糖心原创ing effectively webinars
Explore our programme of webinars and training sessions designed to support you with your studies and research.
Sessions by topic
Welcome to Libraries
In these sessions we'll explore how the library can support your time at University from using NUsearch to find resources to who to contact for more help.
About the session
Discover how the library and its resources can support your time at University, from the provision of scholarly information to support your coursework to reading for pleasure to support your wellbeing.
We’ll show you how to use NUsearch to find information across the library’s print and digital collections and point you to sources of help so you can get started using the library.
On-demand
Our live welcomes have now ended, but the session is available as an online resource.
Welcome to Libraries - Undergraduate
About the session
Discover all you need to know to get started using library resources. We’ll show you how to use NUsearch to find information across the library’s print and digital collections and point you to sources of help.
You’ll also be invited to enrol on ‘On Course for Your Masters’ – our online course on Moodle – to help you further develop your information skills at your own pace.
On-demand
Our live welcomes have now ended, but the session is available as an online resource.
Welcome to Libraries - Masters students
About the session
Welcome back to Libraries! For a refresher on using the library and its resources to support your studies and research, visit our online guide.
We'll re-introduce you to NUsearch and our subject guides to support your learning, as well as our leisure reading collections to support your wellbeing.
Welcome back to Libraries - Returning students
About the session
We’ll introduce you to key library resources, including NUsearch and your subject databases, and point you to sources of further help.
You’ll also be invited to enrol on ‘Literature Searching and the Literature Review’ – our online course on Moodle – to help you further develop your literature searching skills at your own pace.
On-demand
This session is available as an online resource.
Welcome to Libraries - Postgraduate researchers
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Information skills webinars
Undergraduates and Masters students
Browse webinar topics below or join the on Microsoft Teams to access regular information skills support sessions.
Getting started using library resources
This session is suitable for year one undergraduate students in all subjects.
About the session
Need help getting started using library resources? In this session discover how to find academic information for your coursework.
We’ll start with your online reading lists, then show you how to use NUsearch to find print and electronic books and journals.
Finally, we’ll look at how to follow up references you find in other sources.
You’ll also be introduced to basic literature searching skills to help you find information more easily.
Upcoming sessions
- This is an introductory webinar and runs in the Autumn Semester. This webinar has now finished for this academic year, but you can explore all our other webinars on this page.
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Getting started using library resources
Navigating information
on the web
This session is suitable for undergraduate and Masters students in all subjects.
About the session
Keen to search web more effectively? In this session discover how to use advanced search functionality on Google and Google Scholar to find relevant information; how to determine reliability of information sourced on the web by applying fact-checking and critical evaluation techniques; how to use social media effectively to keep up to date with research in your subject area.
Upcoming sessions
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Tuesday 3rd February, 2-3pm
- Thursday 26th February, 11-12noon
- Wednesday 18th March, 2-3pm
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Navigating information on the web
Advancing your literature searching skills (Arts and Social Sciences)
This session is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and Masters students studying Arts subjects.
About the session
Looking to further develop your literature searching skills to find information for projects and dissertations? This session will focus on more advanced literature searching skills and techniques.
We’ll explore your subject databases in the Arts and Social Sciences in more detail, along with other sources of information you may not have used before to help you take a broader approach to searching for information.
Upcoming sessions
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Social Sciences) - Thursday 29th January, 10-11am
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Arts) - Wednesday 11th February, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Arts) - Wednesday 25th March, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Arts) - Thursday 5th March, 2-3pm
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Social Sciences) - Thursday 19th February, 2-3pm
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Social Sciences) - Wednesday 11th March, 2-3pm
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Literature searching: Arts
Literature searching: Social Sciences
Advancing your literature searching skills (STEM)
This session is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and Masters students studying STEM subjects.
About the session
Looking to further develop your literature searching skills to find information for projects and dissertations? This session will focus on more advanced literature searching skills and techniques.
We’ll explore your subject databases in STEM in more detail, along with other sources of information you may not have used before to help you take a broader approach to searching for information.
Upcoming sessions
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Medicine and Health Science) -Thursday 29th January, 2-3pm
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Science) - Friday 6th February, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Engineering) - Monday 9th February, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Medicine and Health Science) -Tuesday 17th February, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Science) - Friday 27th February, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Engineering) - Tuesday 3rd March, 2-3pm
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Medicine and Health Science) -Friday 13th March, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Science) - Tuesday 17th March, 11-12noon
- Advancing your literature searching skills (Engineering) - Thursday 26th March, 11-12noon
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Literature searching: Engineering
Literature searching: Medicine and Health Sciences
Literature searching: Science
Searching for evidence for a systematic review
This session is suitable for undergraduate and Masters students doing systematic reviews for projects or dissertations in STEM subjects.
About the session
Doing a systematic review for a project or dissertation? Expand your knowledge of the literature searching process in this session, to help you structure and perform a focused, methodical and rigorous search for your systematic review.
Tips on hand-searching and using grey literature will also be included to help you conduct a wide-reaching search to find your evidence.
Upcoming sessions
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Tuesday 27th January, 10-11am
- Wednesday 4th February, 2-3pm
- Thursday 12th February, 1-2pm
- Monday 16th February, 11-12noon
- Tuesday 24th February, 11-12noon
- Wednesday 4th March, 2-3pm
- Thursday 12th March, 11-12noon
- Friday 20th March, 11-12noon
- Wednesday 25th March, 2-3pm
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Searching for evidence for a systematic review
Critically evaluating
information
This session is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and Masters students.
About the session
In this session discover how to think critically when reading and evaluating information you find through your literature searches in the your subject, particularly papers found in published journals. You’ll learn why it’s important to critically evaluate information before using it in coursework, and be introduced to a series of questions (who, where, when, why, how) to help you assess the quality and reliability of published literature.
Upcoming sessions
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Critically Evaluating Information (Social Sciences) - Friday 30th January, 11-12noon
- Critically Evaluating Information (STEM) - Thursday 12th February, 11-12noon
- Critically Evaluating Information (Arts) - Thursday 26th February, 3-4pm
- Critically Evaluating Information (Social Sciences) - Tuesday 10th March, 11-12noon
- Critically Evaluating Information (STEM) - Tuesday 24th March, 11-12noon
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Critically evaluating information (STEM)
These sessions are suitable for undergraduates and Masters students.
About the session
Want to find out more about using EndNote to keep track of references you find through your literature searches?
In this session discover how to import references to EndNote from your database searches, organise and edit the references you save, and use EndNote with Word to create consistent in-text citations and bibliographies in your writing.
Upcoming sessions
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Tuesday 27th January, 2-3pm
- Wednesday 4th February, 11-12noon
- Monday 9th February, 2-3pm
- Thursday 19th February, 11-12noon
- Friday 27th February, 2-3pm
- Tuesday 3th March, 11-12noon
- Friday 13th March, 2-3pm
- Thursday 19th March, 2-3pm
- Friday 27th March, 11-12noon
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Taking information skills into professional practice
This session is suitable for students on placements, and final year students who will be transitioning into employment following graduation.
About the session
Discover how the information skills developed during your degree programme can be used in the workplace. This session will help you consider the importance of gathering information, interacting with information (and other people) online, and keeping up to date, in your professional life.
Upcoming sessions
- Wednesday 28th January, 2-3pm
- Wednesday 11th February, 2-3pm
- Wednesday 25th February, 2-3pm
- Tuesday 10th March, 2-3pm
- Tuesday 24th March, 2-3pm
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
These sessions are open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty and professional services staff.
About the session
Our spotlight on databases sessions will guide you through a range of key resources, including subject databases, to help you search effectively for information.
We'll highlight the key features of each resource and show you how to structure a search using a variety of search techniques to help you get the best results.
Dates and times
To join a webinar, please click the channel link above.
In the channel, find the date and time of your preferred session, and click 'Join' at the scheduled start time.
- Spotlight on Medicine & Health Sciences databases - Monday 26th January, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on LibKey Nomad - Wednesday 28th January, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Science databases - Monday 2nd February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Social Sciences databases - Wednesday 4th February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Arts & Humanities databases - Monday 9th February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Medicine & Health Sciences databases - Wednesday 11th February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Science & Engineering databases - Monday 16th February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on NUsearch - Wednesday 18th February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on LibKey Nomad - Monday 23rd February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Medicine & Health Sciences databases - Friday 27th February, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Science databases - Monday 2nd March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Social Sciences databases - Wednesday 4th March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Medicine & Health Sciences databases - Monday 9th March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Arts & Humanities databases - Wednesday 11th March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Science & Engineering databases - Monday 16th March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on NUsearch - Wednesday 18th March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on LibKey Nomad - Monday 23rd March, 12:30-1pm
- Spotlight on Medicine & Health Sciences databases - Wednesday 25th March, 12:30-1pm
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access a range of database walkthroughs from your subject guide.
Subject databases: Arts
Subject databases: Engineering
Subject databases: Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject databases: Science
Subject databases: Social Sciences
Postgraduate Researchers
Faculty-specific researcher information skills
These sessions are open to postgraduate research students, as well as faculty and staff.
About the session
Looking to further develop your literature searching skills and knowledge of resources to find relevant information for your research?
This session will focus on advanced literature searching skills and techniques, and will explore a range of databases and specialist resources in your subject area to help you search effectively for your research.
How to join
Advance booking is required. Please register your attendance by selecting the appropriate session.
Dates and times
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our Researcher Information Skills sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Introduction to EndNote Desktop for researchers
These sessions are open to postgraduate research students, as well as faculty and staff.
About the session
This session will help you get started using EndNote Desktop.
You’ll be guided through setting up your own EndNote Desktop library and will discover how to use EndNote’s key features to help you import, manage, organise and edit the references you find through your literature searches for your research.
We’ll also explore how EndNote Desktop interacts with Word to enable you to reference consistently throughout your writing.
How to join
Advance booking is required. Please register your attendance by selecting the appropriate session.
Dates and times
Please be aware that these are in-person teaching sessions:
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Using EndNote Desktop
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Digital Skills webinars
Spotlight On Digital Skills
These sessions are open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty and professional services staff.
About the session
Our 'Spotlight on Digital Skills' sessions will guide you through a range of key resources and digital skills. The digtial skills sessions will focus on tools including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Forms.
The session will involve demonstrations of the key aspects of each application, including accessibility features.
On-demand
You can access digital skills support on the Digital Student Moodle Module.
糖心原创 skills webinars
Explore different study strategies and refresh your study routines with our weekly webinars and online study session.
Upcoming sessions
- Date
- 27/01/2026 (12:30-13:30)
- Date
- 29/01/2026 (12:30-13:30)
- Date
- 03/02/2026 (12:30-13:30)
- Date
- 05/02/2026 (12:30-13:30)
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