Workshops and talks on literature review, strategies for publishing in academic journals, research alert, citation management, researcher identifier creating and research impact showcasing are provided to CUHK postgraduates, researchers and faculty members during the academic year. Attendance proof may be issued on request. In addition, discussion workshops for postgraduate studies, including successful presentations, thesis writing tips and scientific writing are also organized.
- Research Skills Workshops Series
- Researcher Workshops
- Digital Scholarship and Research Data Workshops
- NVivo Workshops
- Thesis Writing Tips Workshops
- Academic Presentation Skills Workshops
- Publishing Your Research Workshops
- Oral Defence Workshop
- Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) Courses (Organized by Graduate School and CLEAR)
- Request a Seminar
Research Skills Workshops Series (Jan - Feb 2020)
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| Program 1: Sharpening Your Research Skills | ||||
| Exploring Research Information in Your Field in Multi-disciplinary Databases (I)
This workshop will demonstrate:
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9 Jan 2020 (Thu) | 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Completed | |
| Exploring Research Information in Your Field in Multi-disciplinary Databases (II)
This workshop will demonstrate:
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9 Jan 2020 (Thu) | 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Completed | |
| Getting New Research Information Automatically
This workshop will demonstrate how to use Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus and ScienceDirect to set up:
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9 Jan 2020 (Thu) | 4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Completed | |
| Literature Review for a Successful Research Paper
This workshop covers the following to help you conduct a good literature review:
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10 Feb 2020 (Mon) | 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Completed Webinar Recording |
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| Program 2: Managing Citations for Your Research | ||||
| EndNote for Postgraduates and Researchers (Windows version)
This workshop will help you get started with EndNote, a bibliography management tool. It will demonstrate:
Remark: EndNote LibGuide available. |
Postponed until further notice
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10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon | Register | |
Postponed until further notice
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2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Register | ||
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Venue: Multi-purpose Room 1, 1/F, University Library Medium of Instruction: Cantonese (English might be used if users require.) Enquiries: Email to research@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Researcher Workshops (Jan - Apr 2020)
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| Program 1: Enhancing Your Research Impact | ||||
| Author IDs - Making yourself distinguishable and discoverable on the web
An author ID is to distinguish yourself accurately in the research community from others with similar names so that your scholarly publications can be easily recognized. This workshop will demonstrate:
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17 Jan 2020 (Fri) | 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Completed Webinar Recording |
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| Using ORCID iD to Raise Your Research Profile
An ORCID iD is a persistent digital identifier to disambiguate yourself in the research community so that you can be identified uniquely in the sea of researchers and your research profile can be raised. This workshop can help you to:
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17 Jan 2020 (Fri) | 4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Completed Webinar Recording |
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| Program 2: Managing Your Research Data | ||||
| Using ATLAS.ti for Qualitative Data Analysis
This workshop will introduce how to use ATLAS.ti to conduct qualitative data analysis. Participants will learn how to use ATLAS.ti to conduct:
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10 Mar 2020 (Tue) | 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Completed Webinar Recording |
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| 13 Mar 2020 (Fri) | 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | |||
| Discovering and Reusing Research Data: Data Citation
More and more academic journals require submitting original research data together with your research paper. This workshop is to assist you to understand data citation, different data repositories available, the use of correct data citation format and style, and introduce some datasets you can use for your research. |
19 Mar 2020 (Thu) | 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Completed Webinar Recording |
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| 25 Mar 2020 (Wed) | 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | |||
| Introduction to Research Data Management Plan
A research data management plan (DMP) is a written document that outlines how research data are acquired, managed, described, analyzed, stored, preserved, and shared. Some funding agencies require researchers to prepare a DMP at the proposal preparation stage. This workshop introduces the rationale of having a DMP, the tools for preparing a DMP, and the practice of creating and managing a DMP. |
Rescheduled to 31 Mar 2020 (Tue) |
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Register |
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| Effective Management of Your Research Data
Research data is the core of any research. More and more funding agencies and publishers recently require researchers to manage and share their research data. This workshop is to show to you:
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31 Mar 2020 (Tue) Will be conducted by webinar |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Register |
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| 2 Apr 2020 (Thu) Will be conducted by webinar |
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Register |
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Venue: Medium of Instruction: Cantonese (English might be used if users require.) Enquiries: Email to researchportal@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Digital Scholarship and Research Data Workshops (Jan - Apr 2020)
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| Analysing Texts with Voyant Tools (Hands-on)
Voyant Tools is a web-based reading and analysis environment for digital texts. Join to learn how to use this online tool to analyse textual materials, no matter they are in text file or online. Remarks: |
16 Jan 2020 (Thu) | 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
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Postponed until further notice |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
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| Gephi for Network Visualisation (Hands-on)
Gephi is a software for visualisation and exploration of graphs and networks. This workshop will demonstrate with hands-on exercise on how to turn your data into network graphs to discover hidden message. Remarks: |
Postponed until further notice
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3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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Postponed until further notice |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
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| Basics of Data Mining with Weka (Hands-on)
Weka (Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis) is a collection of machine learning algorithms for data mining tasks, including data preparation, classification, regression, clustering, and visualization. This workshop will introduce principles of machine learning and some basic techniques of data mining using Weka. Remarks: |
Postponed until further notice |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
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| ArcGIS Basics for Digital Scholarship Projects (Hands-on)
ArcGIS is commonly used in digital scholarship projects for geospatial analysis. This workshop is an introductory hands-on session to demonstrate the basic functions of this software. Remarks: |
Postponed until further notice |
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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Postponed until further notice |
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
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Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis Invited speaker: Prof. Michael C.M. Chan, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK R has become an increasingly popular tool for statistical analysis. This workshop is targeted at students and faculty who are already familiar with well-known statistical software like SPSS and STATA, but would like to learn about or experience statistical analysis in the R environment. This workshop will introduce the R environment, cover the basic tasks such as data import (e.g. SPSS, Excel, csv), descriptive and inferential statistics, and visualization of data. Remarks: |
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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Introduction to Tableau for Visual Analytics Invited speaker: Dr. Jacqueline Wong, Senior Lecturer, Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, CUHK (Content to be confirmed.) Remarks:
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Postponed to Summer Session |
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
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Foundation of Python and Data Analysis: With Applications in Public Policy Invited speaker: Mr. Gary Li, Teaching Assistant, Data Science and Policy Studies Programme, CUHK Python is a popular and powerful software for programming and data analysis. This hands-on beginner session will introduce Python basics and its application in data analysis in the context of public policy using package Pandas. Remarks: |
Postponed until further notice |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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Venue: Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library |
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NVivo Workshops (Feb 2020)
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| NVivo 12: A Tool for Data Coding and Conceptual Building
The foundation workshop on NVivo 12 will introduce key features for researchers conducting qualitative research. You will learn importing files, organizing files in folders, approaches in coding (theories in use or grounded theory), and coding techniques and strategies. Participants will learn the process of coding while building an understanding how evidence can be gathered from the cyclical circle for confirming the existing conceptual framework or building a new model for further analysis. Remarks:
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Postponed until further notice |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon | Dr. Paula Hodgson | Register | |
| Strategies to Advance Qualitative Data Analysis: from Thematic, Matrix Coding to Text Queries Through NVivo
When analysing qualitative data, researchers can use an inductive or deductive approach to examining sources of data. Coding may allow us to formulate a framework or identify sources of evidence with respect to the approaches used. Categories emerge when individual coding is clustered into levels of sub-themes. To address research questions, researchers can further explore relationships between or within cases. The queries function in NVivo will allow researchers to retrieve matrix results easily. In addition, NVivo also offers an alternative approach to textual script analysis that provides fresh scope from the sea of data to provide an enlightened scope in addition to existing theories. Remarks:
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Postponed until further notice |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon | Dr. Paula Hodgson | Register | |
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Venue: Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library Language: English Enquiries: Email to research@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Library Workshops for Research Postgraduates: Thesis Writing Tips (Jan 2020)
Co-organized with The Independent Learning Centre (ILC), the Library is pleased to offer discussion workshops for research postgraduate students on thesis writing (in Chinese), thesis introduction (in English) and thesis abstract (in English) in Jan 2020.
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Instructor |
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| Structuring a Thesis Introduction: How to Get Readers Hooked at the Beginning
In this workshop, you will be introduced to steps for capturing your readers’ interest in your research topic, appreciating the significance of your research and understanding your research purpose. Specific language features which are commonly seen in thesis introductions will be discussed and practiced during the workshop. |
13 Jan 2020 (Mon) | 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Dr. Yvonne Loong, Senior Lecturer, ILC | Completed |
| Writing an Abstract for Your Thesis: How to Summarize Your Research in 500 words
You will learn how to summarize the most important information in your research as well as describe the most significant contributions that your research has made in a concise, readable and impressive manner. Both the structure and language of the thesis abstracts will be discussed during the workshop. |
14 Jan 2020 (Tue) | 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Dr. Yvonne Loong, Senior Lecturer, ILC | Completed |
| Intensive and Profound: Chinese Thesis Writing Skills
If the thesis is not written and formulated in the right way, its key ideas will not be able to be communicated effectively. In this workshop, you will study the good language features of a thesis written in Chinese and learn how to avoid the common errors. You will also be introduced to the skills and choice of words for stating your research and theorizing your arguments. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss how to write definitions for key terms, the introduction and the conclusion. |
15 Jan 2020 (Wed) | 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Cantonese supplemented with Putonghua | Dr. Felix Chao, Senior Lecturer, ILC | Completed |
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Venue: Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library Enquiries: Email to research@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Library Workshops for Research Postgraduates: Winning Academic Presentation Skills (Apr 2020)
The Library is pleased to offer in Apr 2020 the following three discussion workshops on presentation skills, and poster design and presentation that are co-organized with The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) for research postgraduate students.
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| Presentation Skills for Postgraduate Students
This workshop covers the essential strategies that will help you plan and deliver presentations that effectively convey your message at a conference, group meeting or any other research-related event. You will discuss the key steps of the development process and learn how to optimize the design and use of visual aids, as well as how to best present both quantitative and qualitative data. You will also explore various ways of preparing for and dealing with questions. |
Rescheduled to 7 Apr 2020 (Tue) and will be conducted by webinar |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Dr. Karl Holm, Lecturer, ILC | Register |
| Fluent and Successful: Oral Presentation Skills in Chinese
In this workshop, you will learn about various types of oral presentations for academic purposes. You will discuss how to make the best use of the presentation format, and will examine the issues that you will need to pay attention to when presenting in Cantonese. You will also discuss the use of multimedia tools and how to deal with difficulties that you might experience during oral presentations. |
Rescheduled to 9 Apr 2020 (Thu) and will be conducted by webinar |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Cantonese supplemented with Putonghua | Dr. Felix Chao, Senior Lecturer, ILC | Register |
| Poster Design and Presentation for Postgraduate Students
This workshop covers poster design essentials to help you effectively present your research, both visually and orally, at poster presentation sessions. Through discussions and the analysis of samples, you will learn how to select and organize the content of your poster, as well as how to best use it as a visual aid. You will also explore key strategies to deliver your poster presentation and deal with questions. Finally, you will learn key elements in writing a successful poster application abstract. |
Rescheduled to 14 Apr 2020 (Tue) and will be conducted by webinar |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Dr. Karl Holm, Lecturer, ILC | Register |
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Venue: Enquiries: Email to research@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Research Postgraduate Workshops: Publishing Your Research (Apr 2020)
These online workshops for research postgraduates are co-organized by The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) and the Library in Apr 2020.
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Guest Speaker |
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| Constructing Your Research Paper Around an Argument: A Gateway to Publication
One task of journal editors is to decide whether a submitted manuscript clearly argues how its research findings lead to a new understanding of a research topic. A “yes” increases a manuscript’s chances of being peer reviewed. A “no” means the manuscript will probably be rejected. This workshop describes three sets of planning strategies for developing arguments in a research paper: (1) formulating a research topic, problem, and answer; (2) sequencing claims about the research answer to bring readers step-by-step to a new understanding of the topic; and (3) developing reasons and evidence from research findings. In addition, participants will do structured analyses of selected arguments from a published research paper. |
21 Apr 2020 (Tue) |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Paul Nerney | Register |
| Salient Features of (Publishable) Academic English
Tips on how to produce successful, i.e. publishable, research papers in English abound. The sheer number of tips can confuse writers hoping to break into publication. This workshop presents the most salient features of the language of publishable research papers. The exercises will help writers identify these features, understand how and why they work, and most of all, learn to replicate these features in their own writing. During this workshop, participants will analyse and discuss these features and learn with other writers who are working towards the same goal—publication of their work. |
22 April 2020 (Wed) |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Susan Lopez-Nerney | Register |
| Constructing an Abstract for a Research Paper
Abstracts are 100 to 200-word summaries of published articles that help readers decide whether or not they want to read an article. This workshop focuses on planning strategies for producing an abstract that summarizes an article’s (1) research topic, which identifies what the article is about and frames the topic as something that the target research community thinks is important because it affects people’s quality of life in specific ways; (2) research gap, which identifies something about the topic that the research community understands poorly and frames this lack of understanding as significant because it is blocking this community’s ability to increase its knowledge of the topic; (3) research question, which identifies a question of analysis that starts with the words how or why, and narrows the research gap to a particular aspect that must be analyzed before the gap can be reduced or eliminated; and (4) research answer, which identifies a response to the research question based on the research findings and which changes the research community’s understanding of the topic. |
23 Apr 2020 (Thu) |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Paul Nerney | Register |
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Venue: Webinar Enquiries: Email to research@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Research Postgraduate Workshop: Oral Defence (Apr 2020)
The Library is pleased to offer this online workshop on oral defence that is co-organized with The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) for research postgraduate students on 24 April 2020.
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| Designing a Successful Oral Defence
This workshop for postgraduate students is designed to prepare participants for their oral defence. It familiarizes them with the common structure and expected content of the defence, public persona design, and management of self-presentation. Participants will be introduced to principles of presentation and notions of persona. Praxis sessions are expected to have each presenter design selected segments of the defence. |
24 April 2020 (Fri) |
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | English | Dr. Luisa Sadorra, Language Consultant | Register |
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Venue: Webinar Enquiries: Email to research@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |
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Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) Courses offered by Library
| Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research | |||
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| Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research | On-line course available on Blackboard Compulsory for ALL RESEARCH postgraduate students |
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Medium of Instruction: English Details and registration: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/clear/prodev/ipl.html Enquiries: |
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Request a Seminar
Course instructors and students in groups may request seminars for a particular subject area or a specific assignment at any time during the year. From the planning stage of a course or research project, Liaison Librarians with different subject backgrounds can work with you to strengthen research skills for gathering and managing scholarly information sources.
Please contact Research Services (for postgraduate training requirements) for details.
