{"id":26271,"date":"2024-10-25T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/?p=26271"},"modified":"2024-11-06T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T09:23:28","slug":"join-our-bite-sized-library-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/isnews\/join-our-bite-sized-library-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Join our bite-sized library sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to enhance your research skills in just 30 minutes? We&#8217;re thrilled to invite you to our <strong>Effective Finding and Managing information for your assignment<\/strong> sessions!<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>18th, 21st, 22nd Nov<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Online via MS Teams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:\u00a0<\/strong>Just 30 minutes!<\/p>\n<p>In these quick yet powerful sessions you can learn how to find, evaluate, and reference resources for your assignments. Our library sessions are open to Kent students at all stages.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Finding journal articles\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Monday 18<sup>th<\/sup> Nov 10.00 &#8211; 10.45 Including 15 mins q+a<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.teams.microsoft.com%2Fevent%2F3adbea60-9a28-4f96-bc78-1e48592fcb58%4051a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;data=05%7C02%7CH.Callaghan%40kent.ac.uk%7C3bc6ea2e10df42b3d95b08dcf4396935%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638653774645643916%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DLp%2B6hH1hwyVWD%2BbkPbwl5vXWG2AA0q7ElEwHZXqWL0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Book your place here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The library team\u00a0 will take you through the basics of searching for journal articles and improving your search results useful for assignments, literature reviews, and dissertations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This session will include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>How to turn your \u00a0topic into a research strategy<\/li>\n<li>Searching article databases<\/li>\n<li>Advanced search techniques (boolean searching, subject filters, proximity searching)<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating your research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Finding secondary data<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Thursday 21st Nov 10.00 &#8211; 10.45 Including 15 mins q+a<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.teams.microsoft.com%2Fevent%2Fc06542a5-d004-4b53-8ecf-4c6e0668903e%4051a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;data=05%7C02%7CH.Callaghan%40kent.ac.uk%7C3bc6ea2e10df42b3d95b08dcf4396935%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638653774645656265%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6NYDBRB%2FB%2FsxKevjn5T0uKTWZo1yySRTcbZ23wZ2Lsw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Book your place here<\/a><\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The library team will introduce you to resources for finding datasets and statistics as secondary data which is useful for assignments, literature reviews, and dissertations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This session will include<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding datasets by subject<\/li>\n<li>General statistics and reports<\/li>\n<li>How to reference secondary data<\/li>\n<li>What to do when there isn&#8217;t any data!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2><b>Evaluating and referencing your research<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Friday 22nd Nov 10.00 &#8211; 10.45 Including 15 mins q+a<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.teams.microsoft.com%2Fevent%2Fa9e61e30-68d7-42a0-a1a1-9539cdc9de89%4051a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a&amp;data=05%7C02%7CH.Callaghan%40kent.ac.uk%7C3bc6ea2e10df42b3d95b08dcf4396935%7C51a9fa563f32449aa7213e3f49aa5e9a%7C0%7C0%7C638653774645668687%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IJEv7cqTtSoJcChOqhK%2BW%2FcNKAftxSN1tY4h8rUlezg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Book your place here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The library team will introduce you to the basics of evaluating and referencing your research which is essential for assignments, literature reviews, and dissertations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This session will include<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>How to evaluate data<\/li>\n<li>Introducing critical thinking skills<\/li>\n<li>How to create in-text citations and bibliographies using reference management tools such as Mendeley and Zotero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><strong>For more information contact <a href=\"mailto:academiclibrary@kent.ac.uk\">academiclibrary@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to enhance your research skills in just 30 minutes? 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