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A Certificate will be awarded to participants who have attended THREE workshops.
Undergraduate students must attend TWO core workshops to obtain the certificate.
| Core Workshop: Topics being covered in this series are essential for beginning level students to acquire information literacy skills for their studies. |
| Research Series: Topics being covered in this series are targeted for faculty members and students who need more advanced skills in conducting research. |
Workshop Venue: L017, Library
Beginning level workshops |
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Code |
Topic |
Time |
Date |
| LS003N Core Workshop |
Surfing the Internet for Useful Information | 6:30pm - 8:00pm  |
16 Nov (Mon) |
LS033 |
Online Tools for Assignment Writing | 10:30am – 12:00pm | 20 Nov (Fri) |
| LS039 | Citing References and Avoiding Plagiarism | 10:30am - 11:45am | 18 Nov (Wed) |
| LS043 Core Workshop |
Accessing E-book & E-journal Collections of the PolyU Library | 10:30am - 12:00pm | 10 Nov (Tue) |
| LS047N Core Workshop |
“Next-generation” catalogue: SuperCat and Advanced Techniques for Searching Library Catalogue | 6:30pm – 7:45pm |
12 Nov (Thu) |
Intermediate and advanced level workshops |
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Code |
Topic |
Time |
Date |
| LS006 Research Series |
Accessing Dissertations Around the World | 10:30am – 12:00pm |
13 Nov (Fri) |
| LS011N Research Series |
ISI Web of Science Citation Databases | 6:30pm – 8:00pm |
11 Nov (Wed) |
| LS023 Research Series |
Keeping Research Information Up-To-date | 10:30am - 12:00pm | 23 Nov (Mon) |
| LS025 | Finding Research Information for Language Studies | 3:00pm – 4:00pm | 17 Nov (Tue) |
| LS032 Research Series |
Basics of Using RefWorks to Handle References and Bibliographies | 10:30am – 12:00pm |
19 Nov (Thu) |
LS034 |
Journal Citation Reports for Evaluating Journals | 3:00pm - 4:00pm | 20 Nov (Fri) |
| LS036S Research Series |
Library Workshop for Postgraduate Students | 2:30pm – 4:00pm
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21 Nov (Sat) |
| LS037 | Using Bibliometric Tools to Evaluate Research Impact | 10:30am – 12:00pm | 17 Nov (Tue) |
| LS041N | Searching Specialized Financial Databases: Datastream | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
10 Nov (Tue) |
| LS042 | Mastering Techniques in Searching Business & Finance Databases | 10:30am - 12:00pm | 24 Nov (Tue) |
| LS045 Research Series |
Using Essential Science Indicators to Analyse Research Performance | 10:30am – 11:30am | 11 Nov (Wed) |
Forthcoming Topics in December
Code |
Topic |
LS003 (Core) |
Surfing the Internet for Useful Information |
LS011 (Research) |
ISI Web of Science Citation Databases |
LS031 |
Searching Government Publications and Statistical Data |
LS032 (Research) |
Basics of Using RefWorks to Handle References and Bibliographies |
LS043 (Core) |
Accessing E-book & E-journal Collections of the PolyU Library |
LS003 – Surfing the Internet for Useful Information (1 hour 30 mins)
This workshop will introduce participants to the latest tools in order to locate and evaluate information on the Internet. Instruction and hands-on practice on how to use search engines, web directories, meta indexes and specialized databases will be provided. Advanced techniques in searching popular engines, e.g., Google &Yahoo, will also be discussed.
Workshop level: Elementary. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of using an internet browser, e.g., Internet Explorer or Firefox
Target participants: All users who may gather online information
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LS006 - Accessing Dissertations Around the World (1 hour 30 mins)
Learn how to search for and access dissertations in and beyond the Library. Specialized databases such as PolyU Electronic Theses, Digital Dissertation Consortium, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, China Doctor Dissertations Full-text Database (中國博士學位論文全文數據庫) , and other online resources will be covered.
Workshop level: Intermediate
Target participants: Postgraduates and Staff
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LS011 - ISI Web of Science Citation Databases (1 hour 30 mins)
Web of Science enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from over 11,000 research journals worldwide, as well as international proceedings coverage for over 120,000 conferences. In this workshop, you will learn how to find articles by topic or author, how to find out the number of times a particular article is cited, how to use the “Cited Reference Search” function for citing references of a particular article, and many more.
Workshop level: Advanced. Participants are expected to have basic skills in database searching.
Target participants: Postgraduate students and staff
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LS023 - Keeping Your Research Up-To-Date (1 hour 30 mins)
This workshop will introduce alerting services that enable you to stay up-to-date with current literature in your research area. Some of the features are: search alerts, citation alerts, table of contents alerts. The following databases will be included:
Workshop level: Advanced. (Participants are expected to have basic skills in database searching.)
Target participants: Users who want to keep themselves regularly informed of the latest information in their field of interest
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LS025 - Finding Research Information for Language Studies (1 hour)
This workshop will introduce to you how to search for research articles in the following databases with information on language studies:
Besides, using Oxford English Dictionary Online as a tool to locate language information will also be discussed during the session.
Workshop level: Intermediate
Target participants: Users interested in finding language related resources
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LS032 - Basics of Using RefWorks to Handle References and Bibliographies (1 hour 30 mins)
Learn how to create a database of references and generate a bibliography from a list of references automatically in APA, MLA or other styles. The potential use of RefWorks in research will be discussed.
Workshop level: Intermediate, and participants are expected to have experience in catalogue and database searching
Target participants: Postgraduates and academic staff
LS033 - Online Tools for Assignment Writing (1 hour 30 mins)
This workshop will introduce the online reference tools that can help assignment writing.
(Use of RefWorks will be taught in Workshop LS032.)
Workshop level: Elementary, but participants are expected to have experience in Internet searching
Target participants: Users who need to write assignments
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LS034 - Journal Citation Reports for Evaluating Journals (1 hour)
Journal Citation Reports offers access to citation statistics for more than 7,500 journals in approximately 200 disciplines. This workshop will prepare participants to find the total cites, impact factor, immediacy index, cited half-life of journals, and many more.
Workshop level: Advanced
Target participants: Academic staff
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LS036 - Library Workshop for Postgraduate Students (1 hour 30 mins)
This workshop aims at helping postgraduate students to make full use of the library services and resources available to them. Using the Library homepage as a starting point, participants will learn how to
Various search techniques for focusing your searches will be discussed. Also introduced are concepts that help potential authors, such as finding impact factors, identifying peer-reviewed journals, and obtaining submission guidelines.
Workshop level: Intermediate
Target participants: Postgraduate students
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LS037 - Using Bibliometric Tools to Evaluate Research Impact (1 hour 30 mins)
This workshop will compare the results found from various citation analysis tools such as Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Report and Scopus, and explore effective strategies to utilize such tools.
Workshop level : Advanced (Participants are expected to have prior knowledge of using citation analysis databases)
Target participants : Postgraduate students and academic staff
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LS039 - Citing References & Avoiding Plagiarism (1 hour 15 mins)
This workshop will focus on the concepts of citation, citation styles and on how to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is a sensitive issue and students may sometimes commit plagiarism unintentionally due to careless referencing. In this workshop, participants are expected to gain generic skills in handling citations. Different citation styles will be discussed and library resources on citing references will be presented. Bibliographic management tools will also be introduced.
Workshop level: Elementary
Target participants: This workshop is especially useful to first and second year students.
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LS041 - Searching Specialized Financial Databases : Datastream (1 hour 30 mins)
Datastream is a database that provides financial data such as equities prices, stock market indices, economic statistics, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, etc. Instructor will show participants how to retrieve data and to create reports and charts. Students of accounting and business studies may find this workshop useful. Please note that there will be demonstrations on using Datastream in this workshop but hands-on practices are not available due to software restriction.
Workshop level: Intermediate
Target participants: Users who need to find financial information.
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LS042 - Mastering Techniques in Searching Business & Finance Databases (1 hour 30 mins)
This workshop will demonstrate how to locate key business information such as country economic reports, industry and market outlook, analyst reports, company profiles as well as journal articles. Databases covered in the workshop include Business Source Complete, Global Market Information Database, ISI Emerging Markets, and Reuters Knowledge for Investment Banking.
Workshop level: Intermediate
Target participants: Business and management students (Undergraduates and postgraduates)
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LS043 - Accessing E-book & E-journal Collections of the PolyULibrary (1 hour 30 mins)
Library currently subscribes to over 35,000 E-journals, and over 268,000 E-books featuring subjects from arts and humanities, to science and technology and medicine.
In this workshop, we will discuss issues including points to note when locating books and articles via the Library Catalogue, techniques of retrieving full-text articles and methods of searching on different platforms.
Workshop level: Elementary
Target participants: Users who need to gather information from academic journals and E-books for research purposes.
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LS045 - Using Essential Science Indicators to Analyse Research Performance (1 hour)
Essential Science IndicatorsSM is a compilation of statistical information (publication, citation, and cites-per-paper counts) for scientists, institutions, countries, and journals. This workshop will show participants how to use this valuable tool to:
Workshop level: Advanced
Target participants: Postgraduates and academic staff; general grade staff who need to compile information of the research performance of the university and academic staff
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LS047 - “Next-generation” catalogue: SuperCat and Advanced Techniques for Searching Library Catalogue (1 hour 15 mins)
Start from our new catalogue, SuperCat, this workshop will introduce participants to this one-stop searching tool. Also, the instructor will further explore some advanced search features of using the Library catalogue (OPAC). Techniques such as subject search, modifying search using various parameters, viewing search history, exporting records, etc. will be explained.
The workshop will also touch upon finding course reserve materials.
Workshop level: Elementary. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of Catalogue title and author search.
Target participants: All users of Library catalogue
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