My Subject: Researchers: Researcher development and training

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If you missed the Library welcome session, please download these three documents. Work through the library resources worksheets, use the check list to ensure you take full advantage of all the resources and services offered to you and then sign up for LinkedIn Learning.

Welcome: Library resources for research students ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS Essential: Our worksheet for our welcome sessions which covers the basic set up to get you started. Covers Library Search, RefWorks, Cite them Right Online and how to get help from your Librarian.
Research students' library and academic writing check list Our list of services we offer you should know about to get the maximum out of your research. Have you got your ORCID yet?
Linkedin Learning set up worksheet How to set up a Linkedin Learning account and some basics of the system. You will need this to learn some research software such as Nvivo.
Please note that Linkedin Learning is not available in mainland China.

The slides used in our training sessions (part of the Middlesex University Researcher Development Programme) are in the boxes below. The links below are to useful pages for more information:

Advanced Literature Searching

Setting up Google Scholar correctly
Web of Science and citation searching
Finding the best journals in your field
Getting articles we don't have via FREE inter library loan

For a recorded version with subtitles please click the link below:

Recording of the slides, December 2020

Managing your research data

Making your thesis Open Access: Copyright and Intellectual Property

RefWorks for Researchers

RefWorks Citation Manager updated May 2020: The slides above have been updated to show the new Refworks Citation Manager.

Recording of the slides January 2021

Academic integrity

A recording of the webinar version will be made available once that session has been run.

Linkedin Learning for research

There is a handout on how to activate your Linkedin Learning account here:

Linkedin Learning set up worksheet How to set up a Linkedin Learning account and some basics of the system. You will need this to learn some research software such as Nvivo.
Please note that Linkedin Learning is not available in mainland China.

Welcome to LSS video

Welcome talk script as word document A Word version of the script.