Session One
Using Microsoft Word for thesis creation
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This practical workshop will help you incorporate essential and useful features of Microsoft Office Word for a professional finish. It covers:
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| Presenter: | Jag Marwaha (IT Trainer) |
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Conferences, talks & workshops for PGRs
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Working towards a doctorate: library and learning resources
November 22, 2018 - December 13, 2018
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Session Two
Copyright for researchers
1. Key principles of copyright in relation to research activity. 2. Asserting copyright over your own outputs.
Presenters: Luke Fowler (Library Systems & Resources Supervisor) -
Session Three
Managing your literature search
1. Purpose of the literature review. 2. Systematic vs general.
3. Overall process – planning, searching, reviewing your findings.
4. Documentation and management of your findings.
5. Maintaining momentum.
Presenters: James Dean (Liaison Librarian) Andrew Sayer (Liaison Librarian)
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Session Four
Using EndNote to manage your references
1. How to import and export references into EndNote from a range of sources. 2. Create a library of references and manage your library by creating groups.
3. Organize your references.
4. Using EndNote with Word, selecting BCU Harvard as a bibliographic style and inserting citations into a document.
Presenter: Shauntelle Carty (IT trainer) -
Supporting Resources
Supporting Resources Keeping your thesis legal Excellent booklet (v2.4, Nov 2014) prepared and amended by copyright advisers at the University of Leicester. It covers a wide range of topics including but not limited to using third party copyright law, seeking permissions, managing the permissions process, publishing from your thesis, and FAQs. Although it is written for candidates at Leicester, most of the information is pertinent. Intellectual Property Office Home to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) site on Gov.UK. It is the official site responsible Intellectual Property Rights for patents, trademark, copyright, and designs. Contains useful guides of interest to researchers, such as orphan works, text and data mining, and copyright in general. Open Access Repository Digital archive of research and enterprise output produced by BCU staff ResMAP Gives an overview of the research journey and provides links to resources ResearchGate Social network for researchers and a source for grey literature. Academia.edu Vitae Guidance on becoming a researcher and the research journey JISCmail “Email discussion lists for the UK Education and Research communities” Methodspace “Methodspace is a multidimensional online network for the community of researchers, from students to professors, engaged in research methods.” Creative Commons “Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.” Zetoc “The Zetoc service provides Z39.50-compliant access to the British Library’s Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). The database gives access to over 29,000 journals and more than 52 million article citations and conference papers.” It includes an alerts service Birmingham City University Library & Learning Resources Access to subscribed resources held by Birmingham City University Citation Managers Zotero (Free) (All of the citation managers listed here will support Windows and Mac OS X operating systems) Mendeley (Free) Endnote (Subscription) Endnote basic (Free) Open Access BMC Molecular Biology (2013) About BMC Molecular Biology Research Councils UK (2013) RCUK Policy On Open Access and FAQs (November 2016). OpenDOAR – Directory of Open Access Repositories. SHERPA/RoMEO – publisher copyright policies and self-archiving. ORCID Open Researcher & Contributor ID (ORCID) a permanent digital identifier that distinguishes you from all other researchers. Publication Standards Committee on Publication Ethics: Promoting Integrity In Research Publication. CONSORT: The CONSORT Statement 2010. Publisher bias Greenhalgh, T. & many others (2016) An open letter to the BMJ editors on qualitative research. British Medical Journal. 352 Retraction Watch News on the papers currently being questioned, withdrawn or just lying about their results. The top 30 worst offenders.