Researcher@Library program for graduate researchers and academics

Full program

Upcoming sessions

• Using digital tools to publish strategically for HASS researchers
  Choosing how and where to publish your research is crucial to maximise the reach of your work. This session introduces key digital tools to help graduate research students as well as more experienced researchers in HASS disciplines identify and evaluate publishing options.
  Date and time:  Tuesday 30 April 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• Zotero for Researchers (Webinar)
  Find out how to get more from Zotero including document annotation tools, automatically importing material, making the most of tags, creating and following groups, syncing across devices and tablets and accessing unlimited storage options.
  Date and time: Wednesday 1 May 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• EndNote for Researchers (Webinar)
  Find out how to get more from EndNote including importing existing folders of PDFs, merging multiple chapters in Word, syncing with EndNote Online, sharing your library and editing citation styles.
  Date and time: Monday 6 May 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• Using digital tools to publish strategically for STEMM researchers
  Choosing how and where to publish your research is crucial to maximise the reach of your work. This session introduces key digital tools to help graduate research students and early career researchers in STEMM disciplines identify and evaluate publishing options.
  Date and time: Tuesday 7 May 2019 11am-12pm.
• Mendeley for Researchers (Webinar)
  Find out how to get more from Mendeley including creating and managing groups, annotate and tag your documents, your Mendeley profile and following other researchers, searching your library and exploring Mendeley data.
  Date and time: Wednesday 8 May 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• Copyright and your thesis (webinar)
  Don’t get caught out by copyright! It’s never too early to think about copyright matters relating to your thesis. In this workshop you’ll learn about what copyright is, how long it lasts, and the kinds of materials it protects. You will learn how to use copyright material compliantly in your thesis, and the steps to take when permission is required. We will also talk about the rights that copyright legislation gives you, measures you can take to protect your original work, and requirements for final thesis submission.
  Date and time: Thursday 9 May 2019 12pm-1pm.
• Wikipedia in teaching: benefits and stumbling blocks
  Join us for a panel discussion on how academics from across Melbourne are using Wikipedia, and the issues they have encountered in embedding it into the curriculum.
  Date and time: Friday 10 May 2019 1pm-2pm.
• Getting started with library research 2019
  This session is aimed at newly-enrolled graduate students beginning their research journey (i.e., Research Masters & PhD candidates) and Early Career Researchers new to the University of Melbourne.
  Date and time: Tuesday 14 May 2019 3pm-4.30pm.
• Dimensions for STEMM researchers
  Dimensions is a research insights platform that brings together grants, publications, citations, alternative metrics, and policy documents. This one hour workshop will outline how this very useful tool can help researchers.
  Date and time: Thursday 16 May 2019 10am-11am.
• File Management 101: Taming the digital chaos (Webinar)
  Using digital technologies effectively has become a mainstreamrequirement for the modern scholar. But how do you manage a tsunami of file formats, storage systems, metadata standards - not to mention the latest digital tools and cloud services - when all you want to do isfocus on your research question?
  Date and time: Thursday 16 May 2019 1pm-2pm.
• Public Access and Your Thesis (Webinar)- For graduate researchers and supervisors
  This workshop covers everything you need to know to prepare a PhD or Master by Research thesis for the University's Open Access Repository (Minerva Access). The concepts covered are essential knowledge for graduate researchers at all stages of their thesis, and their supervisors.
  Date and time: Monday 20 May 2019 1pm-2pm.
• Better the DEVL you know: Digital tools for Humanities and Social Science research
  This session will introduce basic concepts of using digital tools in humanities and introduce the capabilities of Tinker. Participants will learn how to analyse text data, how to visualise aspects of data, and will be encouraged to experiment using their own data in the virtual laboratory.
  Date and time: Wednesday 22 May 2019 1.15pm-2.15pm.
• Mobilising knowledge for policy and practice
  Mobilising knowledge for policy and practice: research translation, research impact and what this means for Graduate Researchers & ECRs.
  Date and time: Wednesday 29 May 2019 12.30pm-1.30pm.

Please note: These workshops are subject to change, based on bookings and demand.

Full program

Upcoming sessions

• Using digital tools to publish strategically for HASS researchers
  Choosing how and where to publish your research is crucial to maximise the reach of your work. This session introduces key digital tools to help graduate research students as well as more experienced researchers in HASS disciplines identify and evaluate publishing options.
  Date and time:  Tuesday 30 April 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• Zotero for Researchers (Webinar)
  Find out how to get more from Zotero including document annotation tools, automatically importing material, making the most of tags, creating and following groups, syncing across devices and tablets and accessing unlimited storage options.
  Date and time: Wednesday 1 May 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• EndNote for Researchers (Webinar)
  Find out how to get more from EndNote including importing existing folders of PDFs, merging multiple chapters in Word, syncing with EndNote Online, sharing your library and editing citation styles.
  Date and time: Monday 6 May 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• Using digital tools to publish strategically for STEMM researchers
  Choosing how and where to publish your research is crucial to maximise the reach of your work. This session introduces key digital tools to help graduate research students and early career researchers in STEMM disciplines identify and evaluate publishing options.
  Date and time: Tuesday 7 May 2019 11am-12pm.
• Mendeley for Researchers (Webinar)
  Find out how to get more from Mendeley including creating and managing groups, annotate and tag your documents, your Mendeley profile and following other researchers, searching your library and exploring Mendeley data.
  Date and time: Wednesday 8 May 2019, 1pm-2pm.
• Copyright and your thesis (webinar)
  Don’t get caught out by copyright! It’s never too early to think about copyright matters relating to your thesis. In this workshop you’ll learn about what copyright is, how long it lasts, and the kinds of materials it protects. You will learn how to use copyright material compliantly in your thesis, and the steps to take when permission is required. We will also talk about the rights that copyright legislation gives you, measures you can take to protect your original work, and requirements for final thesis submission.
  Date and time: Thursday 9 May 2019 12pm-1pm.
• Wikipedia in teaching: benefits and stumbling blocks
  Join us for a panel discussion on how academics from across Melbourne are using Wikipedia, and the issues they have encountered in embedding it into the curriculum.
  Date and time: Friday 10 May 2019 1pm-2pm.
• Getting started with library research 2019
  This session is aimed at newly-enrolled graduate students beginning their research journey (i.e., Research Masters & PhD candidates) and Early Career Researchers new to the University of Melbourne.
  Date and time: Tuesday 14 May 2019 3pm-4.30pm.
• Dimensions for STEMM researchers
  Dimensions is a research insights platform that brings together grants, publications, citations, alternative metrics, and policy documents. This one hour workshop will outline how this very useful tool can help researchers.
  Date and time: Thursday 16 May 2019 10am-11am.
• File Management 101: Taming the digital chaos (Webinar)
  Using digital technologies effectively has become a mainstreamrequirement for the modern scholar. But how do you manage a tsunami of file formats, storage systems, metadata standards - not to mention the latest digital tools and cloud services - when all you want to do isfocus on your research question?
  Date and time: Thursday 16 May 2019 1pm-2pm.
• Public Access and Your Thesis (Webinar)- For graduate researchers and supervisors
  This workshop covers everything you need to know to prepare a PhD or Master by Research thesis for the University's Open Access Repository (Minerva Access). The concepts covered are essential knowledge for graduate researchers at all stages of their thesis, and their supervisors.
  Date and time: Monday 20 May 2019 1pm-2pm.
• Better the DEVL you know: Digital tools for Humanities and Social Science research
  This session will introduce basic concepts of using digital tools in humanities and introduce the capabilities of Tinker. Participants will learn how to analyse text data, how to visualise aspects of data, and will be encouraged to experiment using their own data in the virtual laboratory.
  Date and time: Wednesday 22 May 2019 1.15pm-2.15pm.
• Mobilising knowledge for policy and practice
  Mobilising knowledge for policy and practice: research translation, research impact and what this means for Graduate Researchers & ECRs.
  Date and time: Wednesday 29 May 2019 12.30pm-1.30pm.

Research Data Management

• Managing Data @Melbourne is the University's online research data management training program. It consists of six short modules, which outline the fundamental practices of good data management.

Reference Management

• Which reference manager: EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero?
• Zotero for beginners
• Mendeley for beginners
• EndNote for beginners
• EndNote for advanced users

Microsoft Office, Adobe & Google Apps

• Pick It Up Online - online training resource for University of Melbourne students and staff.
• Microsoft Office 365 - online training resource for University of Melbourne students and staff.

Need assistance?

• Email: gr-library@unimelb.edu.au