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Online courses

Here you will find all the Library’s online courses. They all take less than an hour to complete and you can work through them at your own pace.

Don't forget that you can contact your Academic Support Librarian for subject specialist support for all your information needs. Email us at academicsupport at warwick dot ac dot uk or visit subject support.


Information literacy courses

These courses contribute to the Warwick Award.

This course will give you the skills you need to find information for your assignments using the Library and its databases. It will also help you to effectively plan your searches and evaluate the information you find.

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Learn what referencing is, why it is important and when you need to use it. This course will also show you how to use the Harvard (WMS) referencing style.

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This course will help you understand how plagiarism is defined, identified and its potential consequences. It will also provide you with clear tips on how to avoid plagiarism and build good academic practice.

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Find out how to choose the best technology to use for your presentations, find copyright free images and design visually effective slides.

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This course will give provide you with the skills to analyse and understand information within and outside of academia with a focus on academic sources, identifying types of reading material and scholarly and non-scholarly sources.

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Take a virtual tour of the Library and find out everything you need to Get Started using the Library.

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Research skills courses

Designed to support our postgraduate researchers with the core elements of their research and publishing.

This course is designed to give postgraduate and early career researchers a practical overview of the principles of Open Access and Open Access publishing of research output.

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This course relates to the handling, storage, curation, preservation and provision of continuing access to analogue and digital research data.

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This course explores some of the options available to help you make informed choices when planning your publication strategy and provides practical advice and guidance to help you navigate this rapidly changing landscape.

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Wider skills development courses

Interested in learning more about academic writing or life as a postgraduate researcher? See our self-paced courses below.

This course has been designed to help you with your academic writing but is in no way intended to be a compulsory guide to academic writing at Warwick, but we hope to give you some hints and tips, and signpost you to other resources to help you in your studies.

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This course supports you with further information and resources on mindfulness.

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This course provides you with the tools you’ll need to tackle the twists and turns of your PhD journey and help you reach your finish line.

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Don't forget you can contact your Academic Support Librarian for subject specialist support for all your information needs. Email us at academicsupport at warwick dot ac dot uk or visit subject support.