Welcome to and Welcome back

A very warm welcome to new SCIT students starting at the University this week, and of course to returning students back from the Summer break. It’s a busy time of year for everyone so this is just a short post about the new “Skills for Learning” webpages on the Learning Centre’s website. This has been revised and updated over the Summer and is now a one-stop place for study skills advice and appointments, details of this semester’s InfoBites workshops, full information about the University’s referencing systems, and the EndNote support webpages. Harvard referencing has been updated to include an example list of different sources which will hopefully make the system easier to follow.

As always, your feedback on the Learning Centre website is welcomed. Please use the online form for comments and suggestions.

InfoBites – bigger and better!

The new timetable of InfoBites workshops for this semester is now available on the Learning Centre infoskills website. Learning Centres are running a whole range of workshops this semester covering general introductions to Learning Centres, finding journal articles and reading lists, as well as our usual sessions on referencing, using EndNote and EndNote Web, making the most of the Internet, and research skills. All students are welcome to attend to any of the workshops. Look forward to seeing you there.

EndNote workshops at Harrison Learning Centre

Due to a large number of requests for help with EndNote, we are running EndNote workshops each Thursday lunchtimes 1pm-2pm for the next five weeks starting tomorrow (from 2nd April until 1st May) at Harrison Learning Centre. There’s no need to book, just come along if you are interested.

We will also be running InfoBites workshops on Tuesday lunchtimes, please keep an eye on the Information Skills webpages for an up-to-date version of the calendar. If you are a Google Calendar user, you may also wish to add the InfoBites calendar to keep updated with all the InfoBites sessions.

Get to grips with referencing using EndNote

Struggling to keep track of all your references? Losing marks for your referencing? Botching your bibliographies?

Then using EndNote could be the answer! EndNote is a program that enables you to store and organise your references, insert citations into Word, and format your bibliography in the University Harvard style.

Learning Centre staff run a series of EndNote workshops as part of our information skills workshops, InfoBites. The next one is *tomorrow* in MD212b at 1pm. There’s no need to book so why not come along and say goodbye to bad bibliographies?

InfoBites

InfoBites workshops for semester 2 are now available on the Information Skills website.

Learning Centres are running a serious of workshops this semester covering topics such as finding resources, Harvard referencing, APA referencing, using EndNote, Web Searching and Web tools. The timetable will continue to be added to over the coming weeks so if there are any sessions you would like us to run, please get in touch.

Many are drop-in sessions but some require booking due to limited spaces. Check the online booking form for details. If you would like more information about InfoBites, please contact me or subscribe to the WOLF topic InfoBites – listed under Learning Centres in WOLF.

Look forward to seeing you there.

*New* InfoBites workshops

Need to get to grips with Harvard referencing? Want to know how to use EndNote? Or just need some help finding a journal article? InfoBites could be the answer..

InfoBites are back at Harrison Learning Centre this semester. We are running informal workshops on finding resources in the learning centres, Harvard referencing and using EndNote to manage your references. Click here for more information and to view the timetable for semester 1.

You can also subscribe to the WOLF topic InfoBites (listed under Learning Centres in WOLF) or contact me with any questions.

Starting Wednesday 17th October, all workshops take place in MD212b on the second floor of Harrison Learning Centre from 1-2pm. There is no need to book as all sessions are drop-in.

Look forward to seeing you there,
InfoBites team

Search novice to search pro with InfoBites

A reminder that I’m running tomorrow’s InfoBite workshop on web searching. If you’re a search novice or you just want to learn how to make more of the web for academic research then come along to MD212b in Harrison Learning Centre at 1pm tomorrow.

Topics include: exploiting search engines, locating subject gateways, uncovering the sites that Google can’t see, alerting services and RSS feeds.

All students and staff are welcome.

InfoBites back at Harrison

InfoBites are short information skills workshops held at Harrison Learning Centre during lunch hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Starting next week (week 2), the workshops cover topics such as finding resources in the Learning Centres, Harvard referencing, using EndNote, basic and advanced searching and evaluating websites. The full programme can be found on the Sharpen up Your Skills website. You can subscribe to the WOLF topic – InfoBites – or contact me for more information.