CAHSS Digital Research Services Introduction

An introductory online course on digital research services for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

This course collates the key resources available to support your digital research services needs and is organised based on Digital Research Lifecycle stages. By completing this course, you will become familiar with the available resources and identify who you can contact for further help. Each learner may interact with the course in a different way and spend more or less time to each resource depending on their research interests and existing knowledge. We recommend going through all the information available at this course and then dig into specific resources following the links provided.

Screenshot showing the research lifecycle stages

Product Features

  • Online learning developed in Xerte and available via Learn
  • Table of Contents 1) Welcome and Learning Outcomes 2) Course Information 3) Digital Research Lifecycle stages 4) Plan and Design 5) Collect and Capture 6) Organise and Store 7) Interpret and Analyse 8) Manage and Preserve 9) Publish and Share 10) Discover and Re-Use 11) Develop Digital Research Skills 12) Networking and other opportunities 13) Resources 14) Support  

Applicable Disciplines

  • All Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines

Get Started

  1. Log-in at https://www.learn.ed.ac.uk
  2. Select Self-Enrol at the top-right banner and 'Browse Course Catalogue'
  3. Search for the course 'CAHSS Digital Research Services Introduction'
  4. Hover over the course id zu_cahss_digital_research_services and click the down arrow that appears, then click Enrol
  5. Navigate back to My Learn (see banner) where the course can be accessed from the section "Courses where you are Student"

Terms & Conditions

Technical Requirements

  • internet access
  • ease log-in required

Skills Required

  • no pre-requisite knowledge or experience needed