Courses and workshops
We want to improve your skills and expand your knowledge! Whether you are looking to become better at searching or writing, deepen your knowledge in reference management or learn more about open access, visit our free courses. In our workshops, we convey useful information about research data management as well as publishing data to scientific staff.
Upcoming courses and workshops
| Title | Date | Duration | No. Places available/total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protecting Yourself from Fraudulent Publishers (Coffee Lecture) | 27.11.2024 | 15 min | 60 / 60 |
| How to go Open Access | 03.12.2024 | 60 min | 20 / 30 |
| Screen, scan, search: reading scientific texts | 03.12.2024 | 45 min | 24 / 40 |
| Discover smart note taking | 04.12.2024 | 105 min | 4 / 30 |
| Mendeley Reference Manager - Reference management (German) | 04.12.2024 | 90 min | 17 / 20 |
| Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools | 05.12.2024 | 3h 45min | 4 / 40 |
| Revising scientific texts | 05.12.2024 | 45 min | 29 / 40 |
| PubMed Basics – develop your search strategy for clinical questions | 09.12.2024 | 75 min | 17 / 18 |
| Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German) | 10.12.2024 | 75 min | 1 / 4 |
| Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools | 11.12.2024 | 3h 45min | 0 / 25 |
| Scientific illustrations – visualising research data (German) | 11.12.2024 | 60 min | 1 / 18 |
Our courses – sorted by subject area
- EndNote – Reference management
- Evaluating internet sources: Quickly and safely with the RADAR method
- GeoVITe: Exploring practices for research geodata
- Getting started – Architecture and Civil Engineering Library in a nutshell
- Getting started – ETH Library in a nutshell
- Getting started – Mathematics Library in a nutshell
- Introduction in Geofacets – How to plan your geological field trips
- Is Google enough? Finding scientific information
- Kartenportal.CH vs. Google Maps
- Leganto reading lists in a nutshell
- Mendeley – Reference management
- PubMed Basics – develop your search strategy for clinical questions
- Scientific work with images
- Searching for images online – tips and tricks
- Toolbox literature research
- Workshop: Build your Reading List – Hands-on with Leganto
- Zotero – Reference management
- Academic project and time management: from planning to publishing
- Citing correctly – avoiding plagiarism: the safe way to the scientific text
- Discover smart note taking
- EndNote – Reference management
- Find your reference management software!
- Get writing – overcome your writer’s block
- How to go Open Access
- Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools
- Presenting with impact
- Ready for take-off: how to start your Bachelor's and Master's thesis
- Revising scientific texts
- Rock your Master’s!
- Scientific illustrations – visualising research data
- Scientific work with images
- Screen, scan, search: reading scientific texts
- Writing scientific papers and theses
- Your scientific text – convincing and relevant
Courses for first-semester students and new members of ETH Zurich
There are currently no courses available.
There are currently no courses available.
Courses and tutorials on databases
We offer courses about the subject-specific databases licensed by the ETH Library for groups of at least five people, as well as tutorials, by arrangement.
Workshops
Our workshops are open to all scientists. For groups of five or more persons we organize individual workshops . The workshop series Research data management and related topics was developed in cooperation with Scientific IT Services.
Webinar for Doctoral students of ETH Zurich
Feeling challenged by the demands of your doctorate? Are you struggling to keep track of the numerous tasks involved, such as lab work, coding, paper writing, and organizing extensive amounts of literature and research data? Seeking greater efficiency in your daily life as a doctoral student? We can help you stay on top of everything and master your doctorate. Interested?
Then register now for our webinar Get your research data and papers published.
Coffee Lectures
The Coffee Lectures give you a short and compact insight into the practical application of tools in fifteen minutes. Afterwards you can ask questions. The online events take place on selected Wednesday afternoons at 3.15 p.m.
Moodle self-study courses
In the course Ready for take-off: how to start your Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis, students find out about what they need to do at the beginning of a research and writing project to ensure a successful Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis.
The Moodle course Find your reference management software! supports you in choosing the appropriate reference management software as well as in citing correctly and avoiding plagiarism.
