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Using generative AI for finding literature Welcome to the Library's guide to using Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) to support your literature searching. This resource aims to help you understand the benefits and limitations of using generative AI for finding literature to reference in your academic work. Before you use any AI tool to support your assessed work, please check the guidance from your module or course and read the University’s guidance for students on using artificial intelligence in your learning. Generative AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot can be helpful when you need to identify a topic to research and/or define a research question. Perhaps you have an area of interest you'd like to research but need to refine into a research question or statement. Or maybe you want to get to know a little more about a topic, to give you ideas for themes or topics to research more deeply in the published literature. You can generate prompts which will direct the Gen AI tool to help you with these tasks. To access the tutorial please click here
Academic Integrity module The Academic Integrity module includes the following three online tutorials: What is academic integrity? Using sources with academic integrity Further study skills for academic integrity Cardiff University students have access to a School-specific version of this module at their Organisations area of Learning Central and should be encouraged to complete the module there. The Learning Central version of the module includes three quizzes at the end of the tutorial to help students check their knowledge and understanding.
Open Access Induction 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
Open access for recipients of external funding 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.
Bibliometrics 4 – Informing journal selection using databases, online tools and metrics This tutorial highlights the analytical tools and information provided by databases such as Scopus, Web of Science and Dimensions which are helpful with informing a choice of journal in which to publish.
Bibliometrics 2 – DORA and responsible use of metrics 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).
Bibliometrics 3 – Finding data for publications This section introduces you to some of the databases available at Cardiff University for retrieving bibliometric data.
Bibliometrics 1 – Overview of bibliometrics and altmetrics data 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 and what you might use it for.
Bibliometrics and altmetrics These tutorials will introduce you to bibliometric and altmetric data and explain how they are used in research evaluation. Researchers and academics will find this resource useful for finding appropriate citations and altmetric data for research evaluation. This may be for an individual's publications, but also for research groups, or at school or university level. The tutorials also guide you in using metrics responsibly and ensuring that you are following principles laid out in DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment).
Adding References to your Mendeley Library This is the second in a series of tutorials written to help you learn how to use Mendeley. This tutorial assumes that you have already installed Mendeley. If you have not yet installed Mendeley, please work through the first tutorial. This tutorial will show you how to: find appropriate bibliographic databases for your subject search for and export references via LibrarySearch, Google Scholar and Scopus use Mendely web importer import references from other reference managers add references from PDFs add references manually
Mendeley Reference Manager: Working with your references This is the third in a series of tutorials to help you learn how to make use of the reference management software, Mendeley. This tutorial assumes that you already have some references in your Mendeley library. If you do not have any references in your library, please work through the second tutorial which covers Adding references to Mendeley. This tutorial will show you how to: Organise, search, and edit your references Annotate PDFs and use Notebook
Critically appraising for antiracism: recognising racial bias in research This tutorial provides: Awareness of the issues and consequences of underrepresentation of minoritised ethnic populations in research Awareness of the difference between race and genetic ancestry and how this relates to research
EndNote Desktop for evidence reviews This tutorial is for anyone using EndNote to assist with undertaking an evidence review (e.g. systematic review, scoping review, rapid review etc.). In this tutorial we cover the following steps: Importing your references into EndNote with all the required data Working with the references within your EndNote library for the purposes of undertaking a review Using EndNote to double screen titles/abstracts/full text Made available under Creative Commons licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
Reading and critically analysing a journal article This tutorial will discuss how to read and critically analyse an academic journal article. This tutorial will: Explain the broad categorisations of journal articles Explain/outline the peer review process whereby an article is submitted for scholarly evaluation by experts Suggest questions you need to ask when reading and critically analysing a journal article Provide practical tips to facilitate the effective reading and critical analysis of an article
What is a journal article? This tutorial is an introduction to journal articles; what are they, why are they needed and how authors contribute. This tutorial will: Provide an overview of some of the research process which goes into writing and publishing journal articles Explain how journal articles are constructed Explain why journal articles are constructed in this way
IEEE style referencing tutorial This Xerte tutorial offers a step-by-step guide to referencing in the IEEE referencing style. It includes examples of ways to reference a wide variety of sources. A PDF guide is also available on the Intranet [Cardiff University Login Required].
Reflective thinking and writing A guide to help you develop your reflective practice. In this tutorial we are going to help you: Understand what reflective practice is and why it's important Identify when reflective practices can be useful Implement reflective practice techniques (based on established reflective models and theory) Develop your reflective writing, for both your academic work and your career
Critical reading and thinking A guide to help you apply critical reading and thinking strategies to your academic work. By working through this tutorial, you should be able to: Develop your understanding of thinking, reading, and writing critically. Use strategies to select your reading. Understand the Critical Thinking Model and apply it to your academic work.
Critical appraisal An interactive tutorial which teaches students how to think critically about research and research methodology. It gives students the opportunity to: identify different types of bias identify study designs use critical appraisal checklists.
Delivering your presentation This interactive tutorial looks at how to handle anxiety and deliver a presentation with confidence. It also explores effective speaking techniques and body language. This resource is part of the Surviving your presentations series of tutorials, which guide students through the whole process of creating and delivering presentations.
Planning and writing your presentation This interactive tutorial looks at how to define the purpose and key messages of a presentation. It also looks at how to structure, write, and edit the content of a presentation. This resource is part of the Surviving your presentations series of tutorials, which guide students through the whole process of creating and delivering presentations.
Designing your presentation This interactive tutorial will help students to identify appropriate tools for developing visual aids, as well as showing how to use text, images, charts and other multimedia elements effectively. This resource is part of the Surviving your presentations series of tutorials, which guide students through the whole process of creating and delivering presentations.
Understanding presentations This interactive tutorial looks at different types of presentation and their purpose. It also outlines the process of writing and delivering a presentation. This resource is part of the Surviving your presentations series of tutorials, which guide students through the whole process of creating and delivering presentations.
Surviving your presentations This series of four interactive tutorials will guide students through the process of writing, designing, then delivering a presentation. It includes the following tutorials: Understanding presentations Planning and writing your presentation Designing your presentation Delivering your presentation Each tutorial can be used as a standalone resource or worked through as part of the Surviving your presentations series.
Essay survival guide This is a series of six interactive tutorials aimed at undergraduates. It guides students through the whole process of writing an academic essay. It includes the following tutorials: Understanding essays Interpreting the question Researching and reading critically Developing your ideas Writing critically and structuring your essay Editing and reviewing Each tutorial can be used as a standalone resource or worked through as part of the Essay survival guide series.
Editing and reviewing This interactive tutorial guides students through the process of editing and review their essay. It includes activities that allow them to practice reviewing content and structure as well as spelling, punctuation and grammar. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
Writing critically and structuring your essay This interactive tutorial gives a comprehensive guide to writing the first draft of an essay and writing in an academic style. It explores how to write critically and use evidence appropriately. It also looks at essay structure, paragraph structure, and how to write effective sentences. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
Developing your ideas This interactive tutorial looks at how students can use their research to develop their own ideas and arguments. It guides them through the process of gathering their ideas, creating a clear argument, and organising and structuring their ideas into an essay outline This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
Researching and reading critically This interactive tutorial gives an overview of how to research and read critically when preparing to write an essay. It guides students through the process of identifying what to search for, how and where to search, and how to critically read and evaluate the quality of the information they find. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
Interpreting the question This interactive tutorial guides students through the process of interpreting their essay title. It looks at directional verbs and key words as well as examining the assessment criteria. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students
Understanding essays This interactive tutorial looks at what essays are, why we write them, and what is involved in writing an essay. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
EndNote Online: Using EndNote Online with Microsoft Word This tutorial will show you how to: set up Word to work with EndNote online insert and remove citations in your Word documents edit how citations are displayed change the citation style. Made available under Creative Commons licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
EndNote Online: Working with your library This tutorial will show you how to: organise your references into groups share groups with other users edit, delete and find duplicate references create a standalone bibliography. Made available under Creative Commons licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.	Tutorial
EndNote Online: Adding references to your EndNote Online library This tutorial will show you how to: find appropriate bibliographic databases search for and export references from various databases import references into your library manually add references to you library. Made available under Creative Commons licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
EndNote Online: Getting Started This tutorial will guide you through the process of: registering for an EndNote Online account logging into EndNote Online installing plugins so you can insert citations in Microsoft Word setting up the referencing styles you will need. Made available under Creative Commons licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics
Choosing quality sources for your academic work In this tutorial you will find information about 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.
Searching beyond your reading list using LibrarySearch A short online tutorial aimed at introducing key search techniques for researching a topic via LibrarySearch.
Searching beyond your reading list using journal databases A short online tutorial aimed at introducing key search techniques and resources for finding journal literature.
Keeping your research up-to-date This tutorial guides you through the basic procedures for optimising current awareness in your research field. It demonstrates how to set up various types of alerts and highlights a range of other tools and resources to ensure you keep up to date efficiently and effectively.
Making your online identity count: Build your online profile The second of two tutorials that explores how you can develop an effective online identity tailored for a professional environment. This tutorial will help you identify appropriate online tools to build and develop your professional profile. It also covers how to establish useful professional networks, interact effectively in online communities, and manage, organise and connect your online profiles to keep them up-to-date.
Making your online identity count: Know your digital footprint The first of two tutorials that explores how you can develop an effective, professional online identity. This tutorial discusses why an effective online identity matters in professional life, helps you review your digital footprint, and highlights areas where you may want to make changes.
Understanding your assessment task This is a Xerte tutorial aimed at postgraduate taught level students. It covers: why we have assessment criteria what is expected of you when completing an assignment how to approach an assignment question, and how to plan your writing and research. This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
Academic writing style This Xerte tutorial is aimed at postgraduate taught level students, and covers how to: structure your work write in an academic style use appropriate academic language revise, edit and proofread what you have written This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
Developing critical arguments This is a Xerte tutorial aimed at postgraduate taught level students which: explains the difference between descriptive and critical writing explores how to effectively synthesise information from a range of sources, and demonstrates how to form paragraphs that synthesise sources while making your own arguments and opinions clear. This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level suite.
Avoiding plagiarism THIS TUTORIAL IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED AND WILL BE REMOVED IN DECEMBER 2024. PLEASE USE THE ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE TUTORIALS INSTEAD. This Xerte tutorial covers: what citing and referencing mean, and why they are important what plagiarism and collusion mean and what actions are viewed as plagiarism or collusion how to use others' research in your own work how to correctly cite and reference other's work using the style recommended by your School You can find more information specifically relating to the Cardiff Harvard, MHRA and Vancouver referencing styles, including step-by-step tutorials here.
Vancouver referencing tutorial This Xerte tutorial offers a step-by-step guide to referencing in the Vancouver style. It includes examples of ways to reference a wide variety of sources. A PDF guide is also available on the Intranet [Cardiff University Login Required].
MHRA referencing tutorial This Xerte tutorial offers a step-by-step guide to referencing in the MHRA style. It includes examples of ways to reference a wide variety of sources. A PDF guide is also available on the Intranet (a Cardiff University login is required).
Cardiff Harvard referencing tutorial This Xerte tutorial offers a step-by-step guide to referencing in the Cardiff Harvard style. Includes examples of ways to reference a wide variety of sources. A PDF guide is also available on the Intranet [Cardiff University Login Required].
Finding appropriate sources This Xerte tutorial is aimed at postgraduate taught level students. It covers: planning a search identifying the key information resources to use effective search techniques how to access full text of documents online, and how to use databases to keep up to date with new publications
EndNote: EndNote and Microsoft Word The fourth in a series of five Xerte tutorials introducing the main features of the desktop version of EndNote. This tutorial covers citing and referencing in Word using references in your EndNote library and changing the citation style. Made available under CC licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
EndNote: Working with your EndNote references The third in a series of five Xerte tutorials introducing the main features of the desktop version of EndNote. This tutorial covers organising and searching your EndNote library as well as adding and annotating PDFs. Made available under CC licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
EndNote: Searching databases and importing references The second in a series of five Xerte tutorials introducing the main features of the desktop version of EndNote. This tutorial covers exporting references from bibliographic databases and manually adding references from other sources. Made available under CC licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
EndNote: Getting started with EndNote The first in a series of five Xerte tutorials introducing the main features of the desktop version of EndNote. This tutorial covers installing EndNote and creating your own EndNote Library. Made available under CC licence with permission from Clarivate Analytics.
Effective notemaking Strategies for taking and making notes to support your studies.
Evaluating the evidence: critically reading your sources This Xerte tutorial, aimed at 6th form and further education students, focuses on approaches to critically reading 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.
Evaluating the evidence: assessing the quality of your sources This Xerte tutorial, aimed at 6th form and further education students, focuses on techniques for assessing the quality of sources of information. This tutorial is part of the Evaluating the Evidence suite created to support schools offering the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate.
Evaluating the evidence: finding good quality information online This Xerte tutorial, aimed at 6th form and further education students, covers: defining the scope of your research topic, search techniques for getting the best out of Google and search tools and web sites for finding good quality, freely available information. This tutorial is part of the Evaluating the Evidence suite created to support schools offering the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate.
Evaluating information 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.
Citing the law: referencing using OSCOLA A guide to citing the law using the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). The tutorial demonstrates how to cite 'primary' sources of law (i.e. cases and legislation) and how to refer to 'secondary' sources such as books, journals and government reports.

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