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Library Orientation

General library orientation takes place at the beginning of the year and is targeted at first year students. It is compulsory for students to attend the library orientation session on the day set aside by the Department of Student Services. On-going orientation for new academics can be arranged during the course of the year.

Online and Face-to-Face Training

The library provides and facilitates training to assist students to find quality information in the library and beyond. Online training sessions are offered throughout the year, but face-to-face can be arranged. We would like to encourage our academics to attend the below training sessions or arrange sessions for their students by contacting your Faculty Librarian.

Training Schedule

DATE

SESSION NAME AND DESCRIPTION

TIME

AUDIENCE

FACILITATOR(S)

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16 October 2023

Avoiding Predatory Journals

Join us in this session as we cover:

  1. What are predatory journals
  2. Red flags
  3. Scopus processes to avoid predatory journals
  4. Best practice for researchers
  5. Q &A
15:00-16:00 Researchers / Graduate Students / Faculty Elsevier Click here
6 November 2023

Peer Review Workshop

  • Certified peer reviewer course
  • Fundamentals of peer review
  • Becoming a peer reviewer
  • Going through peer review
15:00-16:00
Researchers / Graduate Students / Faculty
 
Elsevier Click here
20 November 2023

The Research Cycle

Smart tools and analytics can help make the research process more efficient and effective. Join us in thsi session to learn how to identify gaps, evaluate a topic, identify a reading list, and find full text literature, build a library of resources and write a cite automatically using a reference managemer.

15:00-16:00
Researchers / Graduate Students / Faculty
Elsevier Click here

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