Finding and Managing Information for your PhD

Find out how to do a comprehensive literature search, keep up to date in your field and manage the information you find without getting swamped. Learn how to avoid the pitfalls of copyright whilst making your work available to the widest possible audience.

These sessions are designed specifically for arts and humanities research students. The first session will show you how to ensure your searching is comprehensive, and kept up to date. The second will show you how to manage the information that you find using Endnote. The third explores issues surrounding plagiarism, copyright and open access publishing.

- Searching the Literature
Thursday 5th February, 2-5pm, Edward Boyle Library, level 11 training room

- Using Endnote to Manage the Information you Find
Thursday 12th February, 2-4pm, Edward Boyle Library, level 11 training room

- Open Access Publishing, Plagiarism and Copyright
Thursday 19th February, 2-4pm, Edward Boyle Library, level 11 training room


To book a place on these sessions, please contact the Arts Team in the Brotherton Library at: arts@library.leeds.ac.uk

These sessions form part of the Leeds Humanities Research Institute’s programme for research postgraduates. More information is available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lhri/postgraduates.htm#training

Podcast Tours

Podcast tours of the Brotherton Library are a great way to help you find your way around the library. The tours were developed by Acoustiguides.The tours will give you a lively introduction to the Library layout and services - download them to your MP3 player so you can listen to them whenever you need to!Learn how to get the best out of the Library and locate all the important facilities and collections.
If you don't have an MP3 player, the guides are also available on AcoustiGuide handsets from the Brotherton Reception.
Individual clips are up to 3 minutes long, the whole tours are less than 20 minutes.

Web of Science changes

The Web of Science interface has now changed.
After typing in your ISS username and password, you will be taken to the Web of Knowledge homepage. Click on the yellow Select a Database tab at the top of the page. You then need to select Web of Science from the list of database products.



At the bottom of the screen, you have the option to Change Limits and Settings. Click this link and the following options will appear:

Tick the check boxes to search across each of the databases. By default it searches across all three.

For more information about Web of Science there are online tutorials and workbooks available at : http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/databases/indexguides/wos.htm or you can book online onto a Web of Science library training session http://www.skillscentre.leeds.ac.uk/workshops.php

Training sessions for Arts PhD Students

Find out how to do a comprehensive literature search, keep up to date in your field and manage the information you find without getting swamped. These sessions are designed specifically for arts and humanities research students. The first session will show you how to ensure your searching is comprehensive and kept up to date. The second will show you how to manage the information you find using Endnote.

• Searching the Literature, Thursday 14th February, 12-2pm, Edward Boyle Library, Level 10 training room.

• Using Endnote to Manage the Information you Find, Thursday 28th February, 12-2pm, Edward Boyle Libary, Level 10 training room.

To book a place on these sessions, please contact the Arts Team in the Brotherton Library at: arts@library.leeds.ac.uk