
Library Workshops for Undergraduate Students 2022 (Jan – Mar)
The Library workshops will help you get started and support your ongoing information finding needs. Attending these workshops can help you explore and learn how to use the vast variety of resources for your academic studies and assessments. You will develop the skills and knowledge in finding, evaluating and managing relevant high level information which would be useful for your studies.
All CUHK undergraduate students are welcome to attend the following library workshops. Postgraduate students are also welcome to attend if they wish. Students, in groups of ten or more, can request library courses to suit their information needs and schedules.
- Searching Skills Series (Jan - Feb 2022)
- Academic Honesty Series (Mar 2022)
- Assignment Season Series (Jan - Jul 2022)
- Job Hunting & Further Studies Series (Feb - Mar 2022)
- E-Resources Series (May 2022)
Searching Skills Series
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Program 1: LibrarySearch: A Search Engine for Your Assignments and Research The default search engine on the Library Homepage, LibrarySearch, is a one-stop search and discovery tool which allows you to search for library materials and millions of scholarly e-resources, such as journal articles, e-books, reviews, theses and dissertations, etc. This workshop shows you how to use LibrarySearch effectively for your academic studies and assessments. Topics covered:
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24 Jan 2022 (Mon) 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Online |
Completed |
10 Feb 2022 (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Online | Completed | |
Program 2: Search Strategies for Articles, Books and E-News for Your Studies and Research Introduces advanced and effective search techniques for finding journal articles, books and e-news. This workshop will also demonstrate the use of subject-specific databases to assist your academic studies and assessments. Topics covered:
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25 Jan 2022 (Tue) 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Online |
Completed |
11 Feb 2022 (Fri) 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Online | Completed | |
Program 3: Searching Multimedia Databases for Your Studies and Research CUHK Library has subscribed to a number of images, sound and videos databases. This workshop provides an overview of these databases which will assist your academic studies and assessments. Topics covered:
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10 Feb 2022 (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Online |
Completed |
Program 4: Finding Information about Hong Kong Introduces the searching of different types of Hong Kong materials on various subjects in the CUHK Libraries. Topics covered:
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To Be Announced |
Academic Honesty Series
Assignment Season Series
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Program 1: Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism -- The Basics This workshop introduces the concept of plagiarism with real world examples and explains what should and should not be done when citing references in academic writing. |
3 Mar 2022 (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Online |
Completed |
9 June 2022 (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
User Education Room 2, G/F, University Library | Cancelled | |
5 July 2022 (Tue) 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Online | Click here to register | |
Program 2: Acknowledging the Sources – RefWorks Hands-on Experience This workshop demonstrates how to use RefWorks, a web-based bibliography management tool, to produce bibliographies and in-text references in a variety of citation styles (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.). |
25 Feb 2022 (Fri) 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Online |
Completed |
17 Mar 2022 (Thu) 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Online | Completed | |
Program 3: Managing Reference Citations with EndNote 20 Demonstrates how to use EndNote 20, a tool for publishing and managing bibliographies, citations and references. Topics covered:
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19 Jan 2022 (Wed) 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
User Education Room 2, G/F, University Library | Completed |
24 Feb 2022 (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Job Hunting & Further Studies Series
E-Resources Series
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Cochrane Library: Searching Evidence-based Reviews The Cochrane Library is a collection of evidence-based medicine databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Join this session to learn the following topics:
Speaker: Mr. Fabio Di Bello, Customer Success Manager of Wiley Language: English |
27 Jan 2022 (Thu) 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Discover Protocols & Methods with Springer Nature Experiments Springer Nature Experiments helps find and evaluate protocols and methods in the life sciences. It contains more than 65,000 articles from Springer Protocols, Nature Protocols and Nature Methods. This session will show:
Speaker: Dr. Satyavati Kharde, Product Manager of Springer Nature Language: English |
28 Jan 2022 (Fri) 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Using Covidence to Conduct Systematic Reviews Covidence is an online tool that can help streamline and speed up the screening and data extraction processes when conducting systematic reviews. The session will provide an overview of the systematic review workflow and demonstrates some popular features of Covidence:
Speaker: Ms. Annelise Arno, Community Manager of Covidence Language: English |
14 Feb 2022 (Mon) 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Wiley Digital Archives: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Join us in an upcoming webinar where we take you on a journey to explore an incredible collection of digital archives that spans across 180 years of history in the study of humankind. Enrich your research and discussions with previously unexplored historical context produced for modern historians, anthropologists, social scientists, cultural studies specialists and historians of science. This webinar is meant for professors, lecturers, researchers and students who would like to learn more about primary source archival material that are available via the library’s collections, and key highlights will include the following:
There will be time set aside for questions and answers. Users with all levels of knowledge are welcome. Language: English |
15 Feb 2022 (Tue) 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Passport: How to Better Leverage Passport for Your Study and Research Euromonitor's Passport is an integrated database that provides business intelligence on countries, industries, markets, companies and consumers around the world. Its user-friendly interface facilitates the search of information from thousands of market reports, country and consumer trend analyses, strategy reports, product analyses as well as statistical and data compilations. In this webinar we will take you through on how to effectively use passport to start your research and locate information. It will showcase the thought process organizations go through to make effective business decisions, stressing the importance of looking at the complete business landscape. Language: English |
16 Feb 2022 (Wed) 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
The Economist Intelligence Unit - EIU Viewpoint Introduction and Training EIU Viewpoint helps you to understand a country’s political, policy and economic outlook with the world’s best forward-looking analysis and data. Users can learn to explore the new intuitive interface for fast, business-critical insights and use a state-of-the-art tool to find and chart the data series you need. Language: English |
17 Feb 2022 (Thu) 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
IEEE Xplore: Search Strategies to Maximize Your Research Experience The IEEE Xplore digital library contains one-third of the world’s current literature in electrical engineering, communications, and computing. IEEE Xplore provides researchers, engineers, and students access to technology’s most trusted journals, conference proceedings, and standards—millions of articles to help fuel imagination, build from previous research, and inspire new ideas. Interested in learning more about the IEEE Xplore? This training is a great way to see new features, publications, trending content, and more. Get an in-depth look at the IEEE Xplore and see helpful features to maximize your research experience.
Language: English |
23 Feb 2022 (Wed) 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Introducing the NEW SciFinder-n
Language: English |
31 May 2022 (Tue) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Online | Completed |
Medium of Instruction: Cantonese (English will be used if users require.)
Enquiries: email to eref@cuhk.edu.hk