Description of SSR workshops
Searching beyond Google
Do you want to know how best to search the Library catalogue, Summon, Google / Google Scholar, and the Library databases? In this workshop, you will learn how to
- develop and refine a search plan
- search the above resources
Database searching for your research
Do you search the databases in your field of research effectively? How do you keep up to date with the latest content being published?
Come to this workshop and discover techniques and tools to find the best and most recent information for your literature review and research.
- Learn to search the databases for your field of research efficiently
- Keep up to date with the latest publications with database alerts
Database searching for your research: Engineering
Do you need to effectively search the scientific and engineering literature? This workshop will help you to
- develop the skills to find information for your literature review and research
- use a range of engineering databases including Compendex, Inspec and IEEEXplore
- learn how to create database alerts
Database searching for your research: Chemistry
Do you need to effectively search for literature in the chemical and related sciences? This workshop will help you to:
- develop the skills to find information in the SciFinder and Reaxys databases
- learn how to create database alerts
Discovering pharmacy and medical sciences databases
Searching for pharmacy and medical sciences information? Using Medline, Embase, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts and Scopus you will be able to develop effective searching strategies, modify and save your search history, and create alerts to keep up to date. SciFinder will also be demonstrated, as well as looking at some of the pharmacy resources that are available, including Medicines Complete, USP-NF Online, and the European pharmacopoeia.
Company and industry information
Do you need to find company and industry information such as
- SWOT analyses
- company financials
- industry profiles
- competitive intelligence
- media coverage
This workshop will help you uncover this information in a range of databases, directories, websites, annual reports, stock exchanges and media sources.
EndNote essentials
EndNote essentials is for people who would like to learn EndNote. It includes creating a new library and adding references, inserting references into Word documents and creating a bibliography.
Exploring the medical subject headings
Advanced subject searching in the Ovid health sciences databases offer many features that are not encountered in other databases. Have you wondered about the explode or focus features that relate to subject searching or the option to map to a subject heading? In this workshop you will
- discover the features of Ovid databases such as Medline, the Nursing database and Embase
- explore the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- do precise subject searching to enhance the relevance of your results
- provide a search framework for a systematic review
Finding research proposals and theses
Would you like to know how to find UniSA research proposals and theses? Do you want to find theses from other sources? This workshop explains how to
- find UniSA theses in the Library catalogue
- search Australian and international theses databases
- find theses on the Web
Managing and tracking your publications
Are you thinking of preparing a grant application, applying for promotion, or is your UniSA staff home page publication list due to be updated? In this workshop you will
- learn about the citation features of ResearcherID and Scopus
- set up a ResearcherID profile via Web of Science
- automatically track your existing citation counts
- view your h-index
- see who is citing your research
- create a badge/link for your UniSA home page to link to your publications
Searching for evidence based resources and systematic reviews
Looking for evidence based health literature as part of your systematic review? This workshop looks at
- what is evidence based health care
- hierarchies of evidence
- planning your search
- searching for evidence based literature in databases including Medline, CINAHL, Embase and Cochrane Library
- saving your search history
- accessing clinical guideline collections and other relevant web resources
Where could I publish?
Are you looking for a journal in which to publish your paper? How do you know if it is peer reviewed, in the ERA journal list, or has an impact factor? In this workshop
- discover the world of peer review, open access journals, rankings and impact factors
- find and locate a journal in which to publish your paper
- look for instructions for authors
- learn some handy tips from UniSA’s own researchers about their publishing experiences
Who's citing whom in Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar?
Do you have a key paper that underpins research in your area? Can you find the papers that informed the research, or see who has cited the paper since it has been published? In this workshop you will
- use Web of Science and Scopus to navigate forwards and backwards in time to discover the impact of the research
- find related papers
- create subject and citation alerts
- review Google Scholar
