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Fri 11 May 2018 – Tue 24 Jul 2018

May 2018

Fri 11	Tools to track the impact of your publications on social media Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Faculty of English, GR04 Collecting impact evidence from social media of publications, conference papers or any other scholarly output can be complicated and time-consuming. In this session, we'll introduce you to a number of tools that can help to streamline and simplify these processes: IFTTT, Twitter analytics, Altmetric and ImpactStory.
	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops".
Mon 14	Managing Your Research Data Effectively and Working Reproducibly for Beginners Finished 09:30 - 13:00 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 7 This workshop will work through the challenges around managing research data as well as the benefits of working reproducibly. Participants will be provided with in depth guidance and resources on how to effectively manage projects and avoid data loss throughout the research process. You will hear of what can happen if researchers do not manage their data well as well as what happens to research data after the end of a project, such as how to share and store data in a long-term and sustainable way. It is never too early to start thinking about these things, so get a head start on your research data management practices now!
	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier.
Wed 16	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing.
Thu 17	Image copyright: practical tips on sourcing & reproducing images to use in your work Finished 12:45 - 14:00 Faculty of English, GR04 Presentation and Q&A discussion on all matters relating to image copyright. This will be an informal brown-bag session, so feel free to bring your lunch.
Tue 22	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - RCT Drug Trials CANCELLED 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together.
Wed 23	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Tue 29	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? If you need to do a systematic literature review, and you’re not able to make sense of the search strategy behind this paper then this course is for you. Please bring along details of your own topic so that the session can be tailored to address your specific needs.
Thu 31	Referencing Your Work Like a Pro Finished 11:00 - 12:00 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room B Referencing where you got ideas and inspiration from for your research is a core skill for any good researcher. In this session, you will learn about the University of Cambridge's approach to plagiarism, as well as giving tips and tricks on how to avoid being caught out through bad referencing techniques. You will also be shown handy tools that can do a lot of the work for you as well as managing your literature reading list throughout your work and beyond. Bring along your laptop, tablet or mobile phone to join in with our interactive referencing quiz and put your knowledge to the test! You might even win a prize!

June 2018

Fri 1	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - Physiotherapy Interventions CANCELLED 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together.
Mon 4	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Tue 5	How to Nail Your Literature Review 1: Finding What You Need Finished 10:00 - 11:00 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room E This session will help prepare you to begin your literature review. You will learn strategies for searching for relevant material, how to troubleshoot common search problems, and how to stay up to date with new publications in your field. Please bring a laptop, tablet or other web-enabled devide with you to the session.
Wed 6	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room How to take the bile out of your bibliography, and ensure that it's not the most time-consuming part of your work. A variety of tools will be showcased: EndNote, EndNoteWeb, Zotero, Mendeley.
Thu 7	How to Nail Your Literature Review 2: Bringing It All Together Finished 14:30 - 15:30 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room E This session will develop skills that will help you get the most out of your literature review. From a foundation of effective search strategies, you will learn how to critically appraise academic literature, techniques for getting through sources quickly and evaluating their relevance, engaging with key material and beginning to write your literature review itself, as well as ensuring accuracy in your citations and references. Please bring a laptop, tablet or other web-enabled device with you to the session.
Mon 11	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing.
Wed 13	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 08:00 - 10:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the Medline database, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Thu 14	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - Systematic Reviews Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 This course will help you understand how to critically appraise a systematic review. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together.
Mon 18	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
Thu 21	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - RCT Drug Trials Finished 11:00 - 12:30 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together.
Tue 26	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops".
Wed 27	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? If you need to do a systematic literature review, and you’re not able to make sense of the search strategy behind this paper then this course is for you. Please bring along details of your own topic so that the session can be tailored to address your specific needs.

July 2018

Mon 2	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room How to take the bile out of your bibliography, and ensure that it's not the most time-consuming part of your work. A variety of tools will be showcased: EndNote, EndNoteWeb, Zotero, Mendeley.
Tue 17	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops".
Tue 24	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier.
	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing.