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Events from the 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024 Reset
Voices: contemporary art and craft from the Middle East and North Africa
An exhibition celebrating the work of emerging contemporary artists and designers from the Middle East and North Africa recently acquired by the Oriental Museum.
29 September 2023 - 12 May 2024
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, DH1 3TH
- Exhibitions
Academic Skills: Introduction to effective search strategies
Creating an effective literature search requires thought and planning. This session will help you to consider the best ways to find resources for your topic and look at how to construct an effective search and why it is important to be able to do so.
25 January 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Reading and evaluating sources critically
This session will show you how to critically evaluate sources and how to synthesise the ideas of others into your own writing, whilst accounting for your own subjective bias.
26 January 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Critical Reading and Argumentation
Critical thinking is an essential skill for your studies – but how do you do this effectively when reading? Find out how in this bite-sized academic skills session.
26 January 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Library Book Giveaway: LGBT+ History Month
Our book giveaway has returned for LGBT+ History Month!
01 February 2024 - 29 February 2024
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Bill Bryson Library/Level 2 of the Teaching and Learning Centre
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Support services
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Using AI to construct a literature search
AI is helping streamline the literature searching process. Find out how in this bite-sized academic skills session.
01 February 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Introduction to referencing
This session will show you why accurate referencing is essential, the referencing styles you will be expected to use, and how to use the Discover search engine and other databases to create references.
02 February 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Using library databases - Business
If you are a business student, knowing what resources the library has and how to use them is vital. This session will introduce you to key sources of company information, market research, business articles and news.
02 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Using library databases – Arts and Humanities
It is vital for Arts and Humanities students to know what resources the library has and how to use them. This session will introduce you to key sources of eBooks, journal articles, digitised archives, media, and news and help you use them effectively.
02 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Chat With Us: Dissertation support
Starting to think about your dissertation? Trying to decide on your topic? Join us for our Chat With Us session on Tuesday 6 February and speak to one of our Faculty Librarians about choosing a topic for your dissertation, based on the resources available to you here at Durham.
06 February 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Library and Collections