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Senate House Library is holding a number of Research Skills sessions during this academic year. These are aimed at taught postgraduate and postgraduate research students, but everyone is welcome to attend.
The sessions offered this autumn term are:
Introduction to archives – 22 October 2.00-3.00pm
Presenters: Clare George, Sean Macmillan
The session will explore what archives are, specifically compared to other research materials. Attendees will gain a critical understanding of archival catalogues and how to navigate them.
Making the most of the catalogue – 26 October 2.30-3.30pm
Presenters: Karen Attar, Tansy Barton
This session will show you how to make effective use of the catalogue by moving beyond title and author searching. You will learn how to develop searches using catalogue links including Library of Congress subject headings and classmarks.
Introduction to literature reviews and building a bibliography – 29 November 2.00-3.00pm
Presenters: Mura Ghosh, Leila Kassir
Using a sample topic this session will demonstrate how to use library resources for a successful literature review. We will explain the stages of the information search process: formulating search terms, using database search tools, locating key publications and understanding key web tools.
Going beyond Google (Part 1) – 6 December 2.00-3.00pm
Presenters: Mura Ghosh, Leila Kassir, Argula Rublack
Using a sample topic the session will demonstrate using Google for academic research and then moving beyond into deeper research via Senate House Library resources.
Introduction to locating and using primary sources – 8 December 2.00-3.00pm
Presenters: Karen Attar, Julio Cazzasa, Sean Macmillan, Argula Rublack
Using illustrative examples, attendees will learn how to access different types of primary sources and gain an understanding of how to make the use of them. Attendees will gain an improved understanding of the breadth of primary sources available to them for their research, how to critically engage with them and how to interpret them.
To sign up to the sessions and for more information on other resources and services we offer, visit our Research Support page: https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library/our-collections/research-strengths-of-our-collections/research-support.
If you feel these would be of interest to your students, we’d greatly appreciate if you could circulate this message.
With many thanks,
Mura Ghosh, Leila Kassir, and Argula Rublack
Academic Librarians
Senate House Library
University of London
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
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