Library updates - workshops & tutorials and Quick links!

Library updates - Research Skills and Critical Thinking (RSCT) resources - workshops & tutorials and Quick links

Research Skills and Critical Thinking (RSCT) workshops - Students

• All sessions are aimed at UG and PG taught course students from all departments. Sessions are delivered either online (through Blackboard Collaborate) or face-to-face in the Library  Skills Rooms on Level 1 of the Information Commons.

• For more information about the workshops, and for bookings visit the Research Skills and Critical Thinking Workshops web page.

• Remember to review and record your skills development in your mySkills portfolio.

• Register for the Research Skills and Critical Thinking (RSCT) workshops via LibCal.

Research Skills and Critical Thinking (RSCT) tutorials - Students

• An alphabetical list of online Research Skills and Critical Thinking (RSCT) resources is available here.

• Discovering and understanding legal materials [tutorial] [view as PDF]

• Discovering and using images, graphs, charts, and figures [tutorial] 

• Understanding plagiarism [tutorial] [view as PDF]

• Producing a literature review [tutorial] [view as PDF]

• Developing a search strategy [tutorial] [view as PDF]

Quick links - Students

• Library Help FAQs - https://libraryhelp.shef.ac.uk/

• Easter Vacation FAQ - https://libraryhelp.shef.ac.uk/faq/266326

• Inclusive learning - https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/inclusive-learning

• Newspapers - The Library has a comprehensive collection of contemporary and historical newspapers available.

• Lexis Plus - If you need any help (1-2-1 training or a group session) or got any questions about Lexis Plus, then please contact Liv Mcmennum (LexisPlus Student Associate for 2023-24) at omcmennum1@sheffield.ac.uk or submit the online form - Lexis + Foundation legal research certificate or 1:1 session