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Academic Skills: Introduction to Discover
Discover is the library search engine for locating and accessing books, eBooks, journal articles, theses, media and images. Using Discover effectively will save you time and energy and help contribute towards an efficient search strategy.
16 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- 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.
16 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Using eBooks effectively
Most reading lists contain eBooks, and they offer some advantages over their print equivalents.
22 February 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Avoiding plagiarism in your work
What is plagiarism and why is it unethical? How can students avoid it? Find out how in this bite-sized academic skills session.
23 February 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- 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.
23 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Understanding and addressing bias
Implicit bias affects everyone and is one of the many ways, sexism, racism, and discrimination manifest. In this bite-sized academic skills session, you will be introduced to ways you can begin to counter it in your own work.
01 March 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Understanding the information cycle
Sources of information are created for different reasons and purposes. This session will help you assess the academic use of sources, including books, journals, news, and websites.
01 March 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
North East Ancient Egypt Society: lecture by Dr Penny Wilson
A North East Ancient Egypt Society event
02 March 2024
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Elvet Hill House 009, adjacent to the Oriental Museum
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Archives and Special Collections Experience Day
Are you thinking about a career in archives and special collections? Do you fancy being an archivist or rare books librarian for the day? If so, join us for our next Work Experience Day for Durham University undergraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in learning more about a career working with archives and special collections.
11 March 2024
9:15 AM - 4:30 PM
Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RN
- Workshop
- Library and Collections
Chat With Us: Exam preparation support
Being well prepared for your exams is the best way to overcome stress and anxiety – and it gives you the best chance of getting good grades. Join us for our Chat With Us session on Tuesday 23 April and speak to us about what you can do (and not do!) to cope with what can be a very stressful time.
23 April 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Library and Collections