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Undergraduate Workshops

    “Your Library – The Basics” Series

    • LibrarySearch Basics: A Search Engine for Your Assignments and Research
    • Finding Library’s E-Resources for Your Assignments and Research

    Sharpen Your Information Research Skills Series

    • Search Strategies for Articles, Books, E-Books and more for Your Studies and Research
    • Newspapers: Finding Historical and Up-To-Date News
    • Chinese Databases: Searching Materials Published in Chinese

    E-Resources Series

    • SciFinder
    • CNKI 中國知網

    Searching Skills Series

    • LibrarySearch: A Search Engine for Your Assignments and Research
    • Search Strategies for Articles, Books and E-News for Your Studies and Research
    • Finding Information about Hong Kong

    Academic Honesty Series

    • Demonstrating Academic Honesty in University Writing Assignments

    Assignment Season Series

    • Develop an Effective Search Strategy for Your Assignment
    • Finding Academic Sources to Support Your Arguments
    • Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism — The Basics
    • Acknowledging the Sources – RefWorks Hands-on Experience
    • Managing Reference Citations with EndNote
    • Literature Review for a Successful Paper

    Job Hunting & Further Studies Series

    • All You Need to Know about Preparation for Further Studies – From Searching for Information to Writing Personal Statements
    • All You Need to Know about Job Hunting – From Searching for Information to Composing CVs & Attending Interviews

    “MakerSpace – The Basics” Series

    • Introduction to the Creative Media Studio : Video Recording in a Simple Way
    • Introduction to Digital Fabrication : 3D Printing, Laser Cutting and UV Printing

    Maker Skills Series

    • Introduction to 3D Printing by using Tinkercad
    • Introduction to iMovie
    • Introduction to Adobe Illustrator for Laser Cutting Machine

Postgraduate, Researcher and Faculty Workshops

    Postgrudate Survival Skills Workshops

    • Sharpening Your Research Skills
      • Exploring Research Information in Multi-disciplinary Databases
      • Exploring Research Information in Citation Database – Scopus
      • Exploring Research Information in Citation Database – Web of Science
      • Literature Review for a Good Research Paper (Recording)
      • Finding Theses and Dissertations in Your Research Area
    • Managing Citations for Your Research
      • Managing References Citations with EndNote 20
      • Acknowledging the Sources – RefWorks Hands-on Experience
    • Thesis Writing Tips
      • Structuring a Thesis Introduction: How to Get Readers Hooked at the Beginning
      • Writing an Abstract for Your Thesis: How to Summarize Your Research in 500 words
      • Intensive and Profound: Chinese Thesis Writing Skills
    • Winning Academic Presentation Skills
      • Presentation Skills for Postgraduate Students
        Invited speaker: Dr. Paula Hodgson
      • Poster Design and Presentation for Postgraduate Students
        Invited speaker: Dr. Paula Hodgson
      • Fluent and Successful: Oral Presentation Skills in Chinese
    • Publishing Your Research Workshops
      • Constructing Your Research Paper Around an Argument: A Gateway to Publication
        Invited speaker: Paul Nerney
      • Salient Features of (Publishable) Academic English
        Invited speaker: Paul Nerney
      • Towards Publication: Revising an Introduction of a Research Paper
        Invited speaker: Susan Lopez-Nerney
    • Scientific Writing Workshops
      • Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers
        Invited speaker: Dr. Sarah E. Webb
      • Successful Writing in the Life Sciences: Designing Effective Figures and Tables
        Invited speaker: Dr. Sarah E. Webb
    • Oral Defence Workshop
      • Designing a Successful Oral Defence
        Invited speaker: Dr. Maria Luisa C. Sadorra

    Researcher Workshops

    • How to Measure Impact of Research Papers (Recording)
    • Citation Analysis Tools for Ranking Journals (Recording)
    • Understanding Open Access Publishing (Recording)
    • Read & Publish Author Training by Cambridge University Press
      Invited speaker: Caroline Kerbyson, Training Manager, Cambridge University Press (Recording)
    • Publish & Read Onboarding Session by Karger Publishers
      Invited speakers: Karger Editorial Staff and Tony O’Rourke, Vice-President of ENAGO (Recording)
    • Using ORCID to connect your research activities (Recording)
    • Author Identifier: Making yourself distinguishable (Recording)
    • Open Access Publishing with Cambridge University Press (CUP): Humanities and Social Sciences Journals
      Invited speaker: Joe Ng, Acquisitions editor, CUP (Recording)
    • Open Access Publishing with PLOS Journals
      Invited speaker: Sara Rouhi, Director, Strategic Partnerships, PLOS
    • Using ATLAS.ti for Qualitative Data Analysis

    Digital Scholarship and Research Data Workshops

    • Mastering Data Management Plan in One Hour (Recording)
    • Introduction to GIS & ArcGIS
      Invited speaker: Representative from Esri China (Hong Kong) Ltd.
    • Introducing Digital Humanities for Study and Research (Recording)
    • A Quick Glance of Online Text Analysing Tools
    • Visualising Network Relationships with Gephi
    • Research Data in the Big Data Era
    • Introduction to R Programming and Data Analysis (Hands-on) (Recording)
      Invited speaker: Prof. Liang Hai, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK
    • Understanding Research Data Management
    • Writing Data Management Plans with DMPTool (Recording)
    • Introduction to ArcGIS and QGIS for Digital Scholarship Projects
    • Basics of Data Mining with Weka (Hands-on)
    • Introduction to R for Statistical Analysis (Recording)
      Invited speaker: Prof. Michael Chan, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK
    • Introduction to Python for Data Analysis (Recording)
      Invited Speaker: Dr. LO Man Fung Kelvin, Lecturer, BSSc Programme in Data Science and Policy Studies, CUHK

    Workshops on AIMS and Research Portal

    • Research Output Management with AIMS

    NVivo Workshop

    • NVivo: A Powerful Tool to Address Your Research Questions
    • NVivo: Strategies to Advance Qualitative Data Analysis

    Improving Postgraduate Learning (IPL) Courses offered by Library (Organized by Graduate School and CLEAR)

    • Discover Research Information at Your Discipline
      • Group 1: Arts
      • Group 2: Business Administration
      • Group 3: Education
      • Group 4: Engineering
      • Group 5: Medicine
      • Group 6: Science
      • Group 7: Social Science
      • Group 8: Law
      • Group 9: Chinese Law
    • Managing and Creating Reference Citations with Reference Managing Tools
      • Managing and Creating Reference Citations with EndNote
      • Managing and Creating Reference Citations with RefWorks
    • Research Data Management for Your Discipline
      • Research Data Management for Arts and Education
      • Research Data Management for Medicine
      • Research Data Management for Engineering
      • Research Data Management for Science
      • Research Data Management for Business, Law, Social Science, and Inter-faculty
      • Research Data Management for Multi-disciplines
    • Observing Intellectual Property and Copyright Law during Research