Just a reminder to all postgrad students, UQ's Graduate Student Week sessions are being held at the St Lucia campus this week.

There are still vacancies for the Thursday, Friday and Saturday sessions. Click here to view the full program and book.

The Graduate School offers a range of training throughout the semester. You can view the timetable here.

Would you like to find out about good practice in research data management? Book here for this one hour session of interest to new and current research students.

Date: Wednesday 9 May 2012
Time: 10-11am
Location: Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library, eZone training room

1. Collaborate using EndNote's Cite While You Write by inserting references into a Word document and then sending the Word document as a 'travelling library' to others who can then insert your references into their EndNote library.
2. With EndNote

16 - 21 April is Graduate Student week. Register here for workshops to be held in the Dorothy Hill Engineering & Sciences Library, Hawken Building (#50):

Have you been searching Westlaw AU? Are you not sure how to find a case or journal article in Westlaw AU?

Come along to the training sessions this week.

The Westlaw Trainer is conducting some training sessions this week and again in May.

Wednesday 28th March 10-11 in Ezone 1- Law Library Level 3

For tips on how to use (and exploit) the library's website, come to the 'Getting Started' training session.

No need to book. Just show up!

Have you found the Library's Online Assignment Planner? You can find it on the Library's Help page.

To use the planner, you enter the date your assignment is due and you are given a timeline which shows you what you should be doing - it could be researching, writing a draft, referencing etc.

There are also links through to help from the Library and Student Services for each stage.

If you want free online training in managing research data, then Research Data MANTRA may be the site for you. It is a course designed for PhD students and anyone else who needs to plan a research project using digital data. The course is modular. Existing sections include:

MyRI is a self-paced tutorial on tools that help you measure your research impact. You can view the modules online or download them. The material is licensed open access. There are also tailored materials for computer science and geography.

There are currently 3 modules available: