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These workshops are offered as part of the University's EDGEx program and are designed to support Research Degree Candidates throughout the research lifecycle. Find out more about our wide range of research workshops by looking at the workshop descriptions below.
Workshops are listed at the links below. All workshops in the series should be booked to secure your place to attend.
Individual appointments or tailored workshops can be arranged by contacting Ask the Library.
In this introductory workshop, discover a range of databases and information resources to assist you to locate company and industry information, such as:
Related resources: Company and Industry Information guide
Learn about the essential elements of copyright as you prepare your research proposal.
This workshop will cover:
Related resources: Copyright
Are you planning on ....
In this workshop we will review common copyright questions related to theses. We will also explore how to assess whether permission is required and demonstrate how to seek permission.
Related resources: Copyright
Management of your research data is an essential part of every research project.
In this workshop you will learn how to:
Related resources:
In this session, we will be expanding your knowledge on the following topics:
Prerequisites: You must have already completed Getting started with EndNote or have a good understanding of EndNote before attending these sessions.
Related guide: EndNote
In this session, we will be expanding your knowledge on the following topics for Mac users:
Prerequisites: You must have already completed Getting started with EndNote or have a good understanding of EndNote before attending these sessions.
Related guide: EndNote
In this session, you will learn how to:
Prerequisites: You must have already completed Getting started with EndNote or have a good understanding of EndNote before attending these sessions.
Related guide: EndNote
Grey literature generally refers to unpublished sources such as government documents, reports, conference proceedings, informal communications, guidelines, preprints and more.
This workshop will cover:
Please note: If you are undertaking a systematic or scoping review you may find that the EDGE sessions in the ‘Systematic review’ series (‘Finding the evidence’, ‘Finding grey literature’ and ‘Manage your results’) better meet your needs.
Related resources: Grey Literature and Other Sources
This practical workshop will enable participants to find and access completed theses written in their field of research. This includes UniSA theses, Australian theses and theses from around the world.
In this workshop you will search:
Related resources: Theses guide
As a modern researcher, how do you keep your finger on the pulse of current developments and connect you and your research with the world?
In this workshop you will learn about:
Includes guest speaker: learn some handy tips from UniSA's own researchers about their social media experiences.
Related resources: Social Media for Researchers
‘Getting started with EndNote’ is a UniSA Library-facilitated workshop that allows you to learn about the reference management program EndNote and includes:
Related resources: EndNote
Developing your search skills so you can search the literature effectively is a critical part of any literature review.
Attend this introductory workshop to learn how to:
Please note: if you are undertaking a systematic or scoping review you may find that the EDGE sessions in the 'Systematic review' series ('Finding the evidence', 'Finding grey literature' and 'Manage your results') better meet your needs.
Related resources: Searching for your literature review
Managing the literature you find is a critical part of any literature review. Attend this introductory workshop to learn a range of techniques to manage your literature successfully including how to:
Please note: this session focuses on using the databases to manage search results. To learn how to use EndNote, see the EDGE workshop 'Getting started with EndNote'.
Related resources: Searching for your literature review
In this session, you will learn how to:
Prerequisites: You must have already completed Getting started with EndNote or have a good understanding of EndNote before attending these sessions.
Related guide: EndNote
If you’ve received emails inviting you to publish or present your work, or edit a special edition, it may be too good to be true!
In this workshop, learn about:
Related resources: Publishing guide
Are you looking for a journal in which to publish your paper, but not sure how to choose?
In this introductory workshop:
Related guides: Publishing
This workshop features a guest speaker who shares tips for those new to publishing to help you maximise your opportunities to be published with impact. Speakers are UniSA researchers with experience in publishing – as authors, peer reviewers and editors. Selected top tips from other UniSA researchers and UniSA Library will also be featured. Questions welcome!
Related guide: Publishing
This workshop covers strategies to increase the visibility and maximise the influence of your published research, including:
Related guide: Publishing
Management of your research data is an essential part of every research project. In this workshop you will learn about:
Related resources: Research Data Management
A systematic review collates and synthesises the findings from critically appraised studies to provide high-level evidence in answer to a clearly formulated question.
This introductory workshop covers:
Undertaking a scoping review instead? The systematic approach to searching covered in this workshop is also part of scoping review methodology, and both review types will be accommodated.
Please note: the Systematic Review series primarily supports health disciplines. If you are undertaking a review where you need to search systematically/comprehensively, but are not following specific systematic review methodology (https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/SystematicReviews/OverviewofSR), you may find that the EDGE sessions in the ‘Literature reviews series('Plan your search strategy', 'Manage your search results') and the standalone ‘Finding grey literature’ workshop better meet your needs.
Related resources:
Grey literature generally refers to unpublished sources such as reports, conference proceedings, clinical trials, government documents, informal communications, practice guidelines, preprints and more.
This workshop covers:
Please note: the Systematic Review series primarily supports health disciplines. If you are undertaking a review where you need to search systematically/comprehensively, but are not following specific systematic review methodology, you may find that other EDGE sessions such as ‘Finding theses’, ‘Finding grey literature’ and the ‘Literature reviews’ series better meet your needs.
Related resources: Grey Literature and Other Sources
Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews, including Cochrane reviews.
This workshop covers:
Knowledge of using EndNote is a prerequisite.
Related resources:
Once you have finished developing your systematic search strategy to achieve the 'best balance' of sensitivity and precision, you will need to run the same search on a variety of different databases. The search needs to be adapted ('translated') so that it is optimised for each database and platform (interface).
This health-focused one-hour session focuses on how to translate your core MEDLINE (Ovid) search to Embase/Emcare (Ovid). Translation to up to two additional databases will also be covered (depending on time). These will be selected by popular vote on the day from the following: Cochrane Library, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, ERIC, Scopus, and Web of Science.
We will work from an example MEDLINE search, and you can translate the principles and approach across to your own search at a later stage. You do not need to bring a finalised search, and there will not be time to translate your own search during the session (however questions related to your own search are welcome).
This is an advanced workshop; it is recommended participants have attended 'Systematic reviews (1 of 3): finding the evidence' before this session, or have prior knowledge searching on the Ovid interface (MEDLINE, Embase, etc.).
Related resources: