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Wed 23 Nov 2016 – Thu 19 Jan 2017

November 2016

Wed 23	Tour of the UL Music Department, including behind the scenes visit Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access material behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library music collections.
	Finding Secondary Literature Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Faculty of Divinity, Room 3 Finding secondary literature to inform and support your research is paramount to any higher-level research. This session focuses on the concepts as well as practical issues, to give participants a more comprehensive understanding of the issues and features of literature searching.
	Tour of the UL Music Department, including behind the scenes visit Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Cambridge University Library, Anderson Room A tour of the University Library Music Department, including a visit of our closed access material behind the scenes. We will also give you lots of practical tips on getting the most out of the University Library music collections.
	Introduction to the Rare Books department Finished 14:15 - 14:30 Cambridge University Library, Rare Books Room Members of staff introduce the collections of the Rare Books Department, how to locate them and how to use the Reading Room. The Department's books include almost all of the Library's pre-1900 books, and cover nearly every subject taught in the University. This session is relevant to Library users at all levels who may wish to use rare book material. Please meet in the lobby outside the Rare Books Reading Room in the North West corner of the first floor of the Library.
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Fri 25	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 11:00 - 12:00 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
Mon 28	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 14:15 - 15:15 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
Tue 29	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 2A One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Wed 30	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 4 There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

December 2016

Thu 1	Mapping the Research Landscape: Citations, bibliometrics and all that jazz! CANCELLED 10:30 - 13:00 Centre for Mathematical Studies This session will help you track the impact of research (including citations, h-index and altmetrics).
Mon 5	Introduction to the Rare Books department Finished 10:30 - 10:45 Cambridge University Library, Rare Books Room Members of staff introduce the collections of the Rare Books Department, how to locate them and how to use the Reading Room. The Department's books include almost all of the Library's pre-1900 books, and cover nearly every subject taught in the University. This session is relevant to Library users at all levels who may wish to use rare book material. Please meet in the lobby outside the Rare Books Reading Room in the North West corner of the first floor of the Library.
Wed 7	Mapping the research landscape: citations, bibliometrics and all that jazz! CANCELLED 10:30 - 13:00 CCTL, Revans Room This session will help you track the impact of research (including citations, h-index and altmetrics). This session includes a session to using social media analytics.
	iDiscover drop-in tutorial Finished 11:00 - 12:00 University Library A series of drop-in tutorials for iDiscover. University Library staff will be on hand to demonstrate iDiscover and answer any questions you may have. There's no need to book; just call-in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk on the first floor landing.
	Divinity Faculty: UL Tour Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Faculty of Divinity, Room 7 An Orientation tour of the University Library for Divinity Faculty members, led by members of the Divinity Faculty Library staff.
Thu 8	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Treatment Centre 4 There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk.

January 2017

Mon 9	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops". Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Tue 10	Medicine: Writing for Publication Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s, F/G 6 Seminar Room A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
	Divinity Faculty: UL Tour Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Faculty of Divinity, Room 7 An Orientation tour of the University Library for Divinity Faculty members, led by members of the Divinity Faculty Library staff.
Wed 11	Medicine: Systematic Literature Reviews - A 'How To' Guide Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Addenbrooke’s, E7 Seminar Room Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? If you need to do a systematic literature review, and you’re not able to make sense of the search strategy behind this paper then this course is for you. Please bring along details of your own topic so that the session can be tailored to address your specific needs. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Thu 12	Medicine: Managing Your Bibliography Finished 11:30 - 13:30 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Treatment Centre 4 How to take the bile out of your bibliography, and ensure that it's not the most time-consuming part of your work. A variety of tools will be showcased: EndNote, EndNoteWeb, Zotero, Mendeley. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Fri 13	Medicine: Research Data Management Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room There is an increasing emphasis in research on the management and sharing of data. Many funding bodies that support research undertaken at Cambridge require not only open access to any publications based on that research, but also to the data underlying it. This course will help you understand funders’ requirements for management and sharing of research data, and will provide opportunities to create your own data management plan and test out resources that will make the data management process easier. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
Mon 16	Medicine: Literature Searching for Doctors Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Addenbrooke’s F/G 5 Seminar Room One session covering the Medline database, targeted at doctors. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Wed 18	Medicine: Critical Appraisal - RCT Drug Trials Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Addenbrooke’s, Rosie Seminar Room 2A Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context.' Amanda Burls, What is Critical Appraisal?, Feb 2009 'An Introduction to Critical Appraisal' will help you understand how to critically appraise a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Using the CASP Checklist the course covers samples and sample size, randomisation, bias, statistics, significance (P Values and Confidence Intervals) and relevance. We ask that you read a paper that will be provided before you attend the session, in order for us to make the best use of the time together.
Thu 19	Medicine: Literature Searching for Nurses Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Addenbrooke’s, F/G 6 Seminar Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at nurses. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches. Participants will need to bring their own laptop or tablet. If you cannot bring your own device, please contact librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk
	Divinity Faculty: UL Tour Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Faculty of Divinity, Room 4 An Orientation tour of the University Library for Divinity Faculty members, led by members of the Divinity Faculty Library staff.