Open Access Induction

Posted on 31 August 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

This module aims to: ensure that researchers are aware of the University Open Access Policy ensure that researchers are aware of the routes to be open access compliant ensure that researchers are aware of tools and support available to answer Open Access questions
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Open access for recipients of external funding

Posted on 31 August 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

All Cardiff University research staff who receive or anticipate receipt of external funding must also complete this additional tutorial along with the Open Access Induction module. This Funder module ensures that researchers are aware of funder requirements, eligibility for Open Access block grants, the University’s Institutional Open Access fund, and support available.
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Choosing quality sources for your academic work

Posted on 31 August 2025 by Neil Pollock

This tutorial gives an overview of how to evaluate information, read critically, and determine the credibility of the information you have found in order to select the most appropriate and reliable sources for your academic work.
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Evaluating information

Posted on 30 August 2025 by admin

This tutorial is aimed at postgraduate taught level students. It covers: Why you should evaluate information How to establish the credibility of the information you have found Techniques for critically reading your sources How to select information that contributes effectively to your assignment This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
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Overview of Bibliometrics and Altimetrics Data

Bibliometrics 1 – Overview of bibliometrics and altmetrics data

Posted on 29 August 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

This is the first in a series of four tutorials introducing Bibliometrics and Altmetrics, explaining how they are used in research evaluation. This tutorial provides an introduction to bibliometric data. It outlines the main types of data you can find and illustrates some key uses for the data. It covers why the data is important
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Evaluating the evidence: assessing the quality of your sources

Posted on 29 August 2025 by admin

This Xerte tutorial, aimed at 6th form and further education students, focuses on techniques for assessing the quality of sources of information to determine the credibility and validity of arguments. This tutorial is part of the Evaluating the Evidence suite created to support schools offering the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate.
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Evidence pyramid (for healthcare)

Posted on 28 August 2025 by Rachel Carney

When searching for information on a particular health question, the evidence pyramid will help with determining which pieces of evidence are the best quality. The evidence pyramid can be downloaded within an explanatory handout or as an image. It can accessed online via Xerte by following the View link.
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Bibliometrics 2 – DORA and responsible use of metrics

Posted on 28 August 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

This is the second in a series of four tutorials introducing Bibliometrics and Altmetrics, explaining how they are used in research evaluation. This tutorial covers why it is important to use bibliometric data responsibly and fulfil the university’s and individual researcher’s commitments to DORA (Declaration On Research Assessment).
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Bibliometrics 3 – finding data for publications

Posted on 28 August 2025 by Alexis Constantinou

This is the third in a series of four tutorials introducing Bibliometrics and Altmetrics, explaining how they are used in research evaluation. This tutorial introduces you to some of the databases available at Cardiff University for retrieving bibliometric data.
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