Research Workshops

Our team of Liaison Librarians are here to support you with finding and managing information, promoting your research, and accessing resources. Please contact us at LISLiaison@wlv.ac.uk.

The Scholarly Communications Team can also support you with open research, including open access, and research data management matters. Please contact us at wire@wlv.ac.uk.

Additionally, the Library Skills team run various academic writing workshops for researchers, focusing on different stages of the thesis-writing process. They are also available for one-to-one support and will give feedback on examples of your written work. Please contact skills@wlv.ac.uk.

Recordings of past Skills for Researcher workshops are found in Canvas via the  Post-Graduate Researcher Development Programme.

Skills for Researcher workshops

Workshops from external organisations 

Elsevier

18^th April 2023, 3.00pm CET: How to get published in a scholarly journal: Top Tips from a Publisher

26^th April 2023, 11.00am CET: Sustainable chemistry & chemical engineering made easy with a synergic use of Reaxys and Knovel

9^th May 2023, 12.30pm CET: How to Identify Fake, Cloned, Predatory Journals and Conferences

6^th June 2023, 3.00pm CET: Revitalizing the library: How Elsevier supports librarians in reconnecting with researchers

27^th June 2023, 3.00pm CET: Kicking-off your journal evaluation with free CiteScore metrics!

Designed to support academic and research-focused professionals, this webinar series will run from April 2023 to March 2024. Each session will feature Elsevier Customer Consultants, as well as esteemed local and international speakers.

We will be gradually introducing new webinars, so please do check back regularly.

Scopus for research students and researchers – a hands-on workshop

Date: Thursday 27^th April 10am – 11.30am

Place: Harrison Library, MD111b.

How to address some of researchers’ most pressing questions with Scopus
- Scopus as a tool for research students and researchers

Exciting news! Scopus is back on campus, and we're offering a hands-on workshop to showcase how it can help you with your research.

Follow this link to register your place:

Scopus for research students and researchers – a hands-on workshop Tickets, Thu 27 Apr 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

IEEE Xplore: An In-Depth Look

Get an in-depth look at the IEEE Xplore platform and maximize your research. These webinars will cover IEEE Xplore content and how best to search it.

All sessions are at 3:00 pm (BST) 
19 January 
02 February
16 February
02 March
16 March
06 April
20 April

Follow this link for more info and to register for sessions:

https://registerieeexplore.wufoo.com/forms/ieee-xplore

 

Recordings of past workshops from external organisations