Introduction to reference managers

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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.

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Managing your references with EndNote

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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!

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Enhancing your workflow with the new Web of Science platform

Enhancing 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.

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Data Literacy for Beginners

Data 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.

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Using Mendeley for bibliography management

Using 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.

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Excel: Introduction to Excel

Excel: 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.

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Excel: Selected Functions

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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.

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Excel: Basic charts in Excel

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Charts in Excel are a popular way to graphically represent data sets. This is a short introductory demonstration on creating charts in Excel.

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Basic data visualisations

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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.

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Introduction to Data Science

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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.

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Misinformation, disinformation and fake news: What is it all about?

Misinformation, 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.

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Managing your references using Zotero

Managing 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.

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Producing LaTeX documents using the Overleaf online editor

Exploring the potential of LaTeX and Overleaf in teaching and research

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.

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Data 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.

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Word Up! Making Word documents more accessible for you and your readers

Word Up - Making Word documents more accessibile 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.

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Navigating UoE Digital Research Services

Navigating 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.

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OER 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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2022 Festival Programme

Our 2022 festival programme is now live so head to our main Festival Programme page to view and book your space on our 2022 events.