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Friday, 18. October 2013 – Branch Library Main Campus

Semester Opening Party on 23.10.2013

Branch Library Main Campus will close already at 8 p.m.

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, the TUM student council organises its semester opening party „Meine erste Uniparty“.

Due to this event the Branch Library Main Campus will close already at 8.00 p.m.

Monday, 14. October 2013

Facebook campaign at start of the new semester

Be All Set - STARTKLAR?!

Tips around library, lending and research... for frist semester students and everyone who is visiting the University Library for the frist time:

To make it through the start of the semester in a stress-free way, we compiled for you in Facebook our best tips and hints around the library. In the upcoming weeks you will learn about:

- how to use your StudentCard
- how to explore the online catalogue OPAC
- how to order books from all branch libraries
- how to have remote access to eBooks, eJournals and databases
- and much more

Briefly, we show you how to start off as strongely as possible.
We wish all students a successful start of the new semester.

Friday, 11. October 2013

Get to know your library!

Library Tours at the Start of the Semester 2013

You are just starting your studies at the TUM? And you would like to know what your university library offers? Then join one of our library tours at the start of the new semester! From October 15, 2013 we offer library tours in our branch libraries in Garching, Weihenstephan and Munich.

Library in 30 minutes: Learn about the most import library services from loan service to amazing information tools.

All dates and meeting points online under: http://www.ub.tum.de/en/library-tours
Registration not required. Just stop by!

Thursday, 10. October 2013

Winter Semester 2013/14

Webinars - Join us online

Young man sitting on the ground and letters flying from his laptop

You would like to participate in a library course, but you do not have the possibility to join a classroom course? Then we have the right offer for you: Join our webinars.

All you need is a workstation with internet access and headset. No matter if you are at home or at work - you can communicate interactively with our instructors and ask questions via chat and headset.

Webinars during the winter semester 2013/2014:

Get Ready for Your Studies - Introductory Library Course (in English)	08.11.2013
Get Ready for Your Degree - Advanced Library Course (in English)	19.11.2013
Get Ready for Your Degree - Advanced Library Course (in German)	14.01.2014
Reference Management with Citavi - Introductory Course (in English)	05.11.2013
Reference Management with Citavi - Introductory Course (in German)	05.02.2014
Reference Management with Citavi - Advanced Course (in German)	26.11.2013
Reference Management with EndNote - Introductory Course (in German)	11.10.2013
Reference Management with EndNote - Introductory Course (in English)	20.11.2013

For further webinars please visit our courses website.

Monday, 30. September 2013

Training sessions for introducation

Datenbase Scopus® newly licenced!

The University Library provides now access to Elsevier's database Scopus, which offers with approx. 49 million records and abstracts one of the biggest academic research platforms. Scopus delivers - just as Web of Knowledge (ISI) - citation analyses.

Online access
TUM members can access Scopus via eAccess. Please log in with your TUM ID. Alternatively, it is possible to log in via institutional login (Shibboleth) or at a PC in the TUM-LAN with proxy configuration. External library patrons can access Scopus at public computers in our branch libraries.

All access options and detailed information on Scopus

Join our introductory courses on December, 9th and 10th, 2013:

Course 1
Topic: Scopus Walkthrough (General Introduction)
Speaker: Mr Arthur J. Eger (Elsevier)
Language: German
Date: Monday, December 9, 2013, 1.00 – 2.30 p.m.
Venue: Main Campus, Seminar Room, 2nd floor, Room 2180

Course 2
Topic: Generic Database Search Strategies (based on the example Scopus)
Speaker: Mr Arthur J. Eger (Elsevier)
Language: German
Date: Monday, December 9, 2013, 3.00 - 4.30 p.m.
Venue: Main Campus, Seminar Room, 2nd floor, Room 2180

Course 3
Topic: New Developments in the Area of Bibliometrics
Speaker: Dr Lisa Colledge (Elsevier)
Language: German
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 10.30 - 12.00 a.m.
Venue: Main Campus, Seminar Room, 2nd floor, Room 2180