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This seminar aims to help our students and faculty, especially those in nursing and allied health, to enhance their ability in academic writing and getting published in medical and related cross-disciplinary areas. Students and staff who are interested to learn the publishing tips in these fields are welcome to join. The talk will cover but is not limited to the following topics:

• choosing the right journal
• ensure that your research is worth publishing
• use key international guidelines on reporting research
• make best use of IMRaD format to write up studies
• fully report methods and results to aid reproducibility
• interpret results cautiously
• write study abstracts and titles effectively and accurately
• learn from rejection

About the Speaker

Trish Groves (MBBS, MRCPsych) is currently an associate editor for The BMJ and is on the advisory board of BMJ Open Science. Between joining The BMJ as its first editorial registrar (intern) in 1989 and leaving in 2018, she was a deputy editor and head of research on The BMJ, editor in chief of BMJ Open, director of academic outreach for BMJ, and editorial lead for e-learning programme BMJ Research to Publication.

Trish studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, then specialised in psychiatry, gaining MRCPsych in 1989. She was briefly an honorary research fellow at the School for Public Policy, UCL.

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The 24-Hour Study Centre (G/F) can be accessed via the Core E entrance after Library closes. Please present your PolyU staff / student ID cards to the security guard before entering.

Join our VR Contest to create experiential stories from ancient China!

The Library is organising a series of talks and workshops for you to think up ideas, learn VR techniques, and 3D modelling tools so that you can create your story in VR! This series is supported by the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE).

Submit your VR story and you will stand a chance to win our contest! Click here for more details.

Come and join our briefing session to know more!

For enquiries, please contact lbsys@polyu.edu.hk, phone 2766-6909 or visit our Technical Support Desk at i-Space!

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Come join a Library Orientation!

Welcome to PolyU! Join a Library Tour to see what’s on offer at the university’s learning hub. Get answers to important questions such as:

• Where is the best spot for quiet study/group study?
• What are my Library privileges?
• How can I make the MOST out of my Library?

You will learn about our 24-hour Study Centre, our specialized digital facilities, our electronic book collection, your access card to other academic libraries in Hong Kong…

…and more.

We are here to help you succeed in your studies. Come out and learn how.

Library Orientation Tours

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Weeks 1 & 2 (3 to 15 September 2018)

Monday to Friday: 11:30 am & 2:30 pm

Thursday evenings: 6:30 pm

Saturdays: 2:30 pm

Tours are 45 minutes long

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Walk-ins also welcome

(Registered students will be given priority)

Look for the Meeting Point stand, near the entrance of the Library.

See you at the Library!