E-Course: 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.

Topics

In the first part of this course we will discuss basic principles of citing. The second part of the course will be designed according to your needs. Please bring questions and topics you would like to discuss.

Topics discussed in previous courses:

Citing images
Creative Commons
Citing tables and charts
Co-authorship
Citing students' projects
Citing yourself
Citing from personal communication
Citing unpublished sources
Citing interviews
Citing standards
Citing research data (sets)

The course content corresponds to our previous course "Citing It Right".

Open to: TUM Students, TUM Doctoral Candidates, TUM Staff Members, TUM Alumni, Guests

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Our e-courses are available on Moodle, the e-learning platform of TUM. You can log in with your TUM ID, LMU ID or as a guest. Please enter "Gast" as the guest access password.

Our Service for Lecturers:

We provide our e-courses as Moodle modules that you can import into your own Moodle courses. After completing the course, we can answer your students' questions in a separate consultation.

Contact:

With questions on our course program please contact us at workshop@ub.tum.de.