During the semester the HSG library offers a range of courses about specific research, reference management and academic writing as well as library tours.
Introduction o the use of the library and HSGswisscovery
| Content | In this course, participants learn how to use the library's media services and how to research efficiently in HSGswisscovery - from searching for authors, titles and keywords to accessing physical and digital media, registering and managing your own user account, reserving and ordering media. There will also be a guided tour of the library with information about workstations, computers, scanners and self-checkout. |
| Instructor | Leoni Wirth |
Learn more about reference management with Endnote
| Content | You will learn:
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| Instructor | Jacobus van Seumeren |
Learn more about using our financial databases
| Content | The course provides an overview of the range of corporate and capital markets databases. Key data sources such as LSEG Workspace and LSEG Datastream will be introduced. It will be shown how to search these databases for the required figures and data. Participants will also gain an insight into working with the WRDS data platform, which provides access to the majority of our databases in this area. The research can be carried out directly on the participants' own notebooks. |
| Instructor | Thorsten Uehlein |
| Content | Are you about to write your thesis? The HSG Writing Lab, in collaboration with the HSG Library, offers you the opportunity to refresh your knowledge of research, academic writing and working methods. We will also cover the use of AI tools in research and writing. |
| Instructor | HSG Writing Lab and HSG Library |
Introduction to legal databases and sources
| Content | The course introduces the basics of legal literature research. After an overview of the information offered by the HSG library, the course will cover research strategies, the HSG repositories (Alexandria, EDIS, EDOK), important information databases on Swiss law (LEX Campus, legalis, Weblaw Campus, BGer) as well as some foreign databases (e.g. Beck-Online, Juris, Westlaw, Hein Online). |
| Instructor | Enno Entorf |
Introduction to using AI tools for researching
| Content | This course will give you an introduction to various AI research tools. We will show you how to use them to get good results and save time. The following AI tools are included:
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| Instructor | Jacobus van Seumeren |
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