Formations & visites

• Identify a database that is suitable for your area of research
• Construct an effective search

By the end, participants will know :

• how to run effective searches,
• understand EU document types,
• and confidently locate the documents they need.

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

This session will introduce the core principles and best practices in Research Data Management (RDM).
If you work with data in your research, you will learn how to organise, structure, store, and care for the digital information generated or used during a research project, according to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) guiding principles for scientific data management and stewardship.

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.

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

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