Research Postgraduate Library Guide
Research Postgraduate Guide
Library services that support your research
About this postgraduate guide
This guide showcases the research support, guidance, tools, and expertise available for research postgraduates and researchers from Information Services at the University of Kent.
If you have any questions, or need support not included in this guide, contact the Open Research team.
Training
Library led workshops are available to you via these routes
Researcher Development Programme
RDP is designed to equip Postgraduate Researchers with a full range of skills
Workshops
Book onto the workshops via the Graduate and Researcher College Training Portal Target Connect
Self-led training
Explore the Moodle module for self-led online courses
Workshop recordings
Access recordings of workshops including library workshops
Research postgraduate support in the library
Explore the dedicated support available to you in the library.
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Your academic profile
Get an ORCiD, project website, and use social media and metrics to enhance your academic profile.
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Plan to manage data
Organise data & software you will use & generate in your research, and how to make them discoverable
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Plan to share research
Maximise your research reach and make real change by planning where, how and when to share it.
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Get a research website
Get a free website to showcase your research project and promote it as part of your plan to share.
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Copyright and licences
Understand your copyright obligations, using third party materials and licences, and stay compliant.
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Find and use resources
Use your digital library to find and access the resources you need for your studies online.
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Get library subject support
Get help with literature reviews, search strategies, reference management & Moodle courses.
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Special Collections & Archives
Discover, explore and use unique and distinctive materials from our collections for your research.
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Kent's Research Repositories
Discover research works and data created at Kent, and learn more about using our repositories.
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Prepare and deposit your thesis
Learn how to prepare your thesis for deposit to the Kent Academic Repository.
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Open Access publishing
Explore how to publish Open Access, including financial support and free options.
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Tools to Take-Away
Grow your academic future by 'packing your suitcase' with tools to use beyond Kent.
Kent Graduate and Researcher College
The Kent Graduate and Researcher College provides support to Postgraduate students, and Academic and Research staff. They do this by working with UK Research Councils across all research disciplines at the University, and provide a wide range of training opportunities for taught and research students at Kent.