- The Library

Training Events for Research Postgraduates

The following sessions will be held in a Library training room between 10:15am & 12:15pm unless otherwise stated.  If you are interested in attending an event, please use the PG Skills Booking System.  
 

Copyright, referencing & plagiarism

Look at the principles and practice of referencing, the limits on copying, and the ethical issue of plagiarism.

Tue 20th October 2009;  Fri 12th March 2010  

Literature and data searching for Engineering and Design

Overview of the resources most useful for finding journal articles, information and data to support engineering research.

Fri 23rd October 2009;  Tue 10th November 2009;  Tue 27th April 2010
Literature searching in the Social Sciences

How to find relevant literature in social & policy sciences, economics, international development, politics, and international relations.

Tue 27th October 2009;  Tue 13th April 2009
Literature searching in Mathematics and Computer science

Detailed overview of how to find journal articles in mathematics and computer science, with particular emphasis on the Web of Science, MathSciNet and IEEE Xplore.

Fri 30th October 2009;  Fri 16th April 2010
Literature searching in Education

Detailed overview of how to find documents using the education databases: British Education Index, ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), and Australian Education Index.

Tues 3rd November 2009;  Tue 20th April 2010
Literature searching in Pharmacy

Detailed overview of how to use the PubMed and EMBASE databases to find journal articles on pharmacy and health topics.  It will include author and subject searches, an explanation of using MeSH subject headings, and how to set up search alerts.

Fri 6th November 2009;  Fri 23rd April 2010
Literature searching in Sport & Exercise Science and Health

Detailed overview of how to find journal articles using, amongst other databases, Web of Knowledge, Cochrane Library and Pubmed.

Fri 13th November 2009;  Tue 4th May 2010
Literature searching in the Humanities

How to find relevant literature in language and literature, history, cinema and the arts.  We will be focusing on several general and specialist online resources provided by the Library, including MLA Bibliography, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Film & Television Literature Index, and Translation Studies Bibliography.

Tue 17th November 2009;  Fri 30th April 2010
Literature searching in Biology and Biochemistry

Detailed overview of how to find journal articles in biology and biochemistry, with particular emphasis on Web of Knowledge (Biosis Previews, Conference Proceedings), Faculty of 1000: Biology and the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.

Fri  20th November 2009;  Fri 7th May 2010
Web of knowledge

The Web of knowledge is an index to high-quality journals in all subject areas.  This workshop will give you a detailed explanation of what is included in the Web of Knowledge with hints and tips on how best to search it.  We will include citation searching and setting up search alerts.

Fri 24th November 2009;  Tue 11th December 2009;  Tue 5th March 2010
PsycINFO and PsycEXTRA

PsycINFO is an index to high-quality documents in areas such as psychology, education, health and sports science; PsycEXTRA is a database of psychology, behavioral sciences and health 'grey literature'.  This workshop will give you hints and tips on how best to search PsycINFO and PsycEXTRA, and how to set up search alerts.

Fri 27th November 2009;  Tue 2nd March 2010
Chemistry databases 1: SciFinder

SciFinder is the most important source of information in chemistry and chemistry related topics.  It provides an index to journal articles, patents and chemical data.  The following types of searches will be included: chemical name, CAS registry number, molecular formula, subject, structure, substructure and reactions.

Tue 1st December 2009;  Tue  9th March 2010

Compendex and Referex via Engineering Village

Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available.  In this session we will look at the most effective ways of searching the database, retrieving full text documents, and how to save searches and set up alerts.  The session will also include an overview of Referex, a database of electronic engineering books.

Fri 4th December 2009;  Tue 23rd March 2010
Keeping up to Date

When engaged in cutting edge research it is important to keep up to date with new literature as it is published.  This session will explain how to set up table of contents alerts for journals and how to use database search alerts to find out when something new is published in your area.  It will also explain RSS feeds and how to use them.

Tue 5th December 2009;  Fri 26th March 2010

Chemistry databases 2: Reaxys

Reaxys includes authoritative information in organic, inorganic and organometalic chemistry drawn from experimental data reported in journal articles and patents.  In this workshop you will learn how to use the Reaxys service to find information on chemical compounds.  The following types of searches will be included: chemical name, CAS registry number, molecular formula, structure, substructure and reactions.

Tue 8th December 2009;  Tue 16th March 2010

Knovel for scientific and engineering data

How to search the Knovel Interactive Library effectively, and how results can be used and manipulated.

Tue 9th February 2010
Finding company and industry information

How to search company databases to assist with career choices, job seeking and interviews.

Fri 12th February 2010
OPUS: an archive for your research publications

Opus is a database that collects publications from University of Bath authors, including PhD and MPhil theses.  Learn more about Open Access, copyright options and author rights at this session. 

Tue 16th February 2010;  Fri 19th March 2010
Statistics for Social Sciences

How to find reliable and authoritative statistical data in the social sciences (social, economic, political).

Fri 19th February 2010
Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

How to find reliable and authoritative statistical data in engineering and science subjects.

Tue 23rd February 2010
Chemistry databases 3: CDS

Overview of the specialist chemistry databases available via the CDS service, covering spectroscopy, crystallography and chemical properties.

Fri 26th February 2010