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 to using the library and HSGswisscovery
Library introduction "All in one hour" | |
| Objective | You have registered for HSGswisscovery using a SWITCH edu-ID account and you have added your library card number. You are able to research books and magazines in HSGswisscovery and you know where to obtain them in the library and how to borrow them yourself. You have taken note of our borrowing regulations and you can reserve and order documents via HSGswisscovery.. |
| Content | The library's range of media, borrowing conditions, HSGswisscovery: - searching for authors, titles, keywords - use of physical and electronic stock - your user account, reservations, book orders from the Speicherbibliothek - SLSP-courier, e-books A tour of the library: - rooms, workstations, computers, scanners/photocopiers, rules - fetching a document you found in HSGswisscovery from the shelf - self-service checkout terminal |
| Date | Thursday, 19 October 2023 |
| Time | 2 - 3 p.m. |
| Location | Room information upon registration |
| Instructor | Elisabeth Bischof |
| Important notifications | For all courses, pre-registration by e-mail to the instructors is required. You can find the e-mail address in the column above. Classrooms are fitted with WiFi but not with PCs. You are encouraged to bring your own computer for exercises and practicing. Please keep in mind, that you have to install our VPN client or connect to Eduroam to use databases. Additional sessions with the tutors can be arranged on request (mi. 5 participants). You can get in touch with tutors via their e-mail (firstname.lastname@unisg.ch). |
Learn more about reference management with Endnote 20
Reference Management (Endnote 20) | |
| Objective | You can manage your scientific references using Endnote 20. |
| Content | You will learn: - how to use scientific references - importing references from databases - management of bibliographies and references in different sub-libraries |
| Date | Monday, 23 October 2023 Friday, 27 October 2023 |
| Time | 12.30 - 1.30 p.m. |
| Location | Room information upon registration. |
| Instructor | Jacobus van Seumeren |
| Important notifications | For all courses, pre-registration by e-mail to the instructors is required. You can find the e-mail address in the column above. Classrooms are fitted with WiFi but not with PCs. You are encouraged to bring your own computer for exercises and practicing. Please keep in mind, that you have to install our VPN client or connect to Eduroam to use databases. Additional sessions with the tutors can be arranged on request (mi. 5 participants). You can get in touch with tutors via their e-mail (firstname.lastname@unisg.ch). |
Learn more about using our financial databases
Search and Find in Finance | |
| Objective | You will become familiar with our corporate and financial databases, and you will be able to find data for your financial research projects. |
| Content | Overview of our corporate and financial databases. You will learn the essential tools for using the following databases: - Refinitiv Eikon - Datastream - WRDS Please bring a notebook for any exercises. |
| Date | Thursday, 5 October 2023 |
| Time | 12.30 - 2 p.m. |
| Location | Room information upon registration. |
| Instructor | Thorsten Uehlein |
| Important notifications | For all courses, pre-registration by e-mail to the instructors is required. You can find the e-mail address in the column above. Classrooms are fitted with WiFi but not with PCs. You are encouraged to bring your own computer for exercises and practicing. Please keep in mind, that you have to install our VPN client or connect to Eduroam to use databases. Additional sessions with the tutors can be arranged on request (mi. 5 participants). You can get in touch with tutors via their e-mail (firstname.lastname@unisg.ch). |
Course for students on a bachelor's or master's level who are looking to start their thesis or an extensive seminar paper.
Are you planning your Bachelor's thesis, Master's thesis or an extensive seminar paper? Do you know the topic but not how to start your research? Which sources should you choose? How do you adequately integrate references into your text? And how do you cite your sources correctly?
The HSG Library and HSG Writing Lab will help to answer these and other questions in a learning programme for students on a Bachelor's or a Master's level to be held four times a year.
The course will be held for students of economics and social sciences.
You will learn:
Target Audience:
Students on a Bachelor's or Master's level who are looking to start their thesis or an extensive seminar paper.
Registration:
Please register via email at schreiben@unisg.ch.
About us:
Video about the Writing Lab / Search & Find Service
Next courses:
| Date | Room | Time | Course language |
| Thursday, 2 November 2023 | Room information upon registration. | 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. | German |
Introduction to legal databases and sources
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Introduction to business and political science databases and sources
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