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“Library HITS” – how to get the best from the Library

hits-logoOnce again the Library is oiffering its “Library HITS” – Helpful Information for Trinity Students/Staff – sessions from Monday 26 September.

All new students should receive a brochure outlining the HITS programme during your Library tour; if not, extra copies are available from Library Service Counters or see the online brochure.

Classes are in the Berkeley Library Basement – generally the North Training Room (NTR), except for EndNote Desktop and Digital Library Collections which will be in the South Training Room (STR).

Topics include:

  • Academic Use of Social Media
  • Citation and Plagiarism
  • Critical Thinking
  • Digital Library Collections
  • The DIY Library
  • EndNote Desktop
  • EndNote Online
  • Essay Writing
  • Evaluating Information on the Web
  • Evaluating Journal Research Paper
  • Introduction to the Library
  • Library Catalogue and Reading List
  • The Literature Review Process
  • Publishing and Promoting your Research
  • Reading and Note-Making
  • Savvy Internet Searching
  • Skills for Academic Success
  • Special Research Collections: Early Printed Books (EPB) and Manuscripts & Archives Research Library (M&ARL)

This year we are joined by colleagues from Student Learning Development to give sessions on study skills, and we are pleased to offer another later class beginning at 5:05 for those who can’t attend during the day.

Here is the timetable for the three weeks. Classes last 40 minutes unless indicated otherwise.

Monday 26 September

11:05 Introduction to the Library

13:05 Library Catalogue and Reading Lists

15:05 Introduction to the Library

17:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

Tuesday 27

11:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

13:05 Citation and Plagiarism

15:05 The DIY Library

17:05 Essay Writing

Wednesday 28

11:05 The Literature Review

13:05 Process Skills for Academic Success

15:05 Library Catalogue and Reading Lists

17:05 EndNote Desktop (STR, 1 hour)

Thursday 29

11:05 Citation and Plagiarism

13:05 Savvy Internet Searching

15:05 Reading and Note-Making

17:05 Introduction to the Library

Friday 30

11:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

13:05 EndNote Desktop (STR, 1 hour)

15:05 Introduction to the Library

17:05 Library Catalogue and Reading Lists

Monday 3 October

11:05 Reading and Note-Making

13:05 Special Collections: Early Printed Books and Manuscripts & Archives Research Library

15:05 Evaluating Journal Research

17:05 Papers Citation and Plagiarism

Tuesday 4

11:05 Digital Library Collections (STR)

13:05 Essay Writing

15:05 EndNote Desktop (STR, 1 hour)

17:05 Academic Use of Social Media

Wednesday 5

11:05 Citation and Plagiarism

13:05 The Literature Review Process

15:05 Evaluating Information on the Web

17:05 Publishing and Promoting your Research

Thursday 6

11:05 Introduction to the Library

13:05 The DIY Library

15:05 Library Catalogue and Reading Lists

17:05 Skills for Academic Success

Friday 7

11:05 Savvy Internet Searching

13:05 EndNote Desktop (STR, 1 hour)

15:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

17:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

Monday 10

11:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

13:05 The Literature Review Process

15:05 Academic Use of Social Media

17:05 Reading and Note-Making

Tuesday 11

11:05 Evaluating Journal Research Papers

13:05 The DIY Library

15:05 Citation and Plagiarism

17:05 Library Catalogue and Reading Lists

Wednesday 12

11:05 Publishing and Promoting your Research

13:05 EndNote Desktop (STR, 1 hour)

15:05 Critical Thinking

17:05 Evaluating Journal Research Papers

Thursday 13

11:05 Evaluating Information on the Web

13:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

15:05 The Literature Review Process

17:05 EndNote Desktop (STR, 1 hour)

Friday 14

11:05 Citation and Plagiarism

13:05 Essay Writing

15:05 EndNote Online (1 hour)

17:05 The DIY Library

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