LibGuides: Researcher Support: Video Tutorials and Workshops

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Research Help

	Library Service Desk Ground floor, AUS Library
	06 5152277
	researchhelp@aus.edu
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For help during academic calendar weekends, final exams & semester breaks, email: researchhelp@aus.edu

Modified hours for Ramadan & summer semester

Upcoming Workshops

During the library closure, all workshops will be held virtually. If you have any questions, please contact your library liaison.

Find all recorded workshops on iLearn > Videos > Browse > Public Content > Library and Archives > Library Workshops

Recent Workshops

How to Boost the Impact of your Research
Research Impact is fast becoming a necessary aspect of working in academia. But what is it, how do you “get” it, and how do you measure it? In this session we will seek an answer to those questions, as we go over how to plan for impact, ORCID IDs, publishing open access, and more.
Presenter: Fiona Glasgow
Date: March 2, 2021
Using Scopus Citation Metrics to Maximize your Research Impact
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and features smart tools that can aid in understanding the impact your work is having within academia and beyond. This presentation will cover: Citation analysis for authors; Comparing journals with CiteScore (and SJR and SNIP), traditional metrics vs alternative metrics; How to use PlumX metrics; All umbrella of tracking research impact, and more.
Presenter: Wael Mansour, Regional Customer Consultant - Research Intelligence, Elsevier.
Date: March 22, 2021
Elsevier Author Workshop: How to increase scientific publishing success with the help of Scopus & ScienceDirect
Learn how to increase your scientific publishing success using Scopus and ScienceDirect in this Elsevier-hosted workshop. In this session, you will find out what editors look for in a paper to publish, how to select the right journal for your research, how to identify key research topics, and tips on managing your Scopus profile.
Presenter: Saide Sak, Customer Research & Analytics Consultant at Elsevier
Date: April 15, 2021
Being a more efficient & global researcher with Mendeley
Learn how to become a more efficient and global researcher using Mendeley in this Elsevier-hosted workshop. In this session, you will learn how to find opportunities for collaboration, discover relevant literature and datasets, and how to manage your references all using Mendeley.
Presenter: Saide Sak, Customer Research & Analytics Consultant at Elsevier
Date: April 29, 2021

Researcher Support Workshops

Using E-books
This workshop will show you how to find, read, and download ebooks from the AUS Library. We will talk about the features of different ebook platforms such as ProQuest, Ebsco, Springer, and more.
Presenter: Veronique Lecat
Date: October 11, 2020
How to find copyright friendly educational materials for your courses
This workshop discusses how to make it easier for professors to choose textbooks and supplementary readings for their courses: using copyright friendly resources from publishers and those already in the library collection. We will cover how to search for these materials, their benefits and how some professors at AUS are using them in their classrooms.
Presenter: John Liebhardt
Date: October 13, 2020
Open access to scholarship: the right choice?
We look at the what, why and how of Open Access as a principle, a business model and an option for sharing your research and scholarship.
Presenter: Kara Jones
Date: October 20, 2020
Understanding Research Impact Metrics
Research Impact Metrics are tools used to quantify the impact of an article, journal, or author. In this workshop, we will look at how metrics like h-index and journal impact factor are calculated in Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus.
Presenter: Veronique Lecat
Date: November 24, 2020

Doing a Literature Review: Tools and Technologies
Covers the main steps to take when doing a literature review. From conducting comprehensive research, synthesizing perspectives, organizing ideas, to presenting your findings – we’ll highlight a range of resources and techniques that you can use to get you started.
Presenters: John Liebhardt & Alanna Ross
Date: November 11, 2020
Top Journal or Predatory Publisher? Selecting Quality Journals for Academic Publishing
Publishing in the right journal for your research can help you progress in your career. The proliferation of online journals can make it difficult to select an appropriate journal for disseminating research.
In this workshop participants will discover methods and tools for choosing quality, academic journals for publishing opportunities. Participants will also discover how to identify predatory or pseudo-journals.
Presenter: Rhonda Stricklett
Date: November 17, 2020
How to Publish with an International Scholarly Publisher Workshop
This is a video recording from the January 15, 2020 workshop.
Publishing with SpringerNature: Author Workshop
Video from the Publishing with SpringerNature Author Workshop that was held on February 16, 2020.

ResearchGate, Twitter, and Your Academic Digital Identity Workshop
Social media tools like Twitter and LinkedIn, or social networking sites like ResearchGate can extend the reach of your research collaborations and outputs. Find out how you can use these tools to manage your digital identity as a scholar.
Presenter: Kara Jones
Date: November 3, 2020
Distinguish Yourself – ORCID iD, Publons and Scopus Author Identifiers Workshop
Researcher profiles are now an important part of your scholarly identity. Learn about ORCiDs and other identifiers, and set up the right one for you.
Presenter: Latifa Baali
Date: November 10, 2020
ORCID Training Video for Faculty
Video from a ORCID ID Training Session provided on March 28, 2019.
Researcher ID Video for Faculty
This video is from a training session provided by Web of Science Group on March 21, 2019

Introduction to Mendeley: the collaborative reference manager
Mendeley is a reference manager that helps you manage, organize, annotate, and share your references with collaborators. In this workshop learn how to create a Mendeley account, export and import citations in order to build a personal Mendeley library, manage PDFs and explore collaboration features.
Presenter: Christine Furno
Date: October 27, 2020
Research Professional: Finding Funding Workshop
Research Professional is an online database of research funding opportunities and a source of international research policy and practice news.
Presenter: Christine Furno
Date: November 9, 2020
Qualtrics for Beginners Workshop
Video from the Qualtrics for Beginners Workshop Training Session provided on September 18, 2019.

Data Management Planning- the essentials
Are you creating or managing research data? Learn the essentials of data management topics, including file organization and naming, data security and backups, tools for collaborating with others, data publishing, storage and sharing. We will also run through the components of a good data management plan and introduce you to DMPTool an online (AUS-customized) tool for crafting funder-specific data management plans.
Presenter: Alanna Ross
Date: October 13, 2020

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