Courses

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:

Overview

Literature Research 1 – Tools for Studying

Routes to Publishing

Literature Research 2 – Search Strategies for Seminar Papers and Theses

Visibility and Research Impact

Compact Course Literature Research for Your Dissertation

Predatory Journals and Conferences

Citavi – Introductory Course

Tailored Courses

Citavi – Advanced Course

Research Data Management Basics

EndNote – Introductory Course

Data Steward Training

EndNote – Advanced Course

Literature Research Consultations for Students

Cite It Right

Database Search Strategies Consultations

Citation Lab

Reference Management & Citation Consultations

Citing for Scientists

Bibliometrics and Impact Consultations

Open Access Consultations

Fast Route to Library Materials

Consultations for Lecturers

Literature Research 1 – Tools for Studying

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.

Open to: TUM Students

Literature Research 2 – Search Strategies for Seminar Papers and Theses

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.

Open to: TUM Students

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.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Citavi – Introductory Course

Reference Management with Citavi

Keep track of your references! In our introductory course, you will learn all the basic features for the effective handling of the programme. We show you how to add, manage and cite literature in Citavi and include them in a complete reference list.

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

Citavi – Advanced Course

Reference Management with Citavi

Citavi offers more! You are already familiar with Citavi - either from our introductory course or by practical experience with the programme. In the advanced course you will deepen your knowledge of the features with which Citavi supports you in your academic work.

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

EndNote – Introductory Course

Reference Management with EndNote

In our introductory course, you will get to know all the important basic features of the programme. We show you how to add and organise references, how to cite them in a selected style and how to create a reference list.

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

EndNote – Advanced Course

Reference Management with EndNote

You are already familiar with EndNote - either from our introductory course or by practical experience with the programme. In the advanced course you will deepen your knowledge of features with which EndNote supports you in your academic work.

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

Cite It Right

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.

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

Citation Lab

You have already attended our course "Cite It Right", you are familiar with the theory, but you find it still hard to put it into practice? Then our Citation Lab is the right format for you. Here we practice what you have learned before. The focal point is exercises, exercises and even more exercises.

Open to: TUM Students

Citing for Scientists

Scientific writing and citing has long been routine for you. Nevertheless, tricky questions regarding citations keep popping up? Our citation webinar for scientists is the right place for you to ask these questions. Because here it is all about your questions.

Open to: TUM Scientists, Lecturers at TUM, External Scientists

Copyright in Teaching

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

Open to: TUM Scientists, Lecturers at TUM, TUM Doctoral Candidates, TUM Staff Members

Fast Route to Library Materials

Procurement of Literature for Chairs and Institutes

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.

Open to: TUM Staff Members

Routes to Publishing

Publication Process, Open Access, Authors' Rights

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

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Visibility and Research Impact

Academic Identity Management and Bibliometrics

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.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Predatory Journals and Conferences

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.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Tailored Courses

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

Open to: TUM Scientists

Research Data Management Basics

Data Management Plan, Guidelines, Data Publication

This course will present the basics of research data management (RDM). You will learn the most important aspects of RDM and we will explain requirements by third-party funders and how you can best fulfill those requirements.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Data Steward Training

Intensive course in research data management

In this data steward training, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the research data infrastructure, develop solutions for discipline-specific requirements for research data management and learn how to support other researchers of your discipline in handling research data.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Literature Research Consultations for Students

Are you searching for literature and do you need any help? Then please make an appointment for an individual consultation. We will be happy to support you.

Open to: TUM Students

Database Search Strategies Consultations

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.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Reference Management & Citation Consultations

Are you currently writing your bachelor's, master's or doctoral thesis? Do difficult questions pop-up you can't answer with what you know from our courses or lecture notes? In our reference management and citations consultation service we will try to help you answer these questions.

Open to: TUM Students, TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates, TUM Staff Members

Bibliometrics and Impact Consultations

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.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Open Access Consultations

You would like to boost the visibility of your scientific work? We are happy to advise you individually on questions relating to open access.

Open to: TUM Scientists, TUM Doctoral Candidates

Consultations for Lecturers

How can the university library support you with your teaching? Feel free to make an individual appointment, we will be happy to inform you about the library’s services.

Open to: TUM Scientists, Lecturers at TUM, TUM Doctoral Candidates, TUM Staff Members