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University of Padua
University Library System
University Library System
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Training courses

The libraries of the Social Sciences library cluster organize regular training courses on the services of the University Library System, the use of information resources (GalileoDiscovery, databases, web resources, etc.), bibliographic research, Open Science, and much more.

The workshops are aimed at institutional users and guest users with an SBA card.

 

Training courses

Library 101

A training for international social science students to learn how to do effective bibliographic research for the final thesis.

1. Follow the online Moodle course anytime 
2. Enrol in the training in presence - Area of interest: Scienze_Sociali

Next available dates are listed in the news.

 

Zotero

The University Library System organizes training courses to learn how to use Zotero effectively.

Zotero is a free, open-source software for managing bibliographies; importing citations from catalogues, databases and websites; creating and organising bibliographies for theses, books and articles; and inserting and formatting in-text citations.

For more information see the Reference Management page.

The Zotero Calendar include a date, held entirely in English, specifically created for international students, who want to learn how to use this bibliographic management tool.

 

How to enrol for training courses

To view the calendar and sign up for training courses:

  1. visit the training programme page
  2. select the study area of interest from the drop-down menu "Area d'interesse" (e.g. PSICOLOGIA, SCIENZE_SOCIALI, etc.)
  3. identify the course and the date of interest on the calendar
  4. in the "Iscrizione" column, click the button corresponding to the course you want to sign in to
  5. follow the instructions in the dialogue box.