Training

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.

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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.

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Monday, June 1, 2026 - 11:00 to 12:00

Online (Teams)

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 ho...

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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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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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