The Library offers supplemental workshops taught by librarians to improve our users' awareness and understanding of current research resources, tools, and strategies. Additionally, the Library organizes supplemental workshops that are led by vendor representatives to increase users' understanding of various electronic resources.
| Workshop | Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google It! Search Strategies and Tips for Google and Beyond | 4 Feb 2013 (Mon) | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Registration ended |
| 6 Feb 2013 (Wed) | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | ||
| Using Oxford University Press Online Resources: Research & Reference Information @ Your Fingertips | 5 Feb 2013 (Tue) | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Registration ended |
| Finding Images | 22 Feb 2013 (Fri) | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Registration ended |
| 27 Feb 2013 (Wed) | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | ||
| Journal Rankings – Evaluating the Impact and Quality of Journals | 25 Feb 2013 (Mon) | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Registration ended |
| 4 Mar 2013 (Mon) | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | ||
| Introduction to Finding Company Information | 28 Feb 2013 (Thur) | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Registration ended |
| 5 Mar 2013 (Tue) | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | ||
| Web of Science: Find out Where, and by Whom a Paper has been Cited | 6 Mar 2013 (Wed) | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Registration ended |
| 7 Mar 2013 (Thur) | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | ||
| Strategies for Using IEEE Xplore: Insider Tips & What's New | 12 Mar 2013 (Tue) | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Registration ended |
| Scopus: Track and Analyse Research from around the World | 13 Mar 2013 (Wed) | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Registration ended |
| 14 Mar 2013 (Thur) | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | ||
| Talk — How to Get Published in IOP (Institute of Physics) Journals | 22 Mar 2013 (Fri) | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Registration ended |
| AccessEngineering: The Next Generation Engineering Reference Tool | 18 Apr 2013 (Thur) | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Registration ended |
Venue: Library User Education Room (G3611)
Medium of Instruction: English
This workshop will show you the strategies to obtain better Google search results more quickly. You will learn how to:
Covering Oxford Reference, Oxford Scholarship Online and Oxford English Dictionary Online, this workshop will show you how to make use of Oxford resources to find quality research and reference information. You will learn how to:
Are you looking for images to use in your presentation or report? Do you want to know more about various resources and how to use them to find good quality images? In this workshop, you will learn how to:
In this workshop, you will be introduced to the major tools to evaluate journals and to create journal rankings. These tools include Journal Citation Report (JCR) of Thomson Reuters and Scopus Analyzer. You will learn how to:
As part of this workshop, you will learn how to:
Web of Science is a major research database that covers Sciences Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and Conference Proceedings Citation Indexes. Access to cited references from 1970 onwards is available for most records. In this workshop, you will learn how to:
This workshop will provide tips and tricks to help you with your research using IEEE Xplore and additional online resources. You will learn how to:
Scopus is a major research database, covering the international literature in science, technology, medical and social sciences. Cited references for papers published after 1996 are included. In this workshop, you will learn:
Prof. Mingfang LU (IOP Editor-in-Chief, China) will show you how to get published in IOP journals. IOP is a leading professional society publisher for the advancement of physics and has published more than 60 physics related journals. In this talk, Prof. Lu will offer you advice on presenting your paper in the best possible way to help your paper get published in IOP as well as in other world-class journals.
In this workshop, you will learn how to use AccessEngineering to explore different types of engineering resources, including:
