IOCB PhD Skills Day 2024

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• General

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  Slides and supplementary materials from the first IOCB PhD Skills Day: Essential Researcher Competencies—event tailored by the National Library of Technology for first-year doctoral candidates affiliated with the IOCB.
  

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  The event took place on November 20, 2024.

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    Introduction File
  • Instructor: Lenka Chladová

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    NTK Services for IOCB File

• Navigating Scientific Resources & Staying Organized. AI Tools for Researchers

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  Making It Easier to Write a Ph.D. Dissertation, Article, or Proposal

  • Instructors: Eliška Skládalová and Barbora Šátková

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    Navigating Scientific Resources & Staying Organized. AI Tools for Researchers File
  • RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

  • Access to NTK eResources

    • To be able to access NTK electronic resources remotely, you need to login to your library account (top right, library website).

    • NTK eResources Guide

    • List of NTK eResources

    • Video tutorial: How to search the library's eResources
  • NTK's Google Scholar Guide

    NTK's AI Tools for Research Guide

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    NTK's Introduction to AI tools for academia (updated 10.2024) File
  • WEBINAR - recording (March 2024)  
    

• Citation Management

  Tools, Tips, and Best Practices in Citing

  • Instructor: Barbora Vobrubová

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    Citation Management: Tools , Tips, and Best Practices File
  • RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

  • NTK's Citation Management Guide

    STEMskiller: Citing correctly and reference/citation management tools

• Introduction to Research Data Management

  … and how not to get overwhelmed by data

  • Instructor: Jan Vališ

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    Introduction to Research Data Management File
  • RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

  • Research Data Management. NTK guide which provides a brief introduction to research data, RDM practices, and commonly accepted FAIR principles.

  • Siiri Fuchs and Mari Elisa Kuusniemi: Making a research project understandable - Guide for data documentation. A compact guide for researchers on how to document research data.

  • ELIXIR: Research Data Management Kit. A guide for life scientists to better manage their research data following the FAIR Principles.

  • Heidi Seibold: Open and Reproducible Data Science. Provides useful information and an interesting Newsletter.

  • ONLINE COURSES

  • EOSC-Synergy: Data Steward Training. The online course aims to support the development of data stewardship skills among staff in Higher Education Institutions and other research performing organizations.

  • DocEnhance: Data Stewardship. This course for PhD candidates provides an introduction to research data management.

  • WEBINAR - recording (November 2023)
    

• Academic Integrity
  • Instructor: Tomáš Razím

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    Academic Integrity File
  • RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

  • • The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: concise booklet providing a framework for self-regulation across all scientific and scholarly disciplines by the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA).

    • European Comission: How to complete your ethics self-assessment: guidelines for making ethic self-assessment when writing a grant proposal (or designing a research project).

    • Retraction Watch: blog that reports suspected scientific misconduct and retractions of scientific articles; it also includes a database of retracted articles.

    • The Embassy of Good Science: your platform for research integrity and ethics.

    • STEMskiller: Ethics
  • Webinar - recording (March 2024)
    

• My First Scientific Article

  Tips on writing an article for early career researchers

  • Instructors: Naděžda Firsová and Barbora Šátková

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    My First Scientific Article File
  • RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

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    How to find high-quality journals and conferences File

    A brief NTK presentation on finding a journal or conference where you can present your research.

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    Research Article Self-Check Questions File
  • Günter Blöschl: How to write (and publish) a scientific paper in hydrology. Provides a comprehensive overview of writing an article (in hydrology).

    Dani Or: Writing a scientific paper. Presentation about structure and format, outline, elements, examples, ethics.

    An example of Author Guidlines - Analytical Biochemistry Journal

  • NTK Academic Writing Q&A Series (15 videos)

  • WEBINAR - recording  (March 2024)

• ORCID iD for Researchers
  • Instructor: Hana Šilha Machová

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    ORCID iD for Researchers File
  • RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

    NTK's Author Identifiers and Profiles Guide