{"id":17044,"date":"2024-05-01T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T23:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=17044"},"modified":"2024-04-30T10:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T00:07:26","slug":"researcher-workshops-for-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2024\/05\/01\/researcher-workshops-for-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher workshops for May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you looking for help with your researcher profiles or metrics, Library searching for a literature review, formatting your thesis or with data visualisation or storytelling? This month\u2019s researcher workshops cover all of this and more. Click on the links below to view more details and register for workshops.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 1 May, noon to 1pm <\/span><\/b>Researcher profiles: Symplectic Elements and Griffith Experts<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This workshop is aimed at academic staff who are researchers who are seeking to collect and manage their research outputs through Symplectic Elements and enhance their Griffith Experts profile to ensure their academic dashboard is up-to-date.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 2 May, 10 to 11am <\/span><\/b>EndNote Q&A<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn the basics and start using EndNote using the Library\u2019s <\/span>EndNote Basics Tutorial<\/span><\/a>, then register to join the Endnote Q&A live virtual session. Bring your questions and get answers and tips from specialist librarians and other EndNote users.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 8 May, 9:30am to 12:30pm <\/span><\/b>Working with sensitive data<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This workshop uses practical and discussion-based training to inform researchers about responsibilities when working with sensitive data. With a focus on the “Five Safes” framework and principles of sharing data, the workshop explains and demonstrates strategies to mitigate disclosure risks and promote data security and privacy protections. The session is suited to Higher Degree Research students as it provides them with a framework and skills on all aspects of the practical and appropriate management of sensitive data.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 8 May, 1 to 2pm <\/span><\/b>Formatting your thesis Q&A<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This online session will give participants the opportunity to ask any questions they may have after going through the resource that is provided upon registration. This resource contains video lessons on how to use Microsoft Word’s automated settings and features to apply consistent formatting throughout a document and manage long documents efficiently.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 9 May, 10am to noon <\/span><\/b>Systematic style reviews in Health: Building a robust search strategy<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Library specialists will demonstrate expert search techniques using an example systematic review research question, for you to later apply to your own review search strategy. The workshop will include topics like search concepts and synonyms, adjacency searching, subject headings (MeSH) and more. This session will be most valuable for researchers in the Health disciplines who are considering or conducting a systematic-style review (e.g., systematic, scoping, integrative, etc.).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday 13 May, 10am to noon <\/span><\/b>Data visualisation basics<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Explore methods and tools to create publication quality visualisations of structured, tabular data.\u00a0 Tools covered include MS Excel, Raw Graphs and R.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 15 May, 10 to 11:30am <\/span><\/b>Improving the tone and style of your academic writing<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gather strategies to develop your writing skills in order to compose text that has appropriate tone and style, providing clarity for the reader.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 22 May, 10:30am to noon <\/span><\/b>Data storytelling<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This session is for researchers to learn how to use the data, visuals and narrative to bring together the story of their research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday 23 May, 10 to 11:30am <\/span><\/b>Library searching for literature reviews<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this workshop your Library specialists will provide invaluable information and demonstrate searching systematically in library databases using example topics. You can later apply these techniques to your own search.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 29 May, 10am to noon <\/span><\/b>Research metrics for promotion<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gain familiarity with tools for measuring research outputs, such as citation metrics and benchmarking. In this two-hour seminar, we demonstrate locating and using citation information to highlight aspects of your track record for promotion applications. The following tools and topics will be covered:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n