EBSCO organizes online training sessions for KTU community members, in these seminars, participants will be able to expand their knowledge about services provided by the database and ask questions of interest.
Training sessions will be in English. Select the topic of your interest, register and participate in online training sessions.
- How to increase your research productivity with Academic Search Ultimate?
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Time: 11:00 am
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During the session we will look at the content of Academic Search Ultimate together with many search examples. We will start with simple search techniques and then move to more advanced in order to show the most important features available on EBSCOhost platform.
- Business Source Ultimate – management & business research starts here!
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Time: 11:30 am
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Session dedicated to Business Source Ultimate – rich database for peer-reviewed articles from the area of business, management and finance. On many search examples we will show how to conduct a search for SWOT analysis, country reports, popular business magazines, company profiles and more.
- EBSCO Connect – everything about EBSCO products and services in one place
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Time: 11:00 am
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Explore the new face of the EBSCO Support page at https://connect.ebsco.com/. You will find there all the relevant information about databases and services offered by EBSCO. Everything available in easy to find form. During the training we will show how to search for materials on the EBSCO support website.
- Usage of eBooks through EBSCOhost platform
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020
Time: 1:30 pm
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The session dedicated to eBooks. We will show how to search for eBooks as well as print, save, cite and use offline on the smartphone and eReaders.
- Literary Reference Center – a rich source of information for literature research
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Time: 11:30 am
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Do you do a literature research? Start your searches with Literary Reference Center. During this session, we will look at the most important functions available on the LRC search interface, such as: Browse Popular Authors, Search for Classical Works, Display Most Popular Content, Search for Literary Criticism or Reviews.
- Microsession: standard usage reports
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Time: 11:00 am
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During the training we will show you how to generate basic reports on the use of databases, interfaces, logging in and linking from / to other resources.
- EBSCO Mobile App in 20 minutes
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Time: 11:30 am
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Overview of features available in the new EBSCO mobile app. All in just 20 minutes.
- Advanced Search Secrets on EBSCOhost
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Time: 11:30 am
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Training dedicated to search options using the advanced search screen on the EBSCOhost platform. We will look at how to use Boolean operators, how to properly create an advanced search strategy, how to use special characters and field codes for a more precise search.
