Brush up on your Library Research Skills!
Library Research Skills sessions are underway, and we invite you to join one or all of our sessions designed to help you manage the information you need for your research. The 2023 series of Library Research Skills sessions are delivered by Library Information Specialists. Most of the sessions are hybrid so you can join in person or online.
Browse upcoming topics below and register to attend.
Zotero Basics
This interactive training session will unfold as follows: What citation style?; Why Zotero?; Zotero workflow and metadata; Import metadata; Export citations into Microsoft Word; and Edit the citations in your document.
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023 from 14:00 to15:30
- Salviati, Sala del Camino and Zoom (Hybrid)
The Web of Science bibliographic database and Sage Research Methods platform
This session introduces the Web of Science, a bibliographic database of scholarly articles from 22,000 peer-reviewed journals; the Sage Research Methods Project Planner, a tool for starting, developing, and completing a research project; the Sage Research Methods quantitative and qualitative methods eBooks’ series; and Sage Campus, a self-paced learning platform.
- Wednesday, 18 October 2023 from 14:00 to 15:30
- Badia, Emeroteca and Zoom (Hybrid)
Zotero for Intermediate Users
Learn how to: Export to Word like a pro (language, page numbers, footnotes); Manage PDFs (and use the EUI free storage); Import PDFs; Annotate PDFs; Import PDFs already annotated; Manage notes; Group libraries; and Bonus content.
- Wednesday, 08 November 2023 from 14:00 to 15:30
- Salviati, Sala del Camino and Zoom (Hybrid)
How to avoid plagiarism: tools, tips and Turnitin
This 90-minute session is intended to make you aware of the institutional definition of plagiarism and how it is applied. You will also have the chance to apply Turnitin software to screen your own work before submitting it. Finally, we will discuss some of the wider issues concerning plagiarism in the field of legal studies and practice.
This workshop is highly recommended for 1st year researchers, but everyone is welcome to attend.
- Thursday, 09 November 2023 from 15:00 to 17:00
- Salviati, Sala degli Stemmi (In person)
Zotero for Lawyers
In this interactive session you will learn how to manage legal sources (case law, legislation, treaties, etc.) in Zotero, how to cite legal documents using your preferred legal citation style, and how to create a bibliography.
This session is open to Law researchers and fellows, and anyone working with legal documents. Basic knowledge of Zotero is required.
- Wednesday, 15 November 2023 from 14:00 to 15:30
- Salviati, Sala dei Cuoi and Zoom (Hybrid)
Building Up Your Literature Review – Bibliographical Tools for Historians’
Learn some techniques and tools offered by the EUI Library and elsewhere to build your literature review and to explore new subjects: The bibliographical process as a whole Citation chaining Search in library catalogues History databases at the EUI Other databases Search techniques throughout
- Wednesday, 15 November 2023 from14:00 to 15:30
- Salviati, Sala del Camino and Zoom (Hybrid)
International News Resources
This session provides an overview of the Library’s extensive news collection, comprising individual e-newspapers and magazines, archival newspaper holdings and the PressReader database of same-day online facsimile editions.
- Wednesday, 29 November 2023 from 14:00 to 15:30
- Badia, Seminar Room and Zoom (Hybrid)
Data Management Planning for Qualitative Data
This session will introduce you to important aspects of qualitative data management planning at the EUI.
- Wednesday, 06 December 2023 from 14:00 to 15:30
- Badia, Emeroteca and Zoom (Hybrid)
Legal databases for international and comparative legal research
The EUI Library subscribes to many different databases for international and comparative legal research. This workshop gives practical tips on how to identify a database that is suitable for your area of research and how to construct an effective search when looking for legal materials inside databases. It includes a special focus on advanced search techniques in Westlaw International and HeinOnline.
- Wednesday, 13 December 2023 from 14:00 to 15:30
- Salviati, Sala del Camino and Zoom
View the Library Research Skills webpage