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[Library Workshops] Handouts and Recordings

This guide consolidates PPT slides, recordings and related information of completed workshops.

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Each semester, the Library will arrange interactive workshops via face-to-face and online modes for students and staff to acquire knowledge on various topics. You can browse completed workshops by Themes.

Subject-specific ResearchSkills for Academic SuccessDatabases TrainingsResearch Analytical ToolsPublishing SupportAll Workshop Materials

Workshops about Essential Skills for Academic and Research Success 

These library workshops conducted by Librarians aim to share with you the useful skills and tools for assignment and research. 


Code Topic Handout Recording Date
LS033
Online Tools for Assignments*This workshop will introduce some online tools that can help students preparing their assignments, such as:

▪  Online References (e.g. Credo Reference, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online)
▪  Statistics (e.g. Statista, Passport)
▪  Data Tools (e.g. Open Refine, Tableau Public)
▪  Writing Adds (e.g. Just-the-word; Academic Phrasebank)
▪  Citation tools & Plagiarism Checkers (e.g. Citation Style Referencing Guide; zoterobib)
Download -- 30 Oct 2019
LS036
Library Resources and Services for Postgraduate Students**This workshop aims at helping postgraduate students utilize library resources and services available in and beyond PolyU Library. Topics include:

▪  Search and request books and articles available in and beyond the PolyU Library
▪  Identify electronic resources for research purposes, set up alerts on relevant topics
▪  Find dissertations and theses
▪  Demonstrate use of Reference Management Tools (e.g. EndNote) to better manage readings and references used during research
▪  Introduction to researcher profiles like ORCID

Various search techniques focusing on your topics will also be discussed.
Download -- 6 Nov 2019
LS039
Citing References and Avoiding Plagiarism
What constitutes plagiarism? Would it still be plagiarism if you have cited your references correctly?

Join us to find out more about what constitutes plagiarism, learn some techniques to avoid plagiarism, and the concepts of reference types and citation styles.

Instructor will demonstrate basic features of EndNote to help you better organize your references to make citing easier.

Some commonly used plagiarism detection tools will also be introduced.

You may read the library guide before the workshop: Library Support for Academic Integrity.
Download View 14 Mar 2024
LS066
Library Resources for CAR SubjectsWhat information sources should you use for your CAR assignments? How do you cite them?

Co-organized with SAO, this workshop will help you identify and locate disciplinary resources provided by the Library.

Key skills to evaluate other information sources will also be covered.

You will also learn the concepts of citing a source and how to easily cite a source with different citation styles.

You can read the guide for CAR subjects before joining the workshop: CAR Subjects : Guide for CAR subjects.
Download View 9 Mar 2022
LS072
Library Research for Freshmen**This workshop provides an introduction to undergraduate research using resources of the Library. Topics include:

▪  Understand types of resources in library
▪  Build effective search statements on a research topic
▪  Identify and evaluate relevant resources
▪  Use the sources wisely and cite properly
Download -- 11 Nov 2019
LS078
Library and Online Resources for Data Skills When dealing with data, many may choose Excel as a tool for data processing.

But when working with large scale and complicated datasets, advanced coding skills and other specialized tools give you more flexibility and efficiency to handle data.

This workshop helps data beginners identify different library and online resources on data sources, data cleaning, data analysis and data visualization to suit your own learning and research needs.
Download View 11 Mar 2022

Remarks: *Find updates from Online Tools for Assignment Guide

                 **Online Courses are available for these workshops. Visit Library Online Courses for details.

 

► EndNote Workshops

Code Topic Handout Recording Date
LS056
EndNote Workshop for Beginners**
This workshop will cover basic features of EndNote 21.

In this highly interactive workshop, the instructor will use the Library EndNote Guide to lead you through several EndNote tasks, such as creating an EndNote library, adding, editing and managing references, and making bibliographies, etc.

Please note that this workshop will mainly cover Modules 1 to 5 of the EndNote Online Course.
Download -- 12 Mar 2024

Remark: **Online Courses are available for these workshops. Visit Library Online Courses for details.