★★☆ intermediate

Overview:

Organisation and search skills are important for all levels of study and research, so this workshop is open to everyone! In this session, you will learn how to create a search strategy to keep you organised throughout your research, maximise time, avoid errors, and reduce stress. We'll also give examples of how you might use AI tools to improve on your search strategy. We'll also explore advanced search techniques that make searching more efficient and lead to the most relevant information. These techniques can be used across many different databases, so no matter where you are conducting your search, you can use advanced search skills.

Come along to practice skills, learn alongside your peers, and get instructor feedback.

Key areas covered:

• Organising course documents & sources
• Using software & tools to stay organised
• Creating a search strategy for organised literature searching
• Identifying where to search
• Using advanced search techniques
• Refining your search process to improve results

Supporting resources:

• Workshop activity: creating a search strategy (available via Moodle or you can use this downloadable booklet)
• Install a reference management software (link to Zotero / link to EndNote)
• Prepare for this session by taking a look at our Skills at Library section on organising/managing information.