If you are newly employed at Stellenbosch University, or a postgraduate student from another institution, or simply unsure about the services and facilities on offer by Library and Information Service, then we highly recommend that you attend our upcoming Library induction for postgraduate students and academic staff. This three-hour webinar will give you an overview of all available library services and also a special focus on the Research Support services that is available to you.

The webinar is scheduled for 24 July from 10:00 to 13:00 and you can use the links below to register

Students register here

Staff register here

Below is a breakdown of what will be presented:

During the first session an overview of the Library Website is given, how to search for information via the different databases as well as where to find help. The second session goes into more depth about all the different research services that the Library is offering and is presented by the specific librarians responsible for the different divisions.

Session 1:

Participants will learn to:

  • navigate the Library Website effectively
  • find their way around in the Stellenbosch University Library
  • find information with the Library’s search engine
  • check where to find and how to use interdisciplinary academic databases such as EBSCOhost as well as electronic journals and e-books
  • check the library hours, terms for access and membership privileges
  • find conducive spaces to work and study
  • check out or renew books and request books that are not in the library
  • reach their faculty librarians as well as other tools for assistance
  • use essential research skills such as avoiding plagiarism, complying with copyright, referencing techniques and using Endnote as a reference manager

Session 2:

In this session, participants will learn:

  • about the available advanced research support services available
  • about the Research Commons services
  • how to create your unique author identity with ORCID and how to connect it with your Stellenbosch University identity
  • how to find assistance on where to publish
  • where to find author/article/departmental citation data (bibliometrics) and how to request assistance
  • what Open Access is and which services the Library support
  • where Supervisors should submit a thesis or dissertation on behalf of their students
  • how to find examples of previously completed theses and dissertations within SUNScholar (institutional repository)
  • what Research Data Management is and a short introduction to SUNScholarData and the tool for data management planning (SunDMP)
  • where to find assistance on data analysis and data visualisation (on campus and in the Library)
  • about the Makerspace, its facilities, and services on offer