All Technology Libraries courses

Publishing is a key part of any academic career: it is the main way researchers share their research findings with colleagues and the world at large, so that knowledge develops over time and helps to change policy and practice.

Through publishing, you will receive feedback on your work and develop your ideas further. In addition, a strong publication record is also important in developing your reputation and career.

You have learnt how to search for journal articles and books, but sometimes things get a bit more complicated.

In this session, you will learn how to apply your search techniques to a range of sources to find technical and industry information. You will discover a range of resources for finding industry and market information. You will also consider how technical information can be found in patent and standard information and explore a range of resources for finding patent and standard information.

There is an increased emphasis on managing and sharing data produced in research. Many of the research funders supporting work at the University of Cambridge require that research data are openly available with as few restrictions as possible.

Research data management is a complex issue, but done correctly from the start, could save you a lot of time and hassle at the end of the project; when preparing your data for a publication or writing up your thesis. Research data takes many forms, ranging from measurements, numbers and images to documents and publications.

This session aims to help you get started with managing your data by introducing you to key principles around organising, storing, archiving and sharing your data. You will also learn how to create your own Data Management Plan.

Tips and tricks for how to revise effectively and efficicently.

Searching for literature is an important part of the research process - whether you are scoping out a project, or conducting a full literature search.

This session will introduce techniques for planning your searches, places to search for information, and techniques you can use to find the most relevant results.