• Researcher development training for 2022/23

  • Researcher development training for 2021/22

    The full researcher training programme for 2021/22, including new sessions Our Research Support Team provides training workshops for all researchers including students and staff; these are included in the University’s Researcher Development Programme. Workshops cover topics such as publishing your research, open access, using Pure and EndNote, and writing a strong data management plan.

  • Pure: new guides available

    Pure is the University’s new research information repository, replacing our previous system EHRA (Edge Hill Research Archive). The new repository looks great and showcases the excellent research being done at Edge Hill, and you can now add your research outputs to Pure. There are a wide range of options, and some of you might not…

  • Support for Research

    The library offers individual assistance and support to staff and students engaged in research. This includes advice on: Locating information resources Literature searching Using electronic journals and databases Current awareness Managing bibliographic data Academic writing. Your academic liaison librarian can offer help on finding information relevant to your subject area. For full details of the…

  • Keeping Up To Date – a workshop for staff and research students

    Want to find out how social media can help you find out about developments in your field? Would you like to automatically receive information about new articles and books published on your research area? Then come along to one of the ‘Keeping up to Date’ workshops. The workshop introduces you to the tools and techniques…

  • Introducing IEEE Xplore

    A new e-Resource for Computing IEEE Xplore is a full-text database from the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology – UK), and the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – US). This resource contains almost 3 million full-text documents going back to 1988 in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. Further content includes 151…

  • Support for researchers

    Are you a research student or a member of staff engaged in research? Do you want to know how to keep up to date in your area or need help searching a database? If so, Learning Services can help.   We offer both small group workshops and individual sessions at times to suit you. We also offer training in RefWorks,…

  • RefWorks workshops for postgraduate students

    RefWorks is an online reference management tool, designed to help gather, manage, store and share bibliographic information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. These one hour, hands on, workshops will enable you to organise your references, export references into RefWorks from online resources and generate citations and bibliographies as you write. Thurs 25 November…

  • Research support from Learning Services

    Are you a research student or an academic member of staff engaged in research? Learning Services can help you to identify relevant resources and develop your research skills. The research support team of Yvonne Smith, Craig Collinson and Elaine Czotter provide 1-2-1 and group sessions in areas such as bibliographic management, academic writing, information resources and IT…

  • New Electronic Resources

    Learning Services have taken out subscriptions to two new electronic databases: Business Source Premier is a full-text database containing over 2,000 management journals Academic Search Premier is also a full-text database and contains over 2,000 journals across a large number of subject areas Both databases can be accessed via the library catalogue library.edgehill.ac.uk