At University, you’ll be using a large number of documents in many different formats (e.g. journal article, book chapter, image, report, case law, conference proceedings etc.). Using a reference manager to collect, organise, annotate and cite these references can save you a lot of time, improve accuracy and help you structure your work.
This short session will introduce you to four reference managers: EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley and Citavi, all of which have free versions.
Introduction to reference managers
Managing your references with EndNote
Are you manually entering citations and bibliography into your manuscripts? Attend a live demonstration of using EndNote 20 and see how to save time and avoid mistakes by collecting, managing, and citing bibliographies automatically!
Read moreEnhancing your workflow with the new Web of Science platform
This session will cover some of the new features that have been introduced to the new Web of Science interface in the last year. We will focus on how some of these can help you to carry out more efficient research and manage your personal profile in the platform.
Read moreData Literacy for Beginners
Data Literacy for Beginners is a one-hour webinar designed to introduce staff and students to the concepts first published in a popular statistics pamphlet, entitled How To Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff in 1954.
Read moreUsing Mendeley for bibliography management
This session will provide an overview of Mendeley as a research tool, to organise and manage reference material for research and for writing essays.
Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level will benefit in particular from this session, as it will demonstrate how to organise their reading materials from their courses more effectively.
Read moreExcel: Introduction to Excel
This introductory session is intended for people with no or very little prior knowledge and experience of Excel. It covers the main characteristics of Excel, spreadsheet layout, basic formulas and formatting using Excel 2016 for the PC.
Read moreExcel: Selected Functions
This session is intended for people with some prior knowledge and experience of Excel. It comprises a demonstration on the If (logical function), Round and vlookup functions using Excel 2016 for the PC.
Read moreExcel: Basic charts in Excel
Charts in Excel are a popular way to graphically represent data sets. This is a short introductory demonstration on creating charts in Excel.
Read moreBasic data visualisations
Data Visualisations are a popular and effective way to graphically represent data sets. This is an short introductory presentation on why visualisations are useful and factors to consider when creating them. This course runs alongside the Basic Charts in Excel session which shows how to create visualisations in Excel.
Read moreIntroduction to Data Science
Introduction to Data Science is a short webinar designed to introduce the beginner to the exciting world of data science for staff and student learners.
Read moreMisinformation, disinformation and fake news: What is it all about?
This session will look to define disinformation, misinformation and fake news, and introduce attendees to some tools and techniques to help identify and assess such information.
Read moreManaging your references using Zotero
During this session, you will be guided through the process of adding references quickly from a variety of sources, organising and adding them automatically into your work using Zotero – a popular free open-source reference management tool.
This short 30 min session will guide you through adding references quickly from a variety of sources, organising and adding them automatically into your work.
Read moreProducing LaTeX documents using the Overleaf online editor
LaTeX is much more than a word processing tool. In this workshop, we will explore the potential of using LaTeX and Overleaf in typesetting and producing professional-looking high-quality documents in teaching and research, such as reports, dissertations, papers, etc.
Read moreData Skills workforce development – Upskill in the field of digital data
Hosted by the Bayes Centre, the Data Skills Workforce Development portfolio is a collection of short courses aimed at training the Scottish workforce looking to upskill, or those seeking a return to work in a new area. This session will advertise a snapshot of some of their courses to staff as well as encourage those who might be interested in offering a course to the portfolio.
Read moreWord Up! Making Word documents more accessible for you and your readers
In this session, you will learn how to make accessibility improvements to Word documents in order to make them better for the author and the recipient.
Read moreNavigating UoE Digital Research Services
In this short session, colleagues from the Research Office, Data Curation Centre, and Research Data and Research Support Services will deliver highlight talks on data and computing services, tools, resources and skills development.
Read moreOER in the curriculum – recent examples of teaching with Wikipedia
This presentation and end of year CELEBRATION event discusses the efforts of the ScotWiki community and the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh; highlighting its efforts working with Wikipedia both as an ally in its mission to disseminate verifiable open knowledge and an important tool in its information literacy and digital skills strategy.
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