🎓 Research Support Drive | Empowering Emerging Researchers in the Built Environment
Are you a Master's or PhD student?
An early career researcher in the Schools of CEM or SoAP?
Keen to elevate your research profile and navigate the academic landscape with confidence?
Join the Martienssen (Architecture) Library, in collaboration with the Research Visibility & Open Scholarship (RVOS) Unit, for a dynamic Research Support Drive designed to equip you with essential tools, platforms, and strategies to thrive in academia.
This weekly series will run from the 11 September to the 15th of October 2025, featuring interactive and practical sessions covering.
📍 Click on each event title to view details and register online.
🔹 Evidence Synthesis (Systematic Reviews/ Literature Reviews)
11 Sept | 12:00–14:00
By Winkie Siebane (Research Librarian)
Enhanced comprehension of evidence synthesis methodologies. Be able to develop research inquiries utilizing frameworks. Enhanced proficiency in doing thorough literature searches across various databases.
🔹 Open Access Publishing
17 Sept | 12:00–13:00
By Bongi Mphuti
Learn the benefits of Open Access, OA models, how to identify accredited journals, and apply for APCs via ChronosHub.
🔹 Reference Management Tool: Zotero
23 Sept | 12:00–13:00
By Winkie Siebane
Learn how to efficiently manage your references using Zotero, a free and powerful reference management tool.
🔹 Research Visibility: ORCID & Author Profiles
1 Oct | 12:00–13:00
By Katlego Chiya
Maximize your academic presence by creating and optimizing your ORCID and other scholarly profiles.
🔹 Scopus AI
7 Oct | 12:00–13:00
By Salome Potgieter
Learn how to use AI to find trusted sources to accelerate your research.
🔹 Research Evaluation: Bibliometrics & Altmetrics
9 Oct | 12:00–13:00
By Winkie Siebane & Lethabo Letsoalo
Understand how to measure your research impact through citation metrics and alternative indicators like social media engagement.
🔹 Institutional Repositories: Wits Open Data Vault & WIReDSpace
15 Oct | 12:00–13:00
By Pfano Makhera & Lethabo Letsoalo
Master the management, preservation, and sharing of research data in line with funder and institutional requirements using Figshare.
Related LibGuide: Built Environment: Postgraduate Support by Winkie Siebane
- From:
- 12:00pm, Thursday, September 11, 2025
- To:
- 1:00pm, Wednesday, October 15, 2025
- Time Zone:
- Central Africa Time (change)
- Campus:
- East Campus
- Audience:
- Academics staff Doctoral Masters Post-Doc Researchers Postgraduates students Researchers
- Categories:
- Academic Staff Postgraduates students
- Attachments:
Hello! I'm Winkie, the Architecture Research Librarian at Wits University Library. Before booking an appointment, please keep the following in mind:
You can opt to meet either online or in person. A Microsoft Teams meeting link will be provided for both options.
For in-person meetings, my office is located on the 1st Floor of the John Moffat Building, Braamfontein, East Campus—it's the first office on the left as you enter the library.
If you need to cancel, kindly do so at your earliest convenience.
For immediate assistance, you can refer to your relevant library guide or contact me at 011 717 1929.