at copyright licensing.

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Data management plans are a requirement of funding bids but are also necessary for any project which involves creating, collecting or using data.

For further information [email protected]

Your research data are precious and should be looked after properly. This webinar looks at strategies for managing your research data to ensure it remains usable throughout your research project and beyond.

For further information [email protected]

This session will give an overview of the research support services offered by the Library. If you are a new PGR or early on in your research degree, we recommend you attend the ‘Library support for your research degree: an overview’ training session.

For further information [email protected]

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]

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.

For further information [email protected]

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 management software.

For further information [email protected]

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]

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 [email protected]