Dissertations and Dissertation Festival

Dissertation Fair - CSE/MVM. 05 November 

Digital Skills and Training Events
Workshops and information available at https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills

Institute for Academic Development
UG (IAD) workshops - UG here
PGT (IAD) workshops - PG here

Online live sessions. 

Finding Academic Literature

Producing a critical review of the literature can seem like a daunting prospect, especially for students new to this University and its library facilities. This session is designed to help you get started and know where to seek help when needing to find research literature efficiently.

Engineering

Dissertation Fair - CSE/MVM. 05 November 

How to get the best from Web of Science

This session introduces Web of Science as a tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is aimed at beginners and intermediate users.

Covidence 101

This webinar includes a live demonstration of the Covidence platform, led by our Community Manager Nancy Owens. She'll provide an overview of systematic review workflow, and will showcase some of our most popular product features. Join us for tips and tricks to jumpstart your review progress.

Getting the most out of Scopus

Do you need help to start with a research topic or literature review? This session introduces Scopus as a tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers who need access to the latest relevant research. It is aimed at beginners and intermediate users.

How to Get the Best from CABI resources

We have a range of online resources produced by CABI:

CAB Abstracts – a bibliographic database covering applied life sciences, agriculture, veterinary science, nutrition and the environment.
Global Health – a bibliographic database covering public health research and practice, including zoonotic and tropical diseases, from over 130 countries
Animal Health and Production Compendium - information on animal diseases, their pathogens and vectors; animal husbandry, genetics and the nutrition of livestock and poultry species and breeds
Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria - diagnostic descriptions, illustrations and information on over 2,000 fungal and bacterial taxa
Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases - data on the worldwide distribution of plant diseases
Distribution Maps of Plant Pests - data on the worldwide distribution of plant pests
VetMed Resource - developments in veterinary science, helpful for basing practice on the best available evidence.

This session will highlight some of these and how you can use them to find information for your dissertation or research.

The session will be delivered by experts from CABI.

Using the Journal of Visualised Experiments for your Dissertation 

JoVE, the Journal of Visualised Experiments (https://www-jove-com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/) is an online resource, available to students and staff in the University of Edinburgh.

JoVE is a peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed video methods journal. Articles consist of high-quality video demonstrations and detailed text protocols which facilitate scientific reproducibility and productivity. The scope of the journal includes novel techniques, innovative applications of existing techniques, and gold standard protocols in the physical and life sciences.

This session will show you how to use JoVE to help with your dissertation or research.

The session will be led by Dr Maaike Pols from JoVE.

Digital Skills and Training Events
Workshops and information available at https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills

Institute for Academic Development
UG (IAD) workshops - UG here
PGT (IAD) workshops - PG here

Online live sessions. 

Making the most of your research data

This asynchronous workshop outlines why research data management is important for your research project and suggests tips and resources to help you carry out your research effectively. The workshop content and discussion board will be available on the Micro-Methods Workshops Learn page from the 26th of October 2020. The discussion board will be monitored by the instructor between the 26th of October and 2nd of November. An online Q&A will take place on the 2nd of November between 11 am and 12 pm. This course is introductory and targeted at UG/Masters level students.

Using existing, open, data for your dissertation research 

Learn more about the Research Data Service here.  

Online live sessions. 

Using the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) for your dissertation 

Special Collections (archives, manuscripts and rare books) can be a rich source of material for your dissertation, but can be sometimes feel daunting to use. This Dissertation Week session will show you how to search for, access and handle unique cultural and heritage collections, including items from the Centre for Research Collections.

What can we learn from Musical Instruments?

Language in Research and Reporting

This workshop will use primary source material from the University’s Social Work archive to interrogate the use of language, its impact and its legacy. Participants will also explore the relationship between language and the purpose of research, the importance of terminology and use the source material to investigate what the vocabulary can reveal about mid-20th century attitudes to mental health and social housing.

Learn more about the Centre for Research Collections here.  

Online live sessions. 

Systematic Reviews

Nursing 

A range of are webinars are available on supporting systematic reviews in CINAHL. These webinars are delivered by the database provider (EBSCO). Schedule and registration