[Graduate-research-list] SGRS Seminars

[Katharine Reibig]

Dear All,

Please find below a list of the 6 SGRS seminars taking place in the week
beginning October 9th.
If you would like to attend any of the seminars, please email me or call
xt 6698/7041 unless otherwise noted.
Preference will be given to PhD students, but Masters students and
post-docs are also welcome to attend.

Information on each seminar is available on WebCT.

Oct 9th, 9.30am, S21 'An Introduction to Stirling University's
electronic resources' book via Information Services xt 7250
	Sarah Kevill, Information Services 
	This will be a 2 hour session covering accessing and searching
Stirling's electronic resources and using current awareness services.
There will be the opportunity for hands on use of the resources with
assistance from Subject Librarians. This would be suitable for all
postgraduate research students. 

Oct 10th, 2pm, S21 'An Introduction to Stirling University's electronic
resources' book via Information Services xt 7250

Oct 10th, 2pm, 2B129, 'Overseas student information session'
	Anne Pitcairn, International Student Advisor, Student
	It can feel quite daunting, arriving as a student in a different
country to your own.  To help with your transition, during the
presentation, Anne will be talking about student life,  adjusting to
living in Scotland and a different culture, and useful information for
international Students 


Oct 11th, 9.30, S21, 'An Introduction to Stirling University's
electronic resources' book via Information Services xt 7250

Oct 11th, 4pm, LTA6 (then 5pm 1A13) Statistics 1: Exploring Data
Analysis (part 1of a set of 10)
	Kate Howie, Computing Science & Maths
	Students normally attend for all 10 sessions, but may wish to
attend only those sessions to build on their previous experience.
Session 1: This is the crucial initial step in any data analysis.  The
appropriate graphical and numerical summaries will be discussed for
different types of data and to answer different types of question

Oct 11th, 3pm, S21 'Using online archival resources', book via
Information Services xt 7250
	Karl Magee, Information Services
	There is an increasing amount of information available about
archives online. Access to documents is also becoming more common with
major digitisation programmes providing on-screen access to material.
This session will highlight the various online resources which help
researchers to search for archival collections relevant to their areas
of interest. It will also look at examples of the types of documents
which are now available to view online, from nineteenth century census
records to modern statistical datasets.  It will be particularly
suitable for social science, arts and humanities students.

NB S21 is in the Library.  2B129 is accessed from the V-U courtyard (opp
LTA5).

Best wishes,

Katharine Reibig

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Katharine M. Reibig
Graduate School Development Officer
Research Office
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Tel: 01786 46 6698
hours of work: Tues, Wed & Thu only


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