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Education: Training and Support

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We are here to help you find and use valuable information. We offer...

  • Library Inductions arranged by your School
  • Library Training Sessions on Referencing, Literature Searching, RefWorks, etc. throughout the year
  • Individual help with research - drop-ins at the Research Desk on level 3 Bridge (max. 20 mins) or bookable 1:1 appointments (max. 30 mins)

Full Events & Workshops (All sites)

Workshops

Book on to one of our workshops in the calendar below. 

These include workshops on referencing, literature searching and referencing software.

Some workshops are held on MS Teams - enrol on to a workshop to access the link.

Some workshops are held on-site - enrol to a workshop to find out the room number.

Library workshops training materials

Find the Powerpoint slides for each workshop here, plus supplementary learning materials.


 

Harvard Referencing


Literature Searching


OSCOLA Referencing

OSCOLA referencing video


Refworks


Evaluating Information

Copyright

Further Support and Training Opportunities

Digital Skills Centre provides training to improve your Digital Skills in the use of multimedia and various software. 

  • Microsoft  Office 
  • VLE (Moodle)
  • Building basic websites 

For further information, one-to-one appointments, and to see Digital Skills events calendar go to Digital Skills Centre page.

 

Student IT Support provides technical support for the technologies used in the university. If you need help with: 

  • Password Reset 
  • VLE (Moodle)
  • Email
  • Software provided by the university

visit Student IT Support LibGuide. 

 

If you need help with:

...and much more, just go to the Skills for Learning webpages.

 

 

 

Please see our page for Students with Disabilities to find out more about Library's  Disability and Dyslexia Support including; 

  • Screen reader ClaroRead  and MindManager 
  • Accessible e-books 
  • Accessible text formats (Digital and Print)
  • Advice on Software and IT accessibility 

Training Materials

All training materials will appear here.

Please contact askalibrarian@lsbu.ac.uk if you have any questions.

LinkedIn Learning

 

LinkedIn Learning (used to be lynda.com) is an American website offering video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills. It is a subsidiary of LinkedIn.

There is something for everyone. Whether you're looking for a complete training course or a quick answer on how to do something (for example, in Excel or on Twitter), there are over 4000 courses and over 150,000 tutorials with new releases every week.

As LinkedIn Learning is an online resource, it can be used via almost any device with internet access. Videos can also be downloaded for viewing offline at your convenience.