01/06/2026
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต: ๐๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐
On the 28th of May 2026, the Gwanda State University (GSU) Library hosted an intensive, forward-focused workshop specifically designed for researchers, faculty members, and postgraduate academics. The workshop titled "๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ & ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐" provided the academic community with practical tools to elevate their research visibility and navigate the evolving global publishing landscape. The workshop was divided into broad focus areas:
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐
Name ambiguity remains a major hurdle in academic publishing. Gwanda State University (GSU) has an active ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ championed by the University Library and the Directorate of Research, Innovation, and Industrialisation. The initiative helps researchers, academics and Mphil students adopt persistent identifiers to improve the visibility, accurate attribution, and global tracking of their scholarly work. The workshop was a follow up session for a workshop that was held in October 2025. For researchers who did not attend the first session - learned how to create and manage their unique, permanent ORCID iDs. This digital identifier ensures that your work is never confused with another author's, automating publication tracking and guaranteeing proper attribution across international databases.
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๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
High-impact research requires high-quality data. The workshop deep-dived into GSUโs extensive digital repository, demonstrating how to fully leverage premium platforms like ProQuest Ebook Central, EBSCOhost, Britannica Academic and Springer Link to mention a few. Academics also mastered seamless, secure off-campus login protocols via OpenAthens, ensuring uninterrupted literature reviews from any location.
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐
The modern researcher must work smarter, not harder. The library took attendees through cutting-edge discovery tools like Scite, a smart platform that categorises citations to show whether subsequent papers support, mention, or contrast a study's findings. The session also covered advanced reference management workflows to streamline citation generation and manuscript formatting.
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ & ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ (๐๐ฅ๐)
Understanding citation data is crucial for securing grants, gaining promotion, and proving institutional value. The library showcased its dedicated Bibliometric and Research Impact (BRI) Analysis Services. Through this service, academics learned how to identify top-tier, high-impact journals for manuscript submission, trace citation networks to uncover potential global collaborators and quantify and present their research impact to funding bodies.
For direct, one-on-one research support, contact our faculty librarians via WhatsApp at 0771433367 or email us at [email protected]
๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐: https://library.gsu.ac.zw
