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Courses & E-Learning

Whether you are just beginning your studies at TUM, preparing for your thesis, or have been publishing academically for a while, the TUM University Library supports you with a variety of in-person courses, webinars, or self-study courses. Our program is complemented by courses from other providers:

Courses on Courses & E-Learning

Literature Research Basics – Finding Relevant Books and Journals

In this course, we show you how to easily use our e-books and e-journals. You also learn how to develop a basic search strategy for literature, and find out about library services that can assist you in your studies and working routines from day one.

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Literature Research Advanced – Finding Relevant Scientific Papers in Databases

In this course you learn how to find appropriate literature databases for your subject. We show you how to search literature successfully with targeted search strategies, and how to access the documents simply and comfortably.

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Compact Course Literature Research for Your Dissertation

In our course we show you how to find literature databases that are important for your field, and develop targeted search strategies for literature. You also learn how to access the researched material, quote correctly and publish electronically on our media server mediaTUM.

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Literature Supply Essentials – Services for Chairs and Administration

Is it your responsibility to provide literature for your chair or institution at the TUM? In this course we will show you how to search for and borrow literature, use document delivery systems, how to recommend purchases for our library and order books for your chair or institution.

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Citation Essentials – Referencing Sources and Citations with Confidence

Are you currently writing your bachelor's, master's or doctoral thesis and are not sure about what and how to cite? We are here to support you. In our citation course you will learn how to cite correctly and avoid unintended plagiarism.

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Research Impact Deep Dive – Academic Identity Management and Responsible Metrics

Do you know your h-index and your citation counts? How are impact factor and h-index defined and what is their relevance? How can you manage your scholarly identity to improve the visibility of your research?

This course provides you with an overview of bibliometric measures and academic identity management. You learn how to make sure that you get credit for all your publications in literature databases and how to improve your own publication strategy.

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Tailored Courses

Tailored to your needs – for TUM lecturers: Information specialists conduct individual workshops embedded in your modules/courses.

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Search Strategies and Databases Consultation Service

Are you a researcher or doctoral candidate at TUM and you would like to have an individual consultation on search strategies or databases? We are happy to help you – specifically with your individual research topic.

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Reference Management and Citation Consultation Service

Are you currently writing your Bachelor's, Master's or doctoral thesis? Do tricky detailed questions keep coming up that you can't answer with the knowledge you gained from our courses or lecture notes? Then schedule an appointment with our consultation service for reference management and citation.

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Bibliometrics and Impact Consultation Service

Would you like to analyse, improve, or simply better understand the impact of your research output? We will work with you on answers to your questions about the use and meaning of metrics such as the h-index, Impact Factor, and more.

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Publishing Essentials – Planning and Financing Open Access Publications

All you want to know about scientific publishing is offered you in this compact course.

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Copyright in Teaching Essentials – Legally Compliant Use of Protected Works

Introduction into copyright law with a focus on copyright in teaching and creative commons

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Predatory Publishing Deep Dive – Identify Predatory Journals and Conference

Who can be trusted? Presentations at renowned conferences and publications in recognized journals are the currency of science. For you as a scientist it is important to make your research visible and to publish your findings. This is what dubious organizers and publishers try to exploit with fraudulent publication offers. In this course you will learn how to identify and avoid dubious offers.

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