Library Guides: SUIT &amp; KSMA Resource Guide: Library & Research skills 'masterclass' training

Sessions

Library skills sessions

These sessions are offered by the University Library to librarians at SUIT and Kherson. These sessions will be offered upon request.

Please contact informationspecialists@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire and arrange a session from the following list:

Session	Example materials	Notes
Referencing (Introduction to Principles and Practice)	Referencing & Plagiarism Library Guide
Introduction to Endnote Online	Endnote Online Library Guide	Endnote online – referencing software (a version of which is freely available online; this guide is for a subscription version but the principles of use are the same).
Finding and Using Sources to Support Your Subject Area	https://plymouth.libguides.com/ > choose your subject	Resources on these pages may only be helpful if the Ukrainian twin has access to the same electronic library sources that Plymouth does
Critical Evaluation of Sources & Websites	Evaluating information (Library Skills Guide)
Doing a Literature Review for a student Dissertation	Literature Reviews for Dissertations & Projects (Library Skills Guide)	Resources on this page may only be helpful if the Ukrainian twin has access to the same electronic library sources that Plymouth does
Defining, Using and Searching for Grey Literature	Grey Literature (Systematic Literature Review Library Guide)

In addition, the University of Plymouth could offer IT helpdesk support to English speaking Ukrainian students (e.g. common laptop and software issues).

Research skills “masterclasses”

The Doctoral College have opened the online Researcher Skills Development Programme sessions to researchers and research students at Kherson and SUIT.

The link below provides access to a menu of the sessions (these are in the process of being updated and will run again in the Autumn term):

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/your-studies/research-degrees/doctoral-college/researcher-development-programme

Researchers at Kherson and SUIT need to identify the online sessions that are of relevance to them, and email the team (researchskills@plymouth.ac.uk) to enquire and book a place on a session. They will join colleagues from the University of Plymouth on these sessions.

Library-led researcher skills sessions

These sessions are offered by the University Library to researchers and research students at SUIT and Kherson. These sessions will be offered upon request to groups of researchers.

Research groups are asked to contact openresearch@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire and arrange a session from the following list:

Session	Example materials	Notes
Introduction to open access research	web guidance  example webinar
Introduction to author profiles tools for visibility and impact of publication	web guidance example webinar	Consolidating author profiles and publications e.g. using ORCiD
Overview of Responsible Metrics	web guidance example webinar	What the different citation metrics (H-index, journal impact factor) mean, and how they can be misleading
Introduction Research Data Management principles	web guidance  example webinar	Covers data management plans and good research data management practise

Please note: All sessions will be delivered in English via Zoom.