Join our Academic Liaison teams for a Library Skills Session later this month.
If you miss any of our sessions and want to catch up please visit our Library Skills video channel. You can also listen to the Library Podcast series for more information.
If you have any questions about the sessions, please let us know by contacting academiclibrarians@chester.ac.uk or lis.helpdesk@chester.ac.uk
You can also book a 1-2-1 appointment to get further support using our resources.
Are you starting your literature review and don’t know where to start?
This session is aimed at final year undergraudate and postgraduate students and will help you to plan your searches and use time saving search techniques to find the most relevant academic sources. Learn how to use subject specific databases to find high quality academic journals and research papers.
This session will enable you to:
- Develop an awareness of different search techniques
- Discover some subject specific resources
Any questions please contact Jo Winchcombe j.winchcombe@chester.ac.uk
This 30-minute session is designed to give a brief overview of EndNote 21 and why you would use it to help organise and manage your research. The session will include a demonstration of a working EndNote library. In-depth sessions on each aspect will follow later in the month.
Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk
This session will show you how to make best use of the functionality within EndNote to organize and personalise your library. It will show you how to use groups and tags to organise your references. You will also learn how to add notes and use the search function available.
Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk
This session will show you how to export your search results from Library Search, Web of Science and Google Scholar into EndNote. We will also show how to create an EndNote record from scratch using a webpage as an example.
Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk
This session will focus on advanced search strategies using the Education databases. It will enable you to find relevant journal articles for your assignments. It is also an opportunity for you to pop along with any library related questions that you might have.
Any questions please contact Anne Williams a.williams@chester.ac.uk
This session is ideal if you feel uncertain about using the library. Learn everything you need to know to get started, including how to navigate your way around the library and access electronic resources.
This session will introduce you to:
- What the library has to offer and how it works
- How to use Library Search to find what you need
Any questions please contact Caitlyn Hallman-Lewis c.hallmanlewis@chester.ac.uk
A considered, replicable, transparent literature search forms the basis of a systematic review. Learn how to plan and construct an effective literature search, gain advice on where to look for the most relevant literature for your discipline, and suggestions for documenting your search and search results.
This session will enable you to:
- Think strategically and critically about your literature search
- Create a search strategy for a systematic literature search
- Identify key relevant resources for your search
- Apply advanced search techniques and retrieve relevant literature
Any questions please contact Anne Williams a.williams@chester.ac.uk
This session will show you how to use MS Word with your Endnote Library. You will learn how to insert a reference, edit a reference, we will look at active/passive citation styles and how to remove a reference. This will also cover creating a bibliography and converting the document to plain text.
Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk
This session will show you how to back up your EndNote desktop library. We will also look at how to sync your desktop with an EndNote online account which is helpful for when you are away from your desktop but still want import records.
Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk
This session will focus on advanced search strategies using the Health databases. It will enable you to find relevant journal articles for your assignments. It is also an opportunity for you to pop along with any library related questions that you might have.
Any questions please contact Debbie Spencer d.spencer@chester.ac.uk
