Dissertation and Thesis Festival: Resources

 New recordings will be added below as they become available.

• How to use the Library for your dissertation - Discover the digital resources available via the Library and find the literature you need for research in your subject area.
• Cited reference searching - Cited reference searching helps you find articles that have cited a key article (or articles) you already know about.  This is a good way of following research forward and can also be useful in topics which are novel.
• Copyright and Social Media 
• Introduction to Web of Science
• Using the National Library of Scotland for your Dissertation or Thesis - learn how to use the National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk) and how their world-class collections can benefit your dissertation or thesis research.

Critical approaches to Sources

• Decolonising your dissertation: exploring new critical and practical approaches to your library research 
• SIFTing the literature: critically evaluating the reliability of sources 

 Copyright

• Copyright and Social Media 

Digital Skills 

• EndNote for managing references course resources.
• Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word

Digital Archives and Primary Sources 

• Exploring Archives of Sexuality and Gender - This session looks at all 4 Archives of Sexuality & Gender databases that will enable you to explore and make new connections in subjects including LGBTQ history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, health, political science, policy studies, human rights and gender studies.
• Ordinary Opinions: Mass Observation from WW2 to 2000s - This session demonstrates how you can find and use first-hand sources, from ordinary men and women, on British social, cultural and political history, from the 1930s onwards, using the Mass Observation Archive - an extraordinary resource on the ordinary.
• ProQuest resources for Race and Decolonial Studies - Discover the range of primary and secondary sources from ProQuest and how to search them effectively and efficiently.

Systematic Reviews

• What is a Systematic Review dissertation like? 
• Building complex searches for systematic reviews
• How to test your systematic review searches for quality and relevance

Writing for Publication 

• Book Publishing Workshop with Edinburgh University Press
• Student-led Journals in the Library - Rebecca Wojturska – who manages Edinburgh Diamond, Edinburgh University Library’s journal and book hosting service gives an overview of student-led journal publishing.