Research and Communication Skills

A Collection of Material for Research and Communication Skills

Information skills for research - basic

Search strategy and free text searching of database resources for Health Sciences

Research & Communication Skills (RCS) Weekly sessions (2013/14)

Slides and materials from each weeks session in one handy location

e-Research Methods Theme 2 Getting Started as a Researcher

In this theme you will work through a series of texts and activities and reflect on your view of research as well as the skills you are developing. Most activities are supported by textual or audio material and are there to stimulate your thinking in a given area. Through this theme you will have a broad understanding of what is expected of you, the skills you will be developing, the different approaches to research and the importance of developing a clear and mutually understood relationship with your supervisor.

e-Research Methods Theme 5 Project Management

The aims of this theme are: •to identify and develop personal attributes that enable postgraduate students to manage a research project to the correct standard and to complete it on time; •to enable postgraduate students to plan and organise their research project in order to successfully reach their full potential in their chosen postgraduate degree; •to enable postgraduate students to apply appropriate time management skills to the planning of their research project; •to identify study skills and resource management strategies that can benefit postgraduate students to effectively organise and research their chosen field; •to develop team work skills within the postgraduate cohort studying the Project Management core theme.

e-Research Methods Theme 3: Literature Review

This theme helps you to develop search strategies, select search terms and appraise references you retrieve in order to differentiate between helpful and irrelevant literature sources. In addition, it looks at ways in which you can manage your references and develop understanding and skills to become an effective and efficient user of Library resources and services.

Physics Information Skills

An introduction to high quality information resources and databases in Physics and related disciplines. Refers to resources of information and methods of searching them.

Research and Blogging

What is research? What is visual research? Visual research and the creative enquiry Connecting Studio Practice and Skills and Research Comms Skills Examples of Graphic Arts blogs