Research Skills Workshops Series (Jan to Mar 2016)

The Library is pleased to arrange a series of research skills workshops for researchers and postgraduate students. CUHK researchers and postgraduate students are all welcome to join the workshops. Interested undergraduate students are also welcome to attend.

Program 1: Sharpen Your Research Skills

Finding Theses and Dissertations in Your Research Area
This workshop demonstrates how to locate theses and dissertations from universities in Hong Kong, China and other countries.

14 Jan (Thu) 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
26 Jan (Tue) 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Venue: User Education Room 1, G/F, University Library

Using Web of Science to Find Journal Articles and Citation Counts
This workshop demonstrates how to use Web of Science Core Collection:

• to search for quality academic papers
• to find the citation counts of research papers
• to find h-index of an author

19 Jan (Tue) 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Multi-purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library

Using Scopus to Find Journal Articles and Citation Counts
This workshop demonstrates how to use Scopus:

• to search for quality academic papers
• to find the citation counts of research papers
• to find h-index of an author

24 Feb (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Multi-purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library

Conducting A Good Literature Review
This workshop covers the following to help you conduct a good literature review to identify gaps in the literature and formulate your research question:

• The purpose and process of literature review
• The strategies and sources for identifying literature reviews in various disciplines
• Search skills for literature databases

29 Jan (Fri) 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Venue: User Education Room 1, G/F, University Library

Program 2: Managing Citations for Your Research

Managing Reference Citations with RefWorks
This workshop will demonstrate:

• How to use RefWorks, a web-based bibliography management tool, to produce bibliographies and in-text references in a variety of citation styles (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)
• How to use a cloud-based version of RefWorks

23 Jan (Sat) 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
3 Feb (Wed) 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Multi-purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library

Mendeley for Researchers
Mendeley is a powerful and free reference manager to organize your research papers. This workshop demonstrates:

• How to format your citations into a bibliography in a chosen citation style
• How to annotate and highlight in your PDFs
• How to share references with others for better collaboration

31 Mar (Thu) 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Multi-purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library

Program 3: Disseminating Your Research Paper Effectively

Open Access for Your Publications
Open Access allows your research papers to be freely available online to maximize their visibility and use, and the authors have the means to control integrity of their rights in their publications. This workshop demonstrates:

• Concept, types and importance of OA
• How to choose appropriate Open Access journals and in-house green repositories for sharing scholarly works
• How to use OA to promote personal research work and build academic reputation

23 Feb (Tue) 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: User Education Room 1, G/F, University Library

Program 4: Measuring and Showcasing Your Research Impact

Managing Your Author Identity – ORCID iD
Establishing an author identity with the use of ID is increasingly important to distinguish yourself accurately in the research community from those of others with similar names so that your scholarly publications can be easily recognized. ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to serve this purpose. This workshop aims at showing you:

• What is ORCID iD and why use it
• How to set-up an ORCID profile as a free and persistent digital identifier that uniquely distinguishes yourself
• How to connect your research activities such as your latest publication, and linking automatically your other IDs such as ResearcherID with ORCID iD

27 Feb (Sat) 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Multi-purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library

Program 5: Copyright and Research

Copyright for Scholarly Publishing
This workshop will demonstrate:

• Copyright issues relating to scholarly publishing
• Retain your own author's rights in scholarly publishing
• Using Creative Commons license for copyright protection in open access environment

29 Feb (Mon) 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
23 Mar (Wed) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Venue: User Education Room 1, G/F, University Library

Copyright for Thesis Writing
This workshop covers:

• What is copyright?
• Copyright context in Hong Kong
• Who holds ownership of the copyright to a CUHK thesis or dissertation?
• What is third party copyright material?
• Copyright exemption - Fair Dealing
• What you should do with third party copyright materials in your thesis?
• What you should do when using your own published journal article in your thesis?

16 Mar (Wed) 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Venue: User Education Room 1, G/F, University Library

Medium of Instruction: Cantonese (English might be used if users require.)
Registration: Complete the Online Registration Form