The Researcher Education and Development (RED) team are running a range of useful workshops for researchers throughout August, delivered by our Library specialists. Each workshop will be held online, so feel free to join from your office or the comfort of your own home. Click on the links below to register now.
Managing your research literature
2 August, 10 am–11.30 pm
Discover strategies and tools that researchers can use to identify and make sense of themes in the research literature, as well as to manage and organise references and research material.
3 August, 1 pm–2.30 pm
This online session will give participants the opportunity to ask any questions they may have after going through the resource that is provided upon registration. This resource contains video lessons on how to use LimeSurvey at Griffith to create and format a research survey, including how to activate your survey.
Systematic style reviews: Tips and tools for getting from start to finish
4 August, 10 am–12 noon
Join your Library specialists to learn about tips and tools that can simplify your systematic and systematic-style reviews from start to finish. We will discuss guidelines and protocols, research questions and search strategies, and screening and documenting your searches.
Introduction to REDCap at Griffith
16 August 10 am–11.30am
Learn how to build and deploy projects in REDCap (REsearch Data CAPture), one of Griffith’s supported research survey tools. See how REDCap compares with LimeSurvey, Griffith’s other supported survey solution. This session is for anyone looking to gather qualitative data from participants but will be most valuable for researchers considering clinical and longitudinal trials.
18 August, 10 am–11.30 pm
In this workshop we will work through the steps to undertake the literature research necessary for your systematic quantitative literature review.
23 Aug, 10 am–11 am
Learn the basics and start using EndNote using the Library’s EndNote Basics Tutorial, then register to join the Endnote Q&A live virtual session. Bring your questions and get answers and tips from Library specialists and other EndNote users.
23 August, 1.30 pm–2.30 pm
This online session will give participants the opportunity to ask any questions they may have after going through the resource that is provided upon registration. This resource contains video lessons on how to use Microsoft Word’s automated settings and features to apply consistent formatting throughout a document and manage long documents efficiently.
Organisation and Evaluation of Resources for systematic quantitative literature review
24 August, 10 am–11 am
In this workshop we will organise the papers you have found for your literature review and then discuss means to evaluate these resources for a systematic quantitative literature review.
Copyright, Publishing and Open Access Considerations
25 August, 12 noon–1.30pm
The seminar will examine copyright, publishing and open access considerations across all research disciplines (noting that a separate training session is provided for the Creative Arts).
30 August, 12 noon–1.30 pm
Explore methods and tools to create publication quality visualisations of structured, tabular data. Tools covered include MS Excel, along with open-source software Voyant and Raw Graphs. Upon registration you will be given access to online training resources to complete at your own pace. Please take note of any difficulties you might experience or questions to raise with presenters at the scheduled Q&A session.
31 August, 10 am–11.30 am
Discover tips and strategies to help you prepare, plan and structure your writing to deliver a logical and coherent literature review.
