Library online training sessions for researchers in December:
AI tools for Researchers
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Doctoral students, Researchers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online
The training introduces artificial intelligence-based tools – Scopus AI and Research Horizon Navigator – designed for quickly searching scientific literature and emerging research topics. It explains their purpose and demonstrates their main functions.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Researchers, lecturers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online
During the training session, the participants will find out how to use bibliographical management program “Mendeley“. The participants will learn how to create user accounts, preserve bibliographical data and create bibliographical records manually. Furthermore, the participants will get learn how to install a plugin to the Microsoft Word program, allowing to insert in-text citations and automatically generating a list of references according to the selected citation style.
Training slides. The learning materials are available on Moodle.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Researchers, lecturers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online
The participants will learn about the reference management program ”RefWorks“ subscribed by KTU. In the training session, the participants will learn how to create user accounts, preserve bibliographical data and create bibliographical records manually. Furthermore, the participants will learn how to install a plugin to the Microsoft Word program, allowing to insert in-text citations and automatically generating a list of references according to the selected citation style.
Training slides. The learning materials are available on Moodle.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Researchers, lecturers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online
You will get acquainted with KTU subscribed and purchased e-resources. You will learn the types of databases in terms of content and access, also how to choose the most appropriate electronic resource for your studies or project, how to search the database using search operators. You will also learn why it is worth creating a personal account in the database. During the demo, you’ll see how to search databases, download and save to your device e-book or article from database.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Researchers, lecturers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online (MS Teams)
During this training session, participants will learn how to increase their research impact and visibility by finding the right journal to publish. The main topics of the session include:
Also, the session will provide information about predatory and hijacked journals and how to avoid them.
Duration: 45 min.
Target group: Researchers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Target audience: Doctoral Students, Researchers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online
The course is intended to provide understanding of Intellectual Property and why there exists a right to protect it. The nuances of the branches of the IPR will be addressed to create an understanding of where and how to use them to protect intellectual property. As licensing is a vast portion in academic IPR with Open Science practices, the importance, types, what to use when and how will be discussed. It will cover general licensing information along with creative commons copyrights information relevant to current practices.
Training slides. The learning materials are available on Moodle.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Doctoral Students, Researchers
Location: All KTU Libraries and online
This session will introduce you to the concept of Open Science. It is a brief training session to understand the different elements: Open Access Publishing, Open Data, Citizen Science that contribute to the concept. As Open Science is a vast concept, the session will serve as a step in getting acquainted with what, how and why we need it as students, researchers, citizens and so on stating the do’s and don’ts of the practice.
The learning materials are available on Moodle.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Doctoral students, Researchers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online (MS Teams)
This session will introduce Open Science practices across all phases of the research lifecycle, from planning and conducting research to publishing and outreach. Participants will learn how to enhance transparency, collaboration, and impact in their research.
Duration: 45 minutes
Target audience: Doctoral Students, Researchers
Place: All KTU Libraries and online (MS Teams)
During this training session, participants will get to know about research impact and how it is assessed in general and specifically at the KTU. The session covers the main scientific databases Web of Science and Scopus and their respective research assessment indicators (Impact Factor, Cite Score, Quartiles etc.). The participants will also learn how to easily use the main tools to track the metrics of their research. Furthermore, qualitative research assessment will be covered.
