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Courses and learning resources to information retrieval and information management

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Explanation of the systematic arrangement of training courses and learning materials

1. Library Tour (building, information retrieval)

• Course for German Teachers in Information Literacy / Main Library
• Getting Started - Introduction on how to use the branch library (focus: Medical Sciences and Natural Sciences)
• Guided Tours by Teachers for Grammar School Pupils (Branch Library Neuenheim)
• Guided Tours by Teachers for Grammar School Pupils (Main Library)
• Induction virtual dissection table Anatomage
• Introduction on how to use the Main Library Altstadt (focus: Arts and Humanities)
• Library Tour (Main Library)
2. Catalogues (search for available books and articles)

• Course for German Teachers in Information Literacy / Main Library
• Information and Literature Research by Subject
• Introduction to the principles and practice of literatur and information searching (focus: Medical Science and Natural Science)
• Professional literature search in medicine and life sciences
• Search literature with Google (in the humanities)
• Searching literature for humanities and the Social Sciences (Advanced Course)
• Subject related information and literature search – Branch Library Neuenheim (natural and medical sciences)
3. Databases (search for references, full-texts, statistics)

• Course for German Teachers in Information Literacy / Main Library
• KI-Tools für Literaturrecherche
• Professional literature search with PubMed
• Professional research using Web of Science
• Pubmed: Informationsrecherche in der Medizin und den Lebenswissenschaften
• Searching Academic Information for Historians
• Searching Academic Information for Law Students: Eur-Lex
• Searching Academic Information for Law Students: Juris and Beck-online (Course for Beginners)
• Searching Academic Information for Philosophers
• Searching Academic Information for Psychologists and Behavioural Scientists
• Searching Academic Information for Sociologists and Political Scientists
• Searching Academic Information for Students of English Studies
• Searching Academic Information in Classical and Ancient Studies
• Searching Academic Information in the Fine Arts
• Searching Academic Literature for Law Students: Anglo-American Law (Westlaw and LexisNexis)
4. Reference Management (information management, reference management)

• Online EndNote face-to-face support (Science and Medicine)
• Citavi
• EndNote (with Focus on Sciences and Medicine)
• EndNote Consultation Hour (Main Library and Branch Library)
• Online consultation Endnote (social sciences, humanities)
• Reference Management with Citavi
• Reference Management with EndNote (In English)
• Reference management with Zotero
5. Electronic Publishing, Open Access, Legal Issues

• Publishing in the natural and medical sciences
• Copyright Law: An Introduction for Postgraduates
• Publication strategies for the dissertation in the humanities and social sciences
• Publishing your dissertation
6. Plagiarism (detection of plagiarism, research ethics, programs)

• Intellectual property law for scientists
• Quote properly - avoid plagiarism!
• Workshop: Quote properly - avoid plagiarism
7. Social Media and Web 2.0

8. Research Data Management

• Research data management
• Impact Factor, Hirsch-Index and AltMetrics
• Research Data Management
• Research Data Management and Open Research Data
• Research and Publication Support in Linguistics and Literary Studies
Brief Instructions

Consultation

• Online EndNote face-to-face support (Science and Medicine)
• Publishing in the natural and medical sciences
• Research data management
• Information and Literature Research by Subject
• Online consultation Endnote (social sciences, humanities)
• Publication strategies for the dissertation in the humanities and social sciences
• Quote properly - avoid plagiarism!
• Subject related information and literature search – Branch Library Neuenheim (natural and medical sciences)
Tutorial