Author: Amy Edwards

This session will help you to plan your searches and use time saving search techniques to find the most relevant academic sources. Gain an awareness of 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

Online or in-person, Seaborne Library 010, Exton Park

Any questions please contact Caitlyn Hallman c.hallmanlewis@chester.ac.uk

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

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Any questions please contact Eva Seddon e.seddon@chester.ac.uk

Are you starting your literature review and don’t know where to start?

This session is aimed at final year undergraduate and postgraduate students. 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

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Any questions please contact Jo Winchcombe j.winchcombe@chester.ac.uk

This session is an open session for you to join us online to ask any questions, or ask advice about using EndNote.

A member of the team will be on hand to help with your questions, or advise where to get further help if the issue is technical.

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Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk

This session is aimed at staff and students who have already attended an introduction session. It aims to help you personalise your EndNote library further by:

• Creating groups to organise your references, use PDF notes and keyword searching
• Import extra styles and adapt templates
• Import references from wider sources not compatible with EndNote via direct export – eg. Google Scholar

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Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk

This session will focus on advanced search strategies using the Education databases. It is also an opportunity for you to pop along with any library related questions that you might have.

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Any questions please contact Anne Williams a.williams@chester.ac.uk

This session will:

• Introduce you to Portal and key areas such as email and OneDrive
• Show you how to access free software, including Microsoft Office 365
• Show you where our libraries are located and how to find and borrow books
• Demonstrate how to find your elibraries and reading lists
• Provide contact details for further support

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Any questions please contact Sterling Johnson sterling.johnson@chester.ac.uk

This session will demonstrate how to use EndNote bibliographic software. It will include:

• Setting up and organising an Endnote Library
• Adding references to a library using manual or direct export (from subject databases and Library Search)
• How to attach a PDF to an EndNote record
• How to choose a reference style and create in-text citations and a bibliography using Cite While you Write with MS Word

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Any questions please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk

Join this session to learn how to find e-books, print books and journal articles through the University’s Library Search database. Module e-libraries will also be highlighted, including how to locate subject e-journals and database links.

This session is a must for learning the basics of searching for academic information and will also highlight techniques such as saved searches and citation tools .

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Any questions please contact Sterling Johnson sterling.johnson@chester.ac.uk