RESEARCH SKILLS: LIBRARY WORKSHOPS
Helping faculty, students, researchers and staff develop information literacy, digital literacy and research skills.
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Learn your Library and Introduction to Research
This workshop will give you an overview about key resources and services of BRACU library. This will also help you to develop effective search strategies to find relevant sources for your work and best Practice for Literature Searching.
Learning Outcomes:
After attending the workshop, participants will be able to know…
- About the library resources and services available at BRAC University Library.
- Basic to advanced search strategies and techniques to identify relevant research material.
- How to assess sources for currency, relevancy, authority and scholarly value.
- How to assess the reliability and appropriateness of information found on the Web.
- How to access resources from offcampus and where to get research help
Facilitator: Hasina Afroz
Co-Facilitator: Md. Saiful Islam
Date: Thursday, June 2 Time: 10:00 am – 10:45 am
Institutional Repository@ BRAC University: increasing the visibility and impact
Institutional Repository (IR) is a powerful tool that can be used to promote and make accessible intellectual output of the university. It enhances the visibility and impact of research outputs of the university to local, national, and international communities. This session will answer some of the broader questions relating to Open Access,a growing movement in scholarly research.
Learning Outcomes:
After attending the workshop, participants will be able to know about…
- Institutional Repository at BRAC University.
- What are the benefits of Institutional Repository?
- How a repository improve the visibility and raise the profile of both the institution and the researchers of their research?
Facilitator: Hasina Afroz
Date: Thursday, June 2 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Plagiarism and Reference Management using Mendeley
Plagiarism is considered as a form of misconduct in scholarly communications. This session will cover Issues related to Plagiarism and how the reference manager Mendeley can be used in managing the references, creating bibliographies and others. It will also cover the Plagiarism Policy of BRAC University.
Learning Outcomes:
After attending the workshop, participants will be able to know…
- What is plagiarism and how to avoid it?
- What are the different styles of referencing?
- How Mendeley can help in managing references?
- How to get Mendeley working on your computer?
- How to add and manage research papers in your Mendeley Library?
- How to import references and add associated paper to your library. How to cite and create bibliographies while you write?
Facilitator: Hasina Afroz
Co-Facilitator: Md. Shahajada Masud Anowarul Haque
Date: Thursday, June 2 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Turnitin-Anti Plagiarism Web Tool
This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the Turnitin. Turnitin is an online application used to evaluate writings for improper citation and possible plagiarism. Documents are compared to web contents, previouslysubmitted student papers, databases of electronic books and articles.
Learning Outcomes:
After attending the workshop, participants will be able to …
- Create a Turnitin user profile.
- Create classes and assignments and invite students to it.
- Locate student resources on the Turnitin website.
- Manually submit student papers to an assignment.
- Track and review individual student status within the class system.
- View, download and print the Originality Report on individual papers submitted.
- Access additional resources and training materials from the Turnitin website.
Facilitator: Hasina Afroz
Co-Facilitator: Md. Shahajada Masud Anowarul Haque
Date: Thursday, June 2 Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm
