Are you starting your literature review and don’t know where to start? This session is aimed at final year undergraduate 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
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 Fiona Warburton f.warburton@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
This session will give a brief overview of some of the benefits of using EndNote bibliographic software to help you store, organise and use your references more effectively.
Our session will include a demonstration of the following:
Overview of the layout of an EndNote library
How to add references into your EndNote library by direct export options
Outline using Cite While You Write to cite and create a reference list using an output style (APA)
Aimed at all staff and students level 6 and above.
Library Skills Session: In person drop-in session: Using EndNote 21 – Questions & Queries
Start Date: 6 March 2025 2:30 pm
End Date: 6 March 2025 3:30 pm
Location: Various
Thursday 6 March
2.30pm-3.30pm
This is an open session for you to join us at either;
Wheeler Library Helpdesk
Queen’s Park Library Helpdesk
Seaborne Lower Ground Floor Library Helpdesk, Exton Park
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.
Did you know that the University subscribes to a wide range of audio and video streaming platforms, that you can access 24/7 for your research? Stream film, documentary, theatre, television, music, dance, plus training videos to your device via Portal. From Box of Broadcasts(for television shows, documentaries and film) and Kanopy Film to Naxos Music and Rocks Back Pages (for musical streaming and music journalism/magazines). This session will show you how to locate all these resources as well as Digital Theatre Plus and Drama Online for dramatology, writers, directors and performance criticism.
All students are welcome to this session, it might be particularly helpful for Music, Media and Performance, Social and Political Science, Humanities, Education and Business.
Did you know that the University subscribes to a wide range of audio and video streaming platforms, that you can access 24/7 for your research? Stream film, documentary, theatre, television, music, dance, plus training videos to your device via Portal. From Box of Broadcasts(for television shows, documentaries and film) and Kanopy Film to Naxos Music and Rocks Back Pages (for musical streaming and music journalism/magazines). This session will show you how to locate all these resources as well as Digital Theatre Plus and Drama Online for dramatology, writers, directors and performance criticism.
All students are welcome to this session, it might be particularly helpful for Music, Media and Performance, Social and Political Science, Humanities, Education and Business.
In person drop-in session: Using EndNote 21 – Questions & Queries
Thursday 6 March
2.30pm-3.30pm
This is an open session for you to join us at either;
Wheeler Library Helpdesk
Queen’s Park Library Helpdesk
Seaborne Lower Ground Floor Library Helpdesk, Exton Park
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.
This session will give a brief overview of some of the benefits of using EndNote bibliographic software to help you store, organise and use your references more effectively.
Our session will include a demonstration of the following:
Overview of the layout of an EndNote library
How to add references into your EndNote library by direct export options
Outline using Cite While You Write to cite and create a reference list using an output style (APA)
Aimed at all staff and students level 6 and above.
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
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 Fiona Warburton f.warburton@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 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
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
Are you struggling to find sources for your assignments? Don’t know where to start with your research? Come speak to a librarian.
Members of the Library Learning and Teaching Team will be on hand to answer your burning library and research questions. No need to book. Just drop-in and see us!
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