Workshop: How to do a literature search for your master thesis on 11./23.06.2025

6 June 2025

You have your topic and want to get a first glimpse on the research literature? You want to access the latest research literature on your topic?

Learn a systematic approach where to start your literature search and how to use the resources and literature databases that are available to you through the library and the internet. We pay special attention to databases and resources in the social and economic sciences as well as business studies and propose an efficient workflow.

Content

• Identify the best databases for your topic (on EBSCOhost, Proquest and Web of Science, i.e. Business Source Complete, ABI/Inform Complete, Social Sciences Citation index).
• Form the search string for your specific topic and apply it in difference search interfaces.
• Improve your search string based on a checklist.
• Streamline your literature search workflow.

Time and Place

• Wednesday, 11.06.2026, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, in Zoom
• Monday, 23.06.2025, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, in Zoom

Registration via our booking form

In the text field, please include

• your name,
• the topic of your thesis,
• the master program you attend.

For questions, please contact us at  bib-schulung.wiso"AT"uni-hamburg.de.

Additional workshops will be offered upon request, starting again at the end of August.