Author: Michal Orlowski

Session for School of Education students 

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 academiclibrarians@chester.ac.uk

This session will introduce you to using to Portal and key areas such as:

• Finding email and OneDrive  
• How to access free software, including Microsoft Office 365  
• 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  

Any questions? Please contact academiclibrarians@chester.ac.uk

The library has an impressive range of audio-visual databases that are not only imperative for research and can also support your wellbeing through reading and listening to books, films, and documentaries.  

Join this session to learn how to access the huge range of films on KANOPY and how to use the Libby reading for pleasure app.  

Any questions? Please contact academiclibrarians@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 academiclibrarians@chester.ac.uk

This session will build upon the introduction session and will include the following: 

• How to sort references and arrange references into groups and smart groups and search your library using keywords to aid quick discovery   
    
• Where to find and download output styles not already present in EndNote and changing output styles using Cite Whilst You Write  
   
• How to search and import references using wider sources that are not fully compatible with EndNote via direct import options (e.g., Google Scholar)   

Aimed at all staff and students (level 6 and above) who have either attended an introductory session already with LIS or have used EndNote before. 

Any questions? Please contact endnote@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   

Any questions? Please contact endnote@chester.ac.uk