Formations & visites

L’objectif principal de cette formation est de comprendre les fondamentaux de l'outil de gestion de références bibliographique Zotero et d'être initié à ses fonctionnalités principales. À l’issue de cette formation, les stagiaires seront opérationnels pour démarrer la gestion de leur propre bibliothèque de références sur Zotero 7 (Standalone).

The main objective of this training is to understand the fundamentals of the Zotero bibliographic reference management tool and to be introduced to its main functionalities.
At the end of this training, the participants will be able to start managing their own references' library on Zotero 7 (Standalone).

Objectives: In this training session, we will:

• show examples of how to use AI tools for academic research.
• compare AI search systems with traditional search systems.
• raise awareness about the risks, including issues of plagiarism and academic integrity, and adherence to AI guidelines.
• practice with the AI search tools Perplexity, Semantic Scholar, and SciSpace.
• strengthen your AI literacy.

Learn how to use the citation manager software RefWorks to save time and prepare the perfect bibliography.

This event is aimed at PhD researchers, postdoctoral fellows and faculty.
During this online session you will learn how to make the most of the numerous libraries in Florence and surrounding areas. This training will not merely list libraries, but it will equip you with tools to search and find resources that might be around the corner from the EUI.

From international libraries to university libraries, from public libraries to historical libraries, from specialised libraries to media libraries, Florence has much to offer between books and databases. 

this online session is aimed at PhD researchers, postdoctoral fellows and faculty.
This session will shed light on Zotero and its use in academic writing. You will learn how to manage:

• Advanced features of exporting into MS Word (locators, language and formatting features)
• Reviews
• How and why of relating items
• Tags

You will also learn how to use Zotero as a workspace, by dealing with:

• Links and files
• Notes
• PDFs
• Annotations
• Group libraries

This online session is aimed at PhD researchers, postdoctoral fellows and faculty.
This online session will shed light on Zotero and its use in academic writing. It is aimed at discovering its very basics functions with the aid of practical exercises and plenty of time to ask questions.

The session will unfold as follows:

• Citation styles: which one should you choose?
• Why Zotero?
• Zotero workflow in a nutshell
• Import metadata
• Export citations into MS Word
• Edit citations in your document

Seconde partie d'une formation en deux volets sur la recherche documentaire et la citation bibliographique.

L'objectif de ces formations est de vous proposer des méthodes, outils et ressources numériques pour mieux appréhender l'environnement de la bibliothèque et vous accompagner dans vos recherches.

Objectifs de ce 2e module :

• Comprendre les enjeux et les attendus de la citation en contexte académique : plagiat, auto-plagiat, légitimité, identification des sources, etc.
• Savoir mettre en forme une bibliographie, des citations dans le texte et des notes de bas de page, en respectant un style bibliographique
• Savoir utiliser un outil de gestion bibliographique