Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus

Workshops

The library offers regular workshops to further develop your research skills, the learning skills focusing on academic reading/writing, citing and referencing skills, searching strategy and the use of EndNote software.

The library will send you an invitation link one day prior to the date preferred.
The workshop will only be conducted when there are 5 registered participants or more. Alternatively, we will suggest another date and time.

For Undergraduates
Find and search library e-resources


What to expect:

  • Introduction to library’s electronic resources
  • Find the right database(s) for your subject areas
  • Find articles through library’s search engine
  • Tips and techniques for better search results
  • Access to full-text
  • Guideline to access to e-book
  • Search of eBooks by disciplines
  • Advance search /features
  • Interlibrary loan services
Date & Day
(2022)
Time Registration LinkMethod of Delivery
Wednesday,
June 15, 2022		12:00pm – 1:00pm


e-form 		MS Teams
Wednesday,
June 22, 2022
Wednesday,
June 29, 2022
Reference and Cite Information Sources

What to expect:

  • Introduction to the Swinburne Harvard Style
  • How to avoid plagiarism
  • How to reference different types of resources
Friday,
June 17, 2022
12:00pm – 1:00pm
e-form

Microsoft Teams
(Session takes approximately 45 mins to 1 hour)

What to expect:

  • Develop complex search strategies.
  • Locating relevant information for your research topics
  • Make the best of specialized scholarly databases.
Friday,
June 24, 2022
Thursday,
June 30, 2022
Developing effective strategies for undergraduate research.

(Session takes approximately 45 mins to 1 hour)

What to expect:

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Using Endnote for Harvard Referencing

(Session takes approximately 60 to 90 mins)

What to expect:

Endnote is a reference management software tool used to manage, store and share bibliographies and references, insert in-text citations and generate appropriate reference lists. Endnote currently works with Microsoft Words, Power Point and Excel.		To be
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For Postgraduates
Searching Research Literacy Effectively & Understand Swinburne Harvard Citations

(Session takes approximately 45 mins to 1 hour)

What to expect:

Familiarizing students with library resources and developing basic to advance searching technique skills focusing on specific databases and resources relevant to research in the discipline or field of study.

An Introduction to Swinburne Harvard Style Guide and the role of citations in the research process.

Wednesday,
May 18, 2022		12:00pm-1:00pm
e-form		Microsoft Teams
Manage Reference with Endnote

(Session takes approximately 60 to 90 mins)


What to expect:

EndNote is a reference management software tool that is used to manage, store and share bibliographies and references, insert in-text citations and generate appropriate reference lists.

EndNote currently works with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.		29 Aug (Sat)10-11 ame-form Microsoft Teams
Wednesday,
May 25, 2022		12:00pm – 1:00pm
e-form 		Microsoft Teams

Library can also customize these workshops for particular research interests.

Lecturers who wish to request for a different session, please fill in the Training Workshop e-form