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University of Padua
University Library System
University Library System
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Training courses

The Social Sciences libraries organise periodic courses on the services of the University Library System, the use of information resources (catalogues, 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.

 

Basic courses

Library 101

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

1. Complete activities online on Moodle

2. Enrol in the training course in presence -  Area of interest: Scienze_Sociali

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 citations in the text of documents.

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.

For more information see the Reference Management page.

 

Advanced courses

Courses for PhD students

In English and compulsory for PhD students in the Department of Statistics. Detailed information is available on the department's web pages dedicated to the individual PhD cycles.

Apprenticeship for students on the Master of Science in Statistics degree course

It awards one training credit (1 CFU). Information and registration on the Department of Statistical Sciences Moodle.

 

Courses on request

Customised courses can be organised to meet the special needs of lecturers. Please contact the library.

 

Online courses on Moodle

Free access tutorials and courses are available on the Moodle platform of the Library System, some with Single Sign On (SSO) authentication.

 

How to enrol for training courses

Calendar and registration:

  • visit the training programme page
  • select the subject area from the drop-down menu (i. e. SCIENZE_SOCIALI, etc.)
  • locate the course and date of interest in the calendar
  • click, in the ‘Enrolment’ column, on the button corresponding to the course you wish to enrol in
  • follow the instructions that will appear in the enrolment box
  • confirm your enrolment