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Library for the Faculties Business, Economics and Social Sciences and Business Administration
Libraryfor the Faculties Business, Economics and Social Sciences and Business Administration

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Introduction to literature searching

Establishing the current state of research by reviewing relevant literature is a vital part of each (seminar) paper. In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to search for articles and publications on your topic, how to develop an efficient search strategy and how to find the best results using the subject-specific literature databases.

Audience

Students, doctoral students and staff at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences or the Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School)

Coverage

  • Devising an effective search strategy
  • Finding search terms
  • Selecting relevant catalogs and databases
  • Broadening or refining a search in a database
  • Creating alerts from library subscription databases
  • Finding the book and the article full text in print or online

The content will be tailored to your needs.
Bring along your own topic to try out some of the techniques during the session.

Length of workshop

90 minutes

Venue

The workshops take place in the training room of the Business and Economics Library or in any of the University’s seminar rooms.

Dates and times

Upon request as part of your seminar or for a small student group (five or more participants).

Registration

Please send an e-mail inquiry for a workshop conducted in English to bib-schulung.wiso"AT"uni-hamburg.de.