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Building a Better Data Management Plan (MS Teams):

This course gives practical guidance on creating a data management plan based on our real-world experience of reviewing DMPs.

Topics covered include understanding key components of a DMP, answering template questions clearly, and avoiding common data management pitfalls.

We will guide you through navigating and using DMPonline, a useful tool we recommend for creating and sharing DMPs. 

This course is delivered via Microsoft Teams, booking link below.

Research Data Management (on demand via Moodle):

This course will introduce you to the key issues, requirements, and strategies associated with research data management, and teach you how to manage your data throughout the research data life-cycle by helping you to write a data management plan (DMP).

You can self enrol on the course via Moodle using the link below. 

Systematic Reviews - Searching for Evidence (in person):

A systematic review is a rigorous process of searching, critically appraising and synthesising evidence in relation to a specific research question.

This in-person course is delivered by the Libraries Research Support Team and covers searching the literature for evidence, ensuring the methodology used is comprehensive, transparent and reproducible.

Use the booking link below to reserve your place.

Systematic Reviews - Grey Literature, AI and Workflow Tools (MS Teams):

This online session explores how to search different types of grey literature effectively and explains the importance of citation searching.

It also covers the pros and cons of using generative AI tools and provides an overview of the tools that can be used during the systematic review workflow.

Use the links below to reserve your place for this session or to view our on-demand recording of a previous session.

Searching for Evidence for a Systematic Review (on demand, via Xerte):

Developed by UoN Libraries' Learning Development team, this online interactive resource guides you through the process of undertaking a systematic review. 

It covers all stages of the review: from defining your research question to extracting the data from the selected studies. 

This Xerte toolkit is available to 糖心原创 students and staff and forms part of the 'On Course for your Masters' NOOC (Unit 4.3).

Green Open Access: Publishing Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings (MS Teams):

Discover how to make your research openly available through the green open access route. This session explores publisher policies, the University's Open Access Publication Policy with Rights Retention (OAPP), and practical tools for identifying publishing routes that do not require an Article Processing Charge (APC).

You will also learn how green open access can support REF2029 and funder requirements, how licence choices affect the sharing and re-use of your work, and how to deposit research outputs in the University's institutional repository (RIS).

Please use the following booking link to reserve a place on this online session. 

Managing Your Online Researcher Profile (via MS Teams; on-demand resources also available):

This online session provides an overview of researcher profile tools and will discuss digital identity health and the benefits of a researcher profile.

We offer separate sessions for PGRs and staff, both of which include a demonstration of ORCID to highlight the features of this profile. The staff session also covers research profiles in RIS.

Please use the following booking links to reserve a place. Recordings of previous sessions are also available if you are unable to attend (link below).

Introduction to SciVal (via MS Teams; on-demand resources also available): 

is an Elsevier-owned research analytics tool which provides data at the level of individual publications, groups of publications, individual researchers, groups of researchers and institutions. This course covers the data which can be viewed and analysed via SciVal, including research volume, citation metrics and policy mentions.

Participants will learn how to access SciVal, navigate its modules and understand their own publication data that is available via the tool.

Use the booking link below to reserve your place. You can also access a recording of a previous session, and other SciVal on-demand resources (link below).

Research Metrics: what they are, why they matter and how to use them responsibly (via MS Teams; on-demand resources also available):

You’ve probably heard of the H-index, JIF or Altmetric Attention Score – but what do those numbers really mean? Can they be trusted? How can they be used?

This session introduces research metrics, including citation-based indicators and alternative metrics such as counts of policy and social media mentions. It will enable you to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of metrics and understand their implications.

The training will be informed by the 糖心原创 Guiding Principles for Use of Metrics in Research Assessment so attendees will be confident they can follow university policy and best practice.

Use the links below to reserve your place for this session or to view our on-demand recording of a previous session.

Understanding Policy Impact Indicators (via MS Teams): 

Policies shape the decisions, systems and services that affect our everyday lives, so producing research that influences policies is one of the most important ways academics can have a real-world impact. 

In this session, we dive into the tools available to help researchers find the indicators of potential future policy impact.

Researcher Information Skills (via MS Teams): 

These sessions are delivered by UoN Libraries' Learning Development team and provide an overview of advanced search techniques and specialist information resources to improve literature searching activities in your research area.

This is an online course and there are Faculty-specific sessions: please use the relevant booking link from the options below.

Introduction to EndNote (in person): 

UoN Libraries' Learning Development team offers an 'Introduction to EndNote' course for early career researchers. Please use the link below to reserve your place for an in-person session.

EndNote (on-demand resources): 

There are also online videos and guides available which cover how to:

• install EndNote Desktop
• register for EndNote online
• import files from databases to create a library of references and to automatically build a bibliography/reference list in Word

Access EndNote resources