Literature Searching for Researchers in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Getting to grips with a new area of research or finding secondary literature to answer a research question can be a daunting task. This session is here to guide you, to enhance your literature search by introducing key resources and strategies that you can use for finding materials, illustrating a range of techniques for searching, and discussing how to stay up to date with research in your field. In the session, as well as looking at the Cambridge University Libraries' online catalogue iDiscover, we also introduce some of the databases that can be most useful to researchers in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences carrying out literature searches.

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

• Plan a strategy for finding literature on your research topic
• Discover a range of resources available for your literature search
• Make the most of the resources available using a range of techniques and tools
• Stay up to date with research in your field
• Build a list of relevant literature related to your research topic

• PhD students in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Other Cambridge researchers are welcome

Number of sessions: 1

Online webinar with presentations, demonstrations, discussions and practical activities.

If you require any help before the session, such as accessibility support, please email our team at ResearcherDevelopment@lib.cam.ac.uk for further assistance.

This session will be delivered using Zoom so please ensure you have it installed ahead of the session. A joining link will be sent out as part of the booking confirmation process.

One hour

Termly

• Literature Searching for Research in STEMM
• Strategic Reading and Note-Making for Researchers in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• Searching the Literature (online course)