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Research Skills Programme 2015-16

Programme of events provided by Cambridge University Libraries
(Wed 8 Jul 2015 - Tue 18 Oct 2016)

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Fri 9 Oct 2015 – Fri 16 Oct 2015

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Friday 9 October 2015

10:30	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
11:00	Medicine: Current Awareness Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room This course will teach you how to keep up to date with all the new research in your field.
12:00	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
14:30	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
16:00	Orientation Tour Finished 16:00 - 16:45 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.

Monday 12 October 2015

10:00	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
11:00	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
15:00	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.

Tuesday 13 October 2015

10:00	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
10:30	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
12:00	Orientation Tour Finished 12:00 - 12:45 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
	Medicine: Mendeley Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A lunchtime session covering all your questions about managing your bibliography with Mendeley
14:30	Rare Books Room: An Introduction Finished 14:30 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Rare Books Room An introduction to the UL's Rare Books Reading Room and its collections, which include material from the first European printing presses and from the wider world up to the present day.
15:00	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.

Wednesday 14 October 2015

09:30	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 09:30 - 12:30 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".
10:00	Music: Undergraduate induction session - Negotiating the music maze Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Faculty of Music, Lecture Room 2 All you need to know about the music collections at the Pendlebury Library of Music and the University Library music department in a nutshell. We will be looking at: Finding your way around the Pendlebury Library catalogue, Finding sheet music at the UL and Top tips for music resources
10:30	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
14:00	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the HDAS databases, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
14:30	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
15:00	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 15:00 - 16:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.

Thursday 15 October 2015

11:00	Music: Graduate tours at the UL Music Department, including a visit behind the scenes Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access materials behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library Music Collections.
15:00	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.

Friday 16 October 2015

10:30	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
14:30	Orientation Tour Finished 14:30 - 15:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's electronic and digital resources: to find out more about using these, please see the classes in the Information Skills strand of the programme.
15:00	English Faculty: UL Tour Finished 15:00 - 16:00 University Library An Orientation tour of the University Library for English Faculty students, led by members of the English Faculty Library staff. To book your place, please go to the English Faculty Library's booking system and click on the tour you wish to attend.