Studying effectively webinars
Explore our programme of webinars and training sessions designed to support you with your studies and research.
Sessions by topic
Welcome to Libraries
In these sessions we'll explore how the library can support your time at University from using NUsearch to find resources to who to contact for more help.
To attend any of these sessions, join the Libraries Welcome Sessions team on Microsoft Teams.
About the session
Discover how the library and its resources can support your time at University, from the provision of scholarly information to support your coursework to reading for pleasure to support your wellbeing.
We’ll show you how to use NUsearch to find information across the library’s print and digital collections and point you to sources of help so you can get started using the library.
Dates
Dates and times can be found on:
On-demand
This session is available as an online resource.
Welcome to Libraries - Undergraduate
About the session
Discover all you need to know to get started using library resources. We’ll show you how to use NUsearch to find information across the library’s print and digital collections and point you to sources of help.
You’ll also be invited to enrol on ‘On Course for Your Masters’ – our online course on Moodle – to help you further develop your information skills at your own pace.
Dates
Dates and times can be found on:
On-demand
This session is available as an online resource
Welcome to Libraries - Masters students
About the session
Welcome back to Libraries! For a refresher on using the library and its resources to support your studies and research, visit our online guide.
We'll re-introduce you to NUsearch and our subject guides to support your learning, as well as our leisure reading collections to support your wellbeing.
Welcome back to Libraries - Returning students
About the session
We’ll introduce you to key library resources, including NUsearch and your subject databases, and point you to sources of further help.
You’ll also be invited to enrol on ‘Literature Searching and the Literature Review’ – our online course on Moodle – to help you further develop your literature searching skills at your own pace.
On-demand
This session is available as an online resource.
Welcome to Libraries - Postgraduate researchers
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Information skills webinars
Undergraduates and Masters students
Browse webinar topics below or join the Information Skills Team on Microsoft Teams to access regular information skills support sessions.
Getting started using library resources
This session is suitable for year one undergraduate students in all subjects.
About the session
Need help getting started using library resources? In this session discover how to find academic information for your coursework.
We’ll start with your online reading lists, then show you how to use NUsearch to find print and electronic books and journals.
Finally, we’ll look at how to follow up references you find in other sources.
You’ll also be introduced to basic literature searching skills to help you find information more easily.
Join the Libraries Information Skills channel
Upcoming sessions
- This webinar has ended for the current academic year and will return in the autumn semester 2025/26.
- Check out our other webinars, such as 'Advancing Your Literature Searching Skills', or access the asynchronous online resource.
On-demand
This webinar has now finished for this academic year, access the equivalent asynchronous online resource below.
Getting started using library resources
Navigating information
on the web
This session is suitable for undergraduate and Masters students in all subjects.
About the session
Keen to search web more effectively? In this session discover how to use advanced search functionality on Google and Google Scholar to find relevant information; how to determine reliability of information sourced on the web by applying fact-checking and critical evaluation techniques; how to use social media effectively to keep up to date with research in your subject area.
Join the Libraries Information Skills channel
Upcoming sessions
- This webinar has ended for the current academic year and will return in the autumn semester 2025/26.
- Check out our other webinars, such as 'Advancing Your Literature Searching Skills', or access the asynchronous online resource.
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Navigating information on the web
Advancing your literature searching skills (Arts and Social Sciences)
This session is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and Masters students studying Arts subjects.
About the session
Looking to further develop your literature searching skills to find information for projects and dissertations? This session will focus on more advanced literature searching skills and techniques.
We’ll explore your subject databases in the Arts and Social Sciences in more detail, along with other sources of information you may not have used before to help you take a broader approach to searching for information.
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Dates and times
- Tuesday 29 April: 14:00-15:00 (Social Sciences)
- Thursday 15 May: 11:00-12 noon (Arts)
- Thursday 22 May: 11:00-12 noon (Social Sciences)
- Wednesday 4 June: 15:00-16:00 (Arts)
- Wednesday 11 June: 10:00-11:00 (Social Sciences)
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Literature searching: Arts
Literature searching: Social Sciences
Advancing your literature searching skills (STEM)
This session is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and Masters students studying STEM subjects.
About the session
Looking to further develop your literature searching skills to find information for projects and dissertations? This session will focus on more advanced literature searching skills and techniques.
We’ll explore your subject databases in STEM in more detail, along with other sources of information you may not have used before to help you take a broader approach to searching for information.
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Dates and times
- Monday 28 April: 15:00-14:00 (Medicine and Health Sciences)
- Thursday 8 May: 11:00-12 noon (Science)
- Tuesday 13 May: 11:00-12 noon (Engineering)
- Thursday 22 May: 14:00-15:00 (Medicine and Health Sciences)
- Tuesday 27 May: 13:00-14:00 (Science)
- Tuesday 3 June: 14:00-15:00 (Engineering)
- Monday 9 June: 14:00-15:00 (Medicine and Health Sciences)
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Literature searching: Engineering
Literature searching: Medicine and Health Sciences
Literature searching: Science
Searching for evidence for a systematic review
This session is suitable for undergraduate and Masters students doing systematic reviews for projects or dissertations in STEM subjects.
About the session
Doing a systematic review for a project or dissertation? Expand your knowledge of the literature searching process in this session, to help you structure and perform a focused, methodical and rigorous search for your systematic review.
Tips on hand-searching and using grey literature will also be included to help you conduct a wide-reaching search to find your evidence.
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Dates and times
- Friday 2 May: 11:00-12 noon
- Thursday 8 May: 14:00-15:00
- Wednesday 14 May: 10:00-11:00
- Tuesday 20 May: 12 noon-13:00
- Wednesday 28 May: 10:00-11:00
- Friday 6 June: 11:00-12 noon
- Wednesday 11 June: 15:00-16:00
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Searching for evidence for a systematic review
Critically evaluating
information
This session is suitable for undergraduates (year two onwards) and Masters students.
About the session
In this session discover how to think critically when reading and evaluating information you find through your literature searches in the your subject, particularly papers found in published journals. You’ll learn why it’s important to critically evaluate information before using it in coursework, and be introduced to a series of questions (who, where, when, why, how) to help you assess the quality and reliability of published literature.
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Dates and times
- Thursday 1 May: 13:00-14:00 (Social Sciences)
- Thursday 15 May: 14:00-15:00 (STEM)
- Tuesday 27 May: 11:00-12 noon (Social Sciences)
- Tuesday 10 June: 11:00-12 noon (STEM)
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Critically evaluating information (Arts)
Critically evaluating information (Social Sciences)
Critically evaluating information (STEM)
These sessions are suitable for undergraduates and Masters students.
About the session
Want to find out more about using EndNote to keep track of references you find through your literature searches?
In this session discover how to import references to EndNote from your database searches, organise and edit the references you save, and use EndNote with Word to create consistent in-text citations and bibliographies in your writing.
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Dates and times
- Thursday 1 May: 15:00-16:00
- Wednesday 7 May: 10:00-11:00
- Monday 12 May: 14:00-15:00
- Friday 23 May: 11:00-12 noon
- Wednesday 28 May: 15:00-16:00
- Wednesday 4 June: 13:00-14:00
- Thursday 12 June: 14:00-15:00
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Using EndNote Desktop
Using EndNote Online
Taking information skills into professional practice
This session is suitable for students on placements, and final year students who will be transitioning into employment following graduation.
About the session
Discover how the information skills developed during your degree programme can be used in the workplace. This session will help you consider the importance of gathering information, interacting with information (and other people) online, and keeping up to date, in your professional life.
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Dates and times
- Thursday 1 May: 10:00-11:00
- Tuesday 13 May: 15:00-16:00
- Wednesday 28 May: 13:00-14:00
- Thursday 12 June: 11:00-12:00
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Taking information skills into professional practice (General)
Taking information skills into professional practice (Healthcare)
These sessions are open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty and professional services staff.
About the session
Our spotlight on databases sessions will guide you through a range of key resources, including subject databases, to help you search effectively for information.
We'll highlight the key features of each resource and show you how to structure a search using a variety of search techniques to help you get the best results.
Join the spotlight on databases channel
Dates and times
- Monday 28 April: 12:30-13:00 (Medicine & Health Sciences databases)
- Friday 2 May: 12:30-13:00 (Social Sciences databases)
- Wednesday 7 May: 12:30-13:00 (Science databases)
- Friday 9 May: 12:30-13:00 (Education databases)
- Monday 12 May: 12:30-13:00 (Medicine & Health Sciences databases)
- Wednesday 14 May: 12:30-13:00 (Business databases)
- Monday 19 May: 12:30-13:00 (Science databases)
- Wednesday 21 May: 12:30-13:00 (Arts & Humanities databases)
- Monday 2 June: 12:30-13:00 (Medicine & Health Sciences databases)
- Friday 6 June: 12:30-13:00 (Law & Politics databases)
- Monday 9 June: 12:30-13:00 (Science & Engineering databases)
- Wednesday 11 June: 12:30-13:00 (Social Sciences databases)
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access a range of database walkthroughs from your subject guide.
Subject databases: Arts
Subject databases: Engineering
Subject databases: Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject databases: Science
Subject databases: Social Sciences
Postgraduate Researchers
Faculty-specific researcher information skills
Introduction to EndNote Desktop for researchers
These sessions are open to postgraduate research students, as well as faculty and staff.
About the session
This session will help you get started using EndNote Desktop.
You’ll be guided through setting up your own EndNote Desktop library and will discover how to use EndNote’s key features to help you import, manage, organise and edit the references you find through your literature searches for your research.
We’ll also explore how EndNote Desktop interacts with Word to enable you to reference consistently throughout your writing.
How to join
Advance booking is required. Please register your attendance by selecting the appropriate session.
Dates and times
Please be aware that these are in-person teaching sessions:
On-demand
Can't make it to one of our sessions? You can access the equivalent asynchronous online resource.
Using EndNote Desktop
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Digital Skills webinars
Spotlight On Digital Skills
These sessions are open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as faculty and professional services staff.
About the session
Our 'Spotlight on Digital Skills' sessions will guide you through a range of key resources and digital skills. The digtial skills sessions will focus on tools including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Forms.
The session will involve demonstrations of the key aspects of each application, including accessibility features.
Join the spotlight on digital Skills channel
On-demand
These webinars have now ended for this academic year. You can access digital skills support on the Digital Student Moodle Module.
Digital Student
Study skills webinars
Explore different study strategies and refresh your study routines with our weekly webinars and online study session.
Upcoming sessions
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- 29/04/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 01/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 06/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 08 (12:30) - 27/05/2025 (13:30)
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- 13/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 15/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 20/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 22/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 27/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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- 29/05/2025 (12:30-13:30)
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