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Research Basics

The courses provide an introduction to literature research and help you to find and evaluate information effectively and use it in academic work. 

All courses are free of charge for members of Freie Universität. You can find more German-language courses on our German website.

Content

  • Libraries and library services of Freie UniversitätSearch the Library Portal Primo
  • Basic search strategies
  • Filtering facilities
  • Access to full texts
  • Personal library account

  • Guided tour of the library (optional)

General Information

  • Registration: Required, see below
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 60 minutes, the course starts on time
  • Target Group: New students & interested parties
  • Lecturers: Staff at the Central Library
  • Meeting Point:
    • Online: The course will be held via the Cisco Webex platform. Login details will be sent by email one to two days before the event.
    • Face-to-face: Participants will be met in the foyer of the Central Library (Garystr. 39) before the course begins.

Dates

Content

  • Searching in the Primo library portal and subject-specific databases
  • Library account features
  • Access to full-text articles
  • Preparing a (thematic) literature search
  • Various strategies for efficient searching,
    basic guidelines for selecting and evaluating sources
  • Tour of the library (optional)

General Information

  • Registration: Required, see below
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 90 minutes, the course starts on time
  • Target Group: Students & interested parties
  • Lecturers: Heike Thomas, Ilona Praetze
  • Meeting Point:
    • Online: The course will be held via the Cisco Webex platform. Login details will be sent by email one to two days before the event.
    • Face-to-face: Participants will be met in the foyer of the Central Library (Garystr. 39) before the course begins.

Dates

Content

  • different methods to check the quality of publications 
  •  Peer Review,
  • Retraction/Correction 
  •  background research like affiliation etc.
  • bibliometric key figures like Journal Impact Faktor (JIF) and h-Index
  • Academic identity management
  • Altmetrics
  • German Research Foundation: ‘Guidelines for Ensuring Good Scientific Practice’, Leiden Manifesto, DORA, CoARA, Stockholm Declaration

General Information

  • Registration: Required, see below
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 120 minutes, the course starts on time
  • Target Group: PhD students and postgraduate students
  • Lecturers: Heike Thomas
  • Meeting Point:
    • Online: The course will be held via the Cisco Webex platform. Login details will be sent by email one to two days before the event.
    • Face-to-face: Participants will be met in the foyer of the Central Library (Garystr. 39) before the course begins.

Dates

Content

  • Statistical Databases: Overview in DBIS
  • Introduction to Statista
  • Explanation of Statista's Contents
  • Searching in Statista
  • Data in Statista 
  • AI Assistant in Statista
  • Export from Statista
  • Exercise
  • Citing Example

General Information

  • Registration: Required, see below
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 60 minutes, the course starts on time
  • Target Group: Students, BA/MA
  • Lecturers: Johanna Gröpler
  • Meeting Point:
    • Online: The course will be held via the Cisco Webex platform. Login details will be sent by email one to two days before the event.
    • Face-to-face: Participants will be met in the foyer of the Central Library (Garystr. 39) before the course begins.

Dates

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