Library Research Support: Training & Events for Researchers
The University of Plymouth Library's researcher training programme, regular drop-in sessions and occasional hosted events series, cover a wide variety of topics from digital skills, literature searching and reference management to open publication strategies, impact metrics and data management.
Sessions are delivered by library staff to researchers at any stage of study or career including tailored sessions for academic staff or your research group; regular sessions in the Doctoral College's Researcher Development Programme plus a one-to-one consultation service for researchers and research leads.
Upcoming Events
Don't Dump, Deposit! (25th April)
This session introduces the benefits and barriers to sharing your research data and demonstrates what is required to achieve impact with your data in an ethical manner. (For all publishing researchers)
Third Party Copyright for PhDs (30th April)
This session is best attended at the start of writing your thesis and explores the different ways in which to include 3rd party material in your published thesis. (For PGRs and ECRs)
Bibliometrics & SciVal Consultation Service
Interested in using metrics for strategic decision making or benchmaking? Questions about your own publication metrics and citation impact? Contact our Open Research Specialist for 1:1 advice or tailored reports.
Library Researcher Training Pathways
SciVal publication metrics consultations
The library offers a consultation service for researchers advising on use of bibliometrics, including SciVal, to showcase areas of research power or in support of strategic priorities, in accordance with the principles of Responsible Metrics. We can provide regular and custom statistics and reports for your school or research group (example reports and infographics).
We also regularly run two workshops on SciVal through our training pathways.
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