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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
Academic Skills: Business for non-Business students
Knowing what business-related resources the library has and how to use them could help you prepare for an interview, internship or job application.
08 February 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Elvet Room, Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Using library databases – Social Sciences
It is vital for Social Sciences 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.
09 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Using library databases – Science
It is vital for Science students to know what resources the library has and how to use. This session will introduce you to key sources of eBooks, journal articles, digitised archives, media, and news and help you use them effectively.
09 February 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Online
- Support services
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Library and Collections
Academic Skills: Writing dissertations - support from the Library
Preparing to write a dissertation can be daunting, especially when it comes to the literature review. The Library has extensive research collections to use for dissertations and provides guidance on how to use them effectively.
15 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 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
Chat With Us: Electronic resources
Do you want to know more about our electronic resources? If so, join us for our Chat With Us session on Tuesday 7 May and speak to us about getting the most out of all the resources we have.
07 May 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Library and Collections
Library Book Giveaway: Pride Month
Our book giveaway is back once more for Pride Month! New copies of selected titles will be wrapped and hidden in Bill Bryson Library – find one and it’s yours to keep or pass on.
01 June 2024 - 30 June 2024
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Bill Bryson Library
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Support services
- Library and Collections
Chat With Us: Scholarly Publishing, Open Access and sharing your research
Do you have questions about which journals might be worth publishing in? What is an ORCID? How do I publish my research data with a DOI? What is Open Access? How do I add my publications to Durham Research Online (Worktribe)? Come along and speak to the Library’s Open Research team for help with these and any other questions you might have.
04 June 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Library and Collections
Chat With Us: accessing Museum Collections
Do you want to know more about how to access and use the University’s museum collections? If so, join us for our Chat With Us session on Tuesday 18 June and speak to us about getting the most out of our collections at the Museum of Archaeology, Oriental Museum, Durham Castle, University Art Collection and Biological Science Collection.
18 June 2024
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bill Bryson Library
- Support services
- Library and Collections
Welcome to University Library and Collections
Join us at Bill Bryson Library between Wednesday 2 and Tuesday 8 October from 10am-3pm to find out everything you need to know about our libraries, museums, collections and services!
02 October 2024 - 08 October 2024
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Bill Bryson Library, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LY
- Support services
- Library and Collections